Closing Ceremony Beijing Olympic Games 2008
Next up London 2012… Actually when I looked on YouTube for good highlights this morning this was the best video that I came across — hence the London 2012 mention… Closing Ceremony Beijing Olympic Games 2008
Dogs for Dinner – YUCK!
China Bans Vendors From Serving Dog Meat At Beijing Olympics Read More About It Here
Lessons in Chinese Etiquette
I noticed this morning that the post dated August 11th about “Lessons in Chinese Etiquette” video is not longer available… I figured that rather then removing it from the blog that maybe I could find another — I found this one on YouTube. The quality of the video is not great — but it’s interesting, [...]
Special Olympics Update – Controversies
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Excerpt |08:41 | The ad the Spanish basketball team posed for is truly offensive and isn’t the kind of thing we would do in America.
Lessons in Chinese Etiquette
NBC TODAY Show TODAY hosts find out how to mind their manners while in Beijing for the Olympics. I’m always a sucker for great etiquette! This clip is interesting and thought-provoking…
Men’s Basketball – US Beats China
OFF TO A FLYING START Americans feel the love in win Janny Hu, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, August 11, 2008 (08-11) 04:00 PDT Beijing – The U.S. men’s basketball team expected to win its opener against China on Sunday. What they didn’t expect was to get as much love as the home squad. Kobe Bryant [...]
Phelps Sets World Record!
Phelps Aims for 8 Gold Medals NBC TODAY Show Aug. 8: TODAY’s Matt Lauer talks to Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps about his goal to make history by winning eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. Michael Phelps Breaks 400 Meter Swim Record Michael Phelps gets gold, world record in the 400 IM Read Full Story [...]
Smog and the Beijing Olympics 2008
I’ve had my own personal experience with heavy smog and really bad air quality and it’s not just from being a Los Angeles native… I was in Bangkok, Thailand doing volunteer work and the commute to the location that I was volunteering took about four hours each day in heavy traffic — the smog was [...]
8-8-08 Lucky Number…
Chinese Counting on Lucky Number 8 By Steve Almasy CNN BEIJING, China (CNN) — Eight is a lucky number in China. The word for it — ba — sounds so close to the word for wealth that many people believe eight is a number that is linked to prosperity. So it is no surprise that [...]
