Lila: Chris and I talked our way into the media lounge of the Coca-Cola hospitality house on the Olympic Green and got a full tour of its new products and technology. The coolest one was this vending machine that kept the bottles of Coke at a certain temperature. Because of that, once you open the [...]
Lex: It’s the little things that you notice in China that makes you laugh and shake your head. It’s not wrong, it’s not bad, it’s just different from what you’re used to seeing every day. Take the Denmark-Russia handball match I attended the other night. With five minutes left, Denmark was down by four but [...]
Kimya: I had a great time at the Holland House (aka Heineken House) so I convinced Kelly, Lila and Shannon to join me on my second visit last week. The house is actually the Dutch embassy, and they did an incredible job transforming it into an Olympic hospitality center. There is a section for dancing, [...]
Lisa: These Games have been, by far, the most difficult to navigate but the most interesting to see from an educational perspective. I want a T-shirt that says, “I survived the Beijing Games.” The 2008 Olympics theme song should be “I’ll do it MY way.” I now have great what-not-to-do examples for the classroom, ranging [...]
Patrick: I learned to write my first Chinese word the other day. It actually takes three characters to write the word “artist.” I don’t think I would recognize the word if I saw it in a newspaper. But it’s a really big first step. Woo ha!
Speaking of words, here is a quick linguistic analysis:
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Rosina: My second visit to the Olympic Green, where you need a ticket for access, was noticeably different from my first. When we went for a tennis match last week, the area was very empty but very open. When we went back the other night for track and field, the Green was full of people [...]
