Posts under ‘Host Cities’

Beijing Paralympic Games: Only Ten Days to Go

In ten days, the Beijing Paralympic Games will begin. I hope to blog about it of course and I hope that no unscheduled projects will come my way so that — unlike the Olympics that just passed — I can do the blogging regularly.
Who’s the athlete to watch in the Paralympic Games? I’m not sure [...]


Video: Gymnast Li Ning Lights the Olympic Cauldron

This, to me, is the most jaw-dropping part of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.


Opening Ceremony Reviews: And So, the Games Begin

What do you think of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony? Spectacular, eh? The parade of nations went on and on and on but I don’t think we can blame anyone for that. I was planning to put up a poll to get your feedback on the opening ceremonies but Blogger went crappy once again and [...]


Going to Beijing: David Beckham

British football star David Beckham is bound for Beijing during the Olympics but he’s not going there to play football. Rather, he’s there to “star in the closing ceremony” where he will reportedly “play a key role role in the the official handover to Britain for the London 2012 Games”.
It is fitting that Beckham is [...]


Freudian Slip

The sign for the men’s restroom in Beijing’s National Stadium also known as the Bird’s Nest. Fortunately or unfortunately, the sign for the women’s restroom isn’t as, ehem, graphic.
PHOTO SOURCE: Beijing 2008.


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