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Beijing Olympics 2008

I thought I would use the Beijing Olympic Games as a good excuse for me to blog a little in Chinese…

BUT my vocab prevents me from writing about just how crazily fantastic the Olympic opening ceremony was! Only in China can you get a HUGE mass of people performing in sync with 99% accuracy. I enjoyed playing ‘spot the mistakes’ during the performances just because it would be unfair if there weren’t any mistakes at the Beijing Olympics… it’ll make the Australian Sydney Olympics look bad!

Sydney 的奥运会不必北京奥运 Opening Ceremony 好。其实 Sydney奥运会已经过了八年,我差不多都忘了。。。 我才记得我们有 lawn mowers 和 Nikki Webster, 别的想不起来。

The Beijing Olympics though, there are some performances which I doubt I’ll easily forget. I especially loved the performance with the mass of drums which lit up in sync and the moving columns which was so in sync that I almost believed it was computerised.

我最不喜欢的是 the order of which each country entered the stadium! 我每次等澳大利亚队出来才坐别的东西。因为澳大利亚第一字是 ‘a’ 应该在前面的,可是这次澳大利亚差不多是最后出的!!My dad had to explain to me that countries were entering in order of number of strokes in their Chinese character… STROKES?! Poor Australia has way too many =(

Anyways, like I said great ceremony. Even the lighting of the Olympic flame was cool! Although, it would have been cooler if there were no mistakes…

Beijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to China
Beijing’s Games: What the Olympics Mean to China

Why is hosting the Olympic Games so important to China? What is the significance of a quintessential symbol of Western civilization taking place in the heart of the Far East? Will the Olympics change China, or will China change the Olympics? Susan Brownel


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P.S. 过了几个星期,北京语言大学才挤过来我的 transcript, 等了差不多五个月才收到! 我的考试分都不错,我的听力比口语好的多。我觉得这是因为我看很多戏,不少没有英语字幕和dubbing所以我用汉语听,猜一猜戏的意思。

变化

I’ve been meaning to update but I haven’t had time to type anything up! These mid semesters and assignments are really time consuming (when you actually plan on putting effort into them)! Anyhow, I’ll update soon, I still have to post about how cool Harbin is =)


Eyewitness Travel Guide China
Eyewitness Travel Guide China

The DK travel guide helps you to get the most out of your trip to China, providing expert
recommendations as well as detailed practical information. The opening chapter
Introducing China maps the country and sets it in its historical and cultural context. Each
of the seven regional sections is divided into area chapters that cover from one to three
provinces each. Here you will find descriptions of the most important sights with maps,
pictures and illustrations. Hotel and restaurant recommendations can be found in
Travelers Needs . The Survival Guide contains practical information on everything from
transport personal safety.


虽然我在别的城市,我还没有变。
我以前想如果我有新的生活,我就很容易改变了。
可是我没有好好儿想要变成什么,所以我觉得我只是一样的。

但是我从北京回珀斯时候,我更一个好朋友聊天儿时,他突然说:”北京改变了你。你变成更活泼的,我觉得不错!”
我想一想他说的话,他可能说真的。
虽然我的行动差不多像以前,其实我的想法改变了。

变化不明显,可是好过没有呢~

圣诞节快乐!


我很久没有参加圣诞节。小时候,我的父母带我们小孩儿去看屋子装得很漂亮的彩灯。我们从来没有圣诞树,可是我们吃特别好吃的菜。
Christmas in Beijing
来到北京,我的英国朋友介绍我他们传统的圣诞节。真的有意思也很好玩儿!

Beijing Insight Smart Guide
Beijing Insight Smart Guide

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intimately and who recommend their favorite places to eat, drink, shop and
stay. Their recommendations are not the usual travel guidebook fare – many
of them are new and exciting, quirky and interesting places you will not find
in other guidebooks.


一起床就从圣诞树下面找出来你的礼物。
Christmas in Beijing
Christmas in Beijing
圣诞节的时候,一定要和很多酒 (啤酒,红酒,白酒等等)。
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每一个人有圣诞crackers,圣诞cracker里面有小礼物。
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他们做很多很多的菜。
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吃完以后就听朋友唱圣诞歌。
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我门休息以后就吃圣诞节特别的甜品。
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酒倒在蛋糕上面,然后点火,火烯了以后就可以吃!
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二零零七年就是我最喜欢的圣诞节!

