Hidden Talent

Those of you who know me well know that I have very minimal to no musical talent whatsoever (unless, of course, you count my mad dancing skills... and my Jingle, Jingle, Jingle routine). While we were touring the Lin Family Mansion with Cody's parents the day after they arrived, I had the privilege of showing off some of that [non-existent] talent. We arrived just in time to see some of this:



We were about to go tour the rest of the mansion when some Chinese lady approached Christy and me. She told us we could go up there and play the drums. I think I probably replied with an, "oh, really?" Partly being polite, but partly thinking she was just some crazy Chinese lady. Then, before I could do anything else, she grabbed my arm and dragged me to one of the drums. Mind you Cody and Paul had already started to leave. Apparently it didn't take them long to discover the magic that was happening, because they caught this:



Please notice in the first part, I am the only person drumming besides the demonstrator. That is because I still don't understand Chinese. I was just looking around trying to figure out when I was supposed to start. Notice in the third part, I am the only person going crazy on the drums. That is because the children drummers' instructor was standing off to the side motioning to me to drum really fast (you can kind of see her for a split second in the lower left corner of the screen). It was actually pretty funny. She was giving me a great, big, encouraging smile and was really serious about her drumming gestures, like she really wanted me to succeed at this (it made me feel like I was seven). That is when I noticed I was the only non-child up there; well, other than the crazy Chinese lady that pulled me up there in the first place. I may or may not have been the first one to leave my drum. I didn't know what they were saying, so I just tried to exit when I thought I was supposed to. They gave me (and everyone else) a pack of postcards for my excellent drumming. (Maybe if you leave a comment and e-mail me your address, I will send you one.) And yes, I was grinning from ear to ear after my performance. It was so much fun! The rest of the Lin Family Mansion was pretty sweet too.