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Beijing Summer Olympics 2008
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post Aug 9 2008, 10:42 AM
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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.
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 11:49 AM
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^ 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).
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 12:15 PM
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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
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 12:20 PM
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i'm super excited for men's basketball and men's tennis to start tomorrow!!
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 12:23 PM
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^ MEN'S BASKETBALL!!!! China vs USA...Yao vs Kobe lol. It'll be intense!
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 01:00 PM
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but i feel really bad for yao because his body is so riddled with injuries and he's definitely not in top shape sad.gif but go team USA!
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 01:13 PM
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^ Yeah. sad.gif 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.
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 01:15 PM
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I watched Volleyball, Cycling, Rowing, and Beach Volleyball and I'm bored,

I kinda wanna see Diving, and fer SURE I gotta see Gymnastics.
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 01:19 PM
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Lol, I'm watching women's volleyball with US vs. Japan. So freaking close.
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 01:21 PM
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^ Haha, I'm kind of watching that one now too!

QUOTE(Gigi @ Aug 9 2008, 11:13 AM) *
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.

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...
 
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QUOTE(Gigi @ Aug 9 2008, 02:13 PM) *
^ Yeah. sad.gif 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.


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!
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 01:30 PM
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Aw, that kid was adorable! He did look like he was 5 compared to Yao. laugh.gif The story was touching. I think he got more attention than anyone else there. XD.gif
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 01:37 PM
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Swimming, gymnastics,And diving.
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 02:00 PM
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Definitely watching Gymnastics, swimming and soccer. The USA volleyball game was intense and winning all 3 medals in fencing (sabre) is great!
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 02:25 PM
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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.
 
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QUOTE(Gigi @ Aug 9 2008, 11:13 AM) *
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.
THAT LITTLE KID WAS SOOO CUTE! i would kidnap him haha ;x
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 05:56 PM
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OLYMPIC CELEBRATION EVER. I had goose bumps! ><
 
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post Aug 9 2008, 07:51 PM
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The swimming event is super exciting!

P.S.: The story about the kid who walked with Yao was really touching. Such a cute one.
 
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post Aug 10 2008, 08:38 AM
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i saw gymnastics today, poor chinese girl fell down the bars. she was still qualified but started crying.
 
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post Aug 10 2008, 09:38 AM
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^ She did pretty well despite falling though, but I still felt really bad for her.

Watching China vs USA basketball game right now.
 
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post Aug 10 2008, 09:48 AM
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i'm watching the basketball game right now. us vs china
 
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Did anyone see those lady weighlifters earlier today? It was insane! One chick lifted 126kg!
 
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post Aug 10 2008, 10:16 AM
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China's behind 14 points

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post Aug 10 2008, 10:50 AM
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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.
 
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QUOTE(BanDaSnowman @ Aug 10 2008, 11:50 AM) *
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.
 
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