China beds cause Insomia

Ahh, I didn’t get a good nights rest at all =( Not the best thing since I had classes 8:30am til 4pm today. 上课的时候,我差不多睡着了!真得不好意思! I didn’t actually wake up until just before lunch, and after lunch I just felt like sleeping again!

跟同学在食堂一起吃。
with classmates @ Canteen

I was just lying in the bed tossing and turning for god knows how long last night! I’m just not used to sleeping on these hard beds, it feels like I’m just lying on wood covered with cloth. I can’t sleep properly on my back because it feels weird and there’s no give in the so-called mattress to support my lower back.

So I turn on the side which is how I usually sleep…. But I can’t fall asleep because the bed is too hard and I’ve only got the one pillow =( Sleeping on my tummy doesn’t work on a normal bed and still doesn’t work on hard beds!!!

Ah… 我很想睡觉 …how good would it be to get into a nice SOFT bed full of pillows!!


And I swear, it’s so dusty EveRyWheRe you go!! This room of mine is the dustiest room I’ve ever been in! I’ve wiped down my desk a few times already and the dust just comes back within an hour! There’s even dustballs on the floor! I dropped a lid and it rolled under the bed once…oh my goodness, the thickness of the dust under there is amazing! The Fuyuans definitely don’t clean under there.

oH well, lots of studying to do now!! Especially because I plan not to study tomorrow at all!

八达岭长城

The Great Wall really is great! All you have to do is ignore all the tourists, ignore all the walking and dodgy stairs, ignore the smelly toilets, ignore the haze, ignore the many many stalls ripping off innocent tourists… 八达岭长城真的极好的!

走走,走到一只不停Climbing the Great Wall

We set off at 8am and arrived at 八达岭长城 (Badaling) around 9:30am. We bought some supplies (snacks and water) and headed to the entrance. There were a crazy number of tourists including the 12 coaches from 语言大学 (BLCU)! After walking along the wall in the sea of people for about 5-10 minutes, we decided to head in the other direction where it seemed to have a lot less people.


And so the journey begins…

我们跟北京语学生去八达岭,到哪里我么都分开自己走Climbing the Great Wall
另外一边有很多旅游团,所以我们回转走另一边
Climbing the Great Wall

我们爬越高就见到越少人风景越漂亮!It seemed as if the further up we went, the better the view became (and this wasn’t just because there was a lot less people either!). There’s really not much else to say because you have to be there yourself to know what I’m talking about, and the photos aren’t even comparable to what you can experience…

累死了!!来到北京我有那么多运动机会~
Climbing the Great Wall

We had to head back to the coach by 2:15pm so it didn’t really give us much time. But I’ll definitely be going back to climb the 长城 again!!


PS. Beijing coffee sucks ass! If you want great coffee, go to Starbucks even if it does cost 31RMB for a medium mocha frappachino! But hey, it’s all good after conversion ^_-

八达岭长城征服了!!
Climbing the Great Wall

Summer Palace 颐和园

My trip to the Summer Palace with my roommate and friends started off with a bus ride from BLCU Chengfu Lu which cost only 1 or 2RMB. It was very busy outside the entry, I somehow doubt they can get rid of the people unless they shut down! We attracted local Chinese trying to sell their services as tour guides to unknowing tourists… Unfortunately for them, we knew what a complete rip off they were…

Since it was September, it was still quite hot so there was a LOT of haze. At that time you could say I was ‘fresh off the boat’ (fob), so I was still surprised at all the haze and blurry vision I was having…

我和玉秋跟我的同屋和她的越南朋友去颐和园
Summer Palace
玉秋和我还高兴因为我们还有力。。。
Summer Palace
坐船过Lake Kunming
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一边走一边爬,有点儿累。。。
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地上呢?哈哈!玉秋和我爬上去~
Summer Palace
爬上山 又要爬下去因为我们都不知道去那里
Summer Palace
下山又爬上去。。。累死了!~
Summer Palace
风特别舒服
Summer Palace
呀!爬到最高的地方
Summer Palace
回家了~
Summer Palace