As a Chinese person...f**k YEAH I'M PATRIOTIC. GO CHINA!!!!!!!

ZHONG GUO JIA YOU, AO YUN JIA YOU!

You know I would type Chinese if I knew how. Sorry for the fob moment. I can't help it. The atmosphere is electric in HK! Haha people stop in the streets to watch the huge TVs in malls and cheer China on.

FIRST GOLD FOR CHINA - girl from Guangzhou. Weightlifting. Friggin awesome. You know if it was Canada up against China, that I would TOTALLY cheer for China.

Opening Ceremony: totally loved how they painted the thing RIGHT THERE. And then the athletes coloured in the bottom bit with their footprints. I thought the whole thing was really creative.

The lighting of the Olympic Flame/torch runner dude was SO AWESOME. I loved the collective gasp in the audience haha.

I liked how the American outfits were the same for the men and women (I mean, in colour scheme. Obviously the cutting would be different). Pretty much all the other countries had different colours for the two genders. OH agree with whoever said that thing about the country with like, the Hawaiian shirts. Ew. Chinese outfits were so blah for the women - that garish shade of yellow. Eurgh. Should have made them all wear red. Then it would have been a huuuuuge sea of red, and a little bit of yellow, like the flag.

Joanne - haven't you seen those outfits at the Bay for the Canadians? They looked gross on TV, but they're actually not that bad. But they got criticised for having them made in China - lol.

The Olympics are always so intense for me, and yet I'm like the least athletic person ever haha.

Guys, since a lot of you love it so much - Diving tomorrow, Women's Synchronized 3m springboard final! 2:30pm Beijing time. You do the conversion.



That was an amazingly long post. Patriotism kicks in, sorry.

^ A springboard final already? Good thing it's not sometime between 1-6am here. xD

I stayed up last night so I could watch the Canadians (or, at least mainly Kyle Shewfelt) compete in mens gymnastics... but I ended up falling asleep. Damn. And the different time zones really suck! I feel like I'm missing out on so many of the events... So far I've only watched a bit of womens beach volleyball (Russia vs Australia) and a bit of mens gymnastics (America).

There's events in Diving for the next 4 days (Sunday to Wednesday), all finals, all at 2:30pm Beijing time. I think it goes like Women's Sync 3m Springboard, Men's Sync 10m Platform, Women's Sync 10m Platform, then Men's Sync 3m Springboard.

WATCH ON WEDNESDAY FOR ALEXANDRE DESPATIE (CND). WOOTWOOT.

Full schedule here: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/index.shtml

i'm super excited for men's basketball and men's tennis to start tomorrow!!

^ MEN'S BASKETBALL!!!! China vs USA...Yao vs Kobe lol. It'll be intense!

but i feel really bad for yao because his body is so riddled with injuries and he's definitely not in top shape but go team USA!

^ Yeah. Honestly though, I expect the Americans to win.

Speaking of Yao, I love how they had a little kid walk next to him during the Opening Ceremony. The kid was actually 9, but next to Yao he looked like he was around 5 haha. If you saw him, you probably noticed a bald spot on his head - apparently he got it from an injury when he was saving someone in an accident (details fuzzy, and my Chinese translation is no good). But he's an orphan too. Poor kid.

I watched Volleyball, Cycling, Rowing, and Beach Volleyball and I'm bored,

I kinda wanna see Diving, and fer SURE I gotta see Gymnastics.

Lol, I'm watching women's volleyball with US vs. Japan. So freaking close.

^ Haha, I'm kind of watching that one now too!


Ugh, I missed that part... my mom told me the kid looked like a little puppy next to Yao. She also said that he saved two other people during the earthquake. Crazy...

omg! that kid was so freaking adorable! he was a survivor from the earthquake and apparently, when he was rescued, he gave a little salute to the soldiers who found him. isn't that so cute? and i also heard the announcers say the little boy also saved a couple of his friends. amazing.
and i know, he barely went up to yao's waist!

Aw, that kid was adorable! He did look like he was 5 compared to Yao. The story was touching. I think he got more attention than anyone else there.

