I just came back from a six hour hike on Huashan Mountain, which is located an hour outside of the city of Xi’an, China. I will be honest, I don’t feel like blogging. I am too tired. I wanted to get a good post done before everyone tuned out for the holiday weekend. It’s not [...]
Olympic Controversy
The Beijing Olympics had a great number of controversies leading up to the games. There was the violent crackdown on the Tibet protesters. The media was in a uproar that their access to the internet might be limited during their reporting of the games. The world questioned whether world leaders should boycott the games [...]
At the start of the Olympics, I decided that I wanted to see at least one women’s and one men’s football match. What I didn’t realize was that I was going to see the gold medal matches for both. As it was with the other Olympics events, the ticket gods looked down upon me with [...]
I am staying in a small hostel in Central Beijing. I have had three sets of roommates over the past two weeks. The last two people to share my room was two brothers that were traveling from Korea. When I asked where they were from, they replied, " Michigan." They grew up ten minutes from [...]
Olympics Fans
One of the reasons, I love the Olympics are the fan’s that travel to support their country. Watching people yell their special chants or songs during the event is so much fun. They are usually pretty creative and much more exciting that our traditional "U-S-A" chant. We need to create a fight song of [...]
Tomorrow morning will be my two week anniversary staying in Beijing. It is the longest that I have stayed in one place in over eight months. Who says I have commitment issues? It has been nice to explore the city slowly combining the Olympics with the cultural sights. Amazingly enough, I still haven’t made it [...]
Singh Around the World Reaches Millions of Viewers!
It was another fun weekend in Beijing. As I mentioned in a previous post, my friend Barnaby Prendergast connected me to his brother Nick, who lives in Beijing with his girlfriend, Nancy. They have been my local social life connection when I am not hanging out at [...]
Dear Gentle Reader,
After seven straight days of Olympics fun, I decided to take a day off. I needed time to do laundry, make plans for the rest of my trip and basically recharge. Here are some of my thoughts about the past week.
Tickets, Tickets and More Tickets
Last Saturday was the first day of sports competition [...]
I decided to press my luck and try to see one more swimming event. I mean seeing four straight days of swimming was not enough. Seeing the greatest comeback in swimming, 10 US medals and major world records being broken everyday was not enough. I can get one more ticket to this event, right?
I gave [...]
I will admit I have become addicted to swimming. I saw a few swimming events at the Athens Olympics but the Beijing events are what hooked me. It is a combination of seeing some great racing and meeting some great people connected to our swim program. Another part of me enjoys the random way I [...]
