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This blog was created to share my China adventure, my feelings and the culture shock with my friends and family back home. This is my online diary, but for less-important-non-life-changing stuff. In other words, it's a space where I pretty much bitch
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Liu Xiang Limps Away From Race…
The hopes of 1.3 billion Chinese people rested on the shoulders of Liu Xiang, the golden boy of China’s Track and Field. Today, 90000 strong crowd cramped into the Bird’s Nest in anticipation. Many more had their eyes glued to the television. The...
Olympic night in Shanghai
Aug 8th was finally here and the long awaited opening ceremony would be telecast lived at 20:08. The date and time of the opening ceremony have been carefully chosen to associate with the lucky number 8. Many restaurants and pubs installed bigger scr...
Where to watch Olympic opening ceremony online
Since I make a post about “Where to watch Olympic opening ceremony in Shanghai“, I received more then 600 unique visitors these 2 days. I also notice a lot of traffic from the States typing the keyword “where to watch Olympic openin...
Where to watch Olympic Opening Ceremony in Shanghai
People’s Square | Kathleen’s 5 Add: 5/F, Shanghai Art Museum, 325 Nanjing Xi Lu. Tel: 6327-2221 While not the first venue that comes to mind for a raucous Olympic viewing, with its unique locale atop the historic Shanghai Art Museum ...
Olympic flame finally reach Beijing
The olympic torch relay began its last stretch in Beijing yesterday afternoon, handed over to the first bearer Yang Liwei, the country’s first Astronaut at the landmark Forbidden city, once home of China Emperors! First torch bearer Yang Liwei...
Celebration of Humanity
2008 is the year China hosts the Olympics. Most of the focuses, so far, have been on spectacular structures (ex. Bird’s Nest & Water Cube) and the extraordinary efforts & investment by the Chinese officials to make the Beijing Olympics succ...
So…less cars after Olympics
The 2008 Olympics is THE event of the century in China. The authorities are doing everything they can to make sure that absolutely nothing goes wrong. During this period, factories have been told to stop production. People have been told to drive les...
2008 Beijing Olympic Supercop
A police officer in Beijing who can greet tourist in 13 languages was interviewed by CNN. He never took any language classes, but taught himself through watching foreign movies. He was determinded to leave a positive impression on visitors to Beijing...
Beijing National Stadium “The Nest”
The clocks across China are counting down to the day in the evening of August 8th, the moment when Beijing will launch the games of the 29th Olympiad. In preparation for its moment in the centre of the world stage, the city has transformed itself fro...
Security check conducted at Beijing subways
If you travel using subway in Beijing today, you will face a security check. It started from today June 29th, 2008 and will be carried out until September 20th, 2008, to ensure a safe Olympic Games. Those passengers that refuse to be check, will be b...