Swimming, gymnastics,And diving.

Definitely watching Gymnastics, swimming and soccer. The USA volleyball game was intense and winning all 3 medals in fencing (sabre) is great!

Thanks for explaining in detail about the kid - what a cutie! Amazing how he saved his friends as well. A truly touching story.

I was just watching the womens soccer game, China vs Canada, and omg it was the most boring thing ever. Oh, and the equestrian events are taking place in HK, and a ton of the locals here rushed to buy tickets to watch some events, but a lot of people fell asleep XD. And then they left early. So much for Olympic spirit.

THAT LITTLE KID WAS SOOO CUTE! i would kidnap him haha ;x

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OLYMPIC CELEBRATION EVER. I had goose bumps! ><

The swimming event is super exciting!

P.S.: The story about the kid who walked with Yao was really touching. Such a cute one.

i saw gymnastics today, poor chinese girl fell down the bars. she was still qualified but started crying.

^ She did pretty well despite falling though, but I still felt really bad for her.

Watching China vs USA basketball game right now.

i'm watching the basketball game right now. us vs china

Did anyone see those lady weighlifters earlier today? It was insane! One chick lifted 126kg!

China's behind 14 points

LOLS.

Damn if the USA would stop trying to do that AND1 shit they would blow teams out by 70. Also LOL @ how the fans were all over Kobe coming in. Let the dude breathe lol.


Oh is it true that someone from the US got murdered over there? Thats what I heard my parents talking about.

Yeah, someone did get murdered; a volleyball coach's father-law.

i was impressed that china stayed close until about the third quarter.

haha yeah, the fans all over kobe was cute.

Someone that was a part of the US volleyball team got stabbed to death, I believe. They weren't an athlete, but a relative of someone? I dunno.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/news/story?id=3526793

OMG, did anyone see that girl fall on her ass after dismounting from the uneven bars? Or that other girl completely miss and fall on her back? What the hell is up with the US Women's Gymnastics team?

Diving

Ok. But Johnson was amazing in all of the events she was in. Did you see that Chinese girl fall? It was bad to.

The commentators were getting on my last f**kin nerve

"Oh, the Romanians Sure suck nowadays" (In other Words)
"Yeah, those Chinese girls don't look 16 at all. More like 12" (In other words)

They said it like 15 times.

^ Yeah, there's been legal documentation proof that the Chinese girls on the Gymnastic team isn't 16 at all. 16 is the minimum age. But these girls are only 13-15 years old. What a shame.

Aw c'mon, we all know Asian chicks just look younger than they really are. I bet they're legal, even.

I want to keep an eye for swimming and taekwondo:]

I didn't give a f**k whether they were old enough or not, I just wanted to watch them perform.

That one girl was cute

Woah! Did anyone just see the Men's relay with Phelps? France was about to win and the USA caught up right at the end. Damn exciting.

^ I slept through it. I woke to my dad freaking out about it. Oh gosh, Shawn Johnson was absolutely fantastic. It's a good thing she was there, she held everything together. I DID see the Chinese girl fall. She was so sad (understandably). It was sad.

YEAH!!!!

I was jumping out my seat when it happened!

You sound too excited there JC.

that was crazy. france will think again before trash talking us


what a can't be proud of his country now

I freaked out to. My brother and I were high-fiving and cheering. I felt bad whenever someone fell off. There was a Romanian girl who fell off the balance beam and didn't look to happy.


Exactly. Being cocky never gets anyone anywhere. I'm excited for Phelps! The relay was probably the hardest and most nerve racking event for him because it's not just him that had to do well.

No, you should be rooting for Zimbabwe! Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry set new swimming world records on Monday during another electrifying session in the Water Cube. Pay respect to your ancestor's country yo!

man, you are actually right. i should be rooting for them. plus i love that word zimbabwe.

Yo the French always talk shit, and then get it handed to them.

hahaaa, woooot!



even though china has more gold, it's cool

yess!!!! korea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait til track starts. But its not even a guarantee as far as the 100 M and 200M when you got Asafa and Bolt running with Gay.

volleyball is one of my most hated sports ever

^but why??