Category: 5. Current Affairs

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    Li Na advanced to the semi finals. The big deal is that she defeated Venus Williams!!!

  • 要命!

    First win! Yao scored 30 points. It was against Angola though ….

  • You sponsored the wrong athlete, my friend.

    Angry Swede throws down medal, quits Abrahamian took the bronze from around his neck during the medal ceremony, stepped from the podium and dropped it in the middle of the wrestling mat then walked off. β€œI don’t care about this medal. I wanted gold,” he said.

  • why? why???

    why do athletes always have to shower right after a dive? Hee hee. The answer is here.

  • unstoppable

    pics from sina.com.cn The Chinese has been racking up medals after medals. I get so emotional everytime I see them winning something. They managed to sweep all the medals in our tradition strongholds: Gymnastics, diving, weightlifting, etc. What’s most amazing about this year’s feat is that they are so dominating. Then there are plenty of…

  • Sport is great

    picture from nbc.com These days all you see on TV here in China is the Olympics. Multiple channels are broadcasting the different games nonstop. Competitive sport is just so enjoyable. I enjoyed every single sport … from archery to basketball to obscure games such as waterpolo. I love sports.

  • Year 2004 (Bonus Track: 2003 in Retrospect)

    A friend asked me this morning, “So what things did you check off in 2003 from your “101 Things to do in Life” list? “If it has an item called “Stay alive”, then that would be the only one that would have been checked off.” I answered apathetically. Reflections suck. They are trivial, energy wasting,…

  • Today’s date: 07/13/2001

    [Beijing won! and i can’t pinyin!] Today Beijing won the olympics bid for 2008. 2008, I will be 32 years old. This is definitely one of the most exciting things that has happened to China. I am very happy for the country. Although many people argued that China shouldn’t get the bid, because of its…