All these beautifull girls are in the International Beijing Dream Dance Cheer Squad. The Cheer Squad is a team of girls from a lot of different countries. With only two days to go for the start of the official...
Update: i found out that this second rehersel is probably the rehersel for the fireworks of the Closing Ceremony. That makes sense to me. Because why should you rehersel the same fireworks twice? So this was...
Veteran Iranian taekwondo fighter Hadi Saei has claimed Beijing Olympics men’s welterweight gold medal by beating Italy’s Mauro Sarmiento. In the Friday men’s -80kg final, the Iranian world and Olympic...
opinion by baiadha | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 461 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
May be you already know that the number 8 means good luck in China. So the perfect date is of course on 08-08-2008. For that reason the Official Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games shall start exactly at 8...
The Olympics are coming to an end for me. As I depart to go back to Shanghai before I make my way to Europe for yet another technology conference, I reflect on my time here. This past week has been amazingly busy for my countrymen/women and me. Canada managed to make its...
Update: Three security officers were stabbed to death and another wounded in renewed violence in far northwest China's Xinjiang region on Tuesday. Source: Reuters Update: Suicide bombers kill 11 in west...
It's only the first day, and already several medals have been awarded. Reigning champion Mariel Zagunis brought the USA its first gold medal of 2008 by defeating Sada Jacobson, also of the USA, in the Women's Individual Sabre. Becca Ward defeated Russian Sofiya Velikaya for...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 169 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Today, i promised to write about the human rights in China. I selected the Play Fair organisation. They campaign for a fair salary. Campaigners in Hong Kong, backed by the Play Fair 2008 global coalition, have...
Update: great work of the ladies. The whole square is clean. Time to start using it. So the first thing the Chinese did was making a few entrances so nobody can go on the square without notice. Good example of...
Update: More and more sculptures and nice decorations are finished. See some nice sand-sculptures. Photos added. So, the work is done. Beijing did a tremendous job on greening the city. With just 17 days to go...
Ductch weatherinstitute KNMI announced today to provide all kind of information about weather conditions, humidity, air-pollution (dust particles), temperature, rain, ozone and the Heat Stress Index. KNMI will...
Thousands, thousands, say many, many thousands of volunteers are ready for the Olympic Games. Nobody kows exactly how much volunteers are involved. Some sources say 100.000, others go even up to 500.000....
It seems to me that the Phillippines are also ready with the biggest cheer-squad in the world. Great work after months of excercise. Well the have time enough. Looks very perfect to me. The new Jon...
Update: with only a short week to go all Olympic Medal girls are still full in training. When you see the pictures they seem to be prepared for every situation. Well see for your self. Yesterday the final slection...
Update: Police and special forces are under highest level of security with only 8 days to go. See latest pictures of training activity. The water around the Bird's Nest is inspected by a massive team of divers and...