Looking out my apartment to the testing of the Closing Ceremonies
Baseball: USA vs. Chinese Taipei
Future Chinese Stars
Team USA
Beach Volleyball: USA vs. Brazil
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Olympics
I can't believe there is only one day to go!!! In some ways I am happy and some ways sad...
Happy because...
Life will return to somewhat normal after the Olympics
All the craziness with security checks will be over
Sad because...
I didn't see enough events
Blue skies may be gone again :(
Traffic is amazingly easy in BJ now
Miss all the foreigners from all over the world in BJ
It has been a fun two weeks. I only went to three events but they were fun. The best event to my surprise was beach volleyball. No.... not because of the beach babes.... the atmosphere was amazing. Very fast paced and fun. Baseball was slow but fun to see USA win. Track and field was good because I was able to see Bolt take the 100m medal.
It has been fun to see how the Chinese are taking to spectator sports. They really haven't had anything like this in the past. While I was at baseball, I was answering questions about the game. Many Chinese were rooting for Chinese Taipei against the US but they really didn't understand the game. They just haven't had the opportunity to understand baseball. So, I had a fun time trying to explain it in Chinese. That might have been funny to watch!
The best was watching the Chinese getting to doing "the wave." They loved it like we loved it in the US back a few years ago. All kinds of new variations too.
Tomorrow are the Closing Ceremonies and after that I may go to some Para Olympic Games. I would really like to see gymnastics.
Gonna miss the Olympics but looking forward to normal days ahead.
Happy because...
Life will return to somewhat normal after the Olympics
All the craziness with security checks will be over
Sad because...
I didn't see enough events
Blue skies may be gone again :(
Traffic is amazingly easy in BJ now
Miss all the foreigners from all over the world in BJ
It has been a fun two weeks. I only went to three events but they were fun. The best event to my surprise was beach volleyball. No.... not because of the beach babes.... the atmosphere was amazing. Very fast paced and fun. Baseball was slow but fun to see USA win. Track and field was good because I was able to see Bolt take the 100m medal.
It has been fun to see how the Chinese are taking to spectator sports. They really haven't had anything like this in the past. While I was at baseball, I was answering questions about the game. Many Chinese were rooting for Chinese Taipei against the US but they really didn't understand the game. They just haven't had the opportunity to understand baseball. So, I had a fun time trying to explain it in Chinese. That might have been funny to watch!
The best was watching the Chinese getting to doing "the wave." They loved it like we loved it in the US back a few years ago. All kinds of new variations too.
Tomorrow are the Closing Ceremonies and after that I may go to some Para Olympic Games. I would really like to see gymnastics.
Gonna miss the Olympics but looking forward to normal days ahead.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tomorrow's the BIG Day
Most everyone knows tomorrow is the BIG day we have been waiting for a long time in Beijing. At 8:00pm on August 8th in the year 2008.... oh and not to mention August is the 8th month. Is there something suspicious about the number 8? Yeah, Chinese love numbers and feel different numbers mean different things. So the number eight means good luck and wealth. The Olympics must be a success... right?
Here is a pic from my apartment looking toward the Olympics area. Tomorrow night the sky will be lit up with fireworks. It will be one of the best parties on earth. No doubt about that. Just fun to be here and experience it all.
Here is a pic from my apartment looking toward the Olympics area. Tomorrow night the sky will be lit up with fireworks. It will be one of the best parties on earth. No doubt about that. Just fun to be here and experience it all.
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