An amazing video of the Puma boat in the real Volvo Ocean Race!
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London Olympics: FUN
In the last couple of days I have had a couple of discussions with friends about the 8 minute performance for the London 2012 Olympic Games during the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on August 24. Basically none of my friends share my opinion and found it (the performance) a total disaster. In my [...]
Homestay again featured in Wallstreet Journal!
Via a client, I received the wonderful news that Homestay Beijing 2008 again was featured in an article in the Wallstreet Journal. In August last year they already published an article where my initiative was mentioned and on February 9 this year they did a follow-up on that article. Homestay Beijing 2008 is mentioned as [...]
inefficiency 2
Today I went to the local police station to get my new temporary resident permit (see inefficiency story) and I assumed correct: they only could give me one for 3 extra days and I should come back again the day I receive my passport back with my new year visa… Of course I tried to [...]
inefficiency
It’s the time of the year again that my visa is up for renewal. I waited as long as possible for it to change, because each year they tend to “steal” a couple of days from me and since next year I will be very busy with my homestay project, I don’t want to have [...]
Lottery tickets Olympics
Earlier this week I received an email from the Beijing Olympic Ticketing Centre to inform me on the amount of tickets I had won in the Phase 1 lottery. Actually for quite a lot of events I signed up for I received tickets. I tried to get tickets for opening and closing ceremony, but those [...]
Good Luck Beijing II
How much bullshit will we have to hear before the people of the world can see the truth with their own eyes? The official results of the recent air pollution test presented on the Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games quote Mr. Du Shaozhong saying that the tests were successful. Oh yeah, it [...]
Good Luck Beijing I
The two weeks of August 8-23 this year have been called by the Beijing Govt. as trial weeks for the Olympics next year. The weeks have received the name “Good Luck Beijing sport events” to test the function of the venues, preparation of venue teams and quality of logistics. Also regarding pollution some measurements have [...]