You and Me

An awesome song from the Opening Ceremony, You and Me, or, 我和你 (Wo he ni).


Those who want the .mp3 file thingy, I found it on a website: You and Me

Eric

8/8/08

Today is the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. If you have been reading this blog recently, then you know that I thought the rehersal sucked. But, I think that they will make the actual thing better. Some Sarah Brigtman person is singing in it along with this guy who I have no idea where he came from, his name is Jackie Chan or something. (That was sarcasm.) It should be a little better. I will not be going anywhere today, because, the security is going to be really really tight and there will be a lot of famous people arriving today. Meanwhile, I have been visitng some of the famous places in Beijing, the Temple of Heaven, Wangfujing Street, and more recently, Qianmen Market Street. I have yet to go to Tianamen Square and the Great Wall as the torch relay and ever tightening security has made that almost impossible until after the opening ceremony.

Opening Ceremony Rehersal

Yesterday, I attended the Beijing 2008, Olympic Games, Opening Ceremony Rehersal. I was not impressed. I will write exactally what happened when I have the time.

Henan: The Story

Sorry I couldn't come up with a better title. So anyways, these past few days have been a real ball! I got to go fishing and I caught 3 fish although I did cheat a little (it was a fish pound thingy). I also got to go to my uncles paper factory (he is in charge of it) and I took tons of pics. Yesterday, I went to this really beautiful mountain wheie I went swimming, then had dinner there. The air quality here is A LOT better than the air quality in Beijing. Tomorrow, I am taking a 8:02 AM train to Beijing. It is one of the new fast trains, ones that go 350 km/h. This way, it will only take 3 hours, instead of the usual 8.

When I get back to Beijing, there will only be a few days till the Opening ceremony (8/8/08 8:08:08 PM). My grand-aunt has gotten one ticket to the FINAL Opening Ceremony REHERSAL on 8/5/08, so it is almost like the real thing. Too bad I didn't bring my camcorder. However, I will take TONS of pictures. Netherless, I hope you read my twitter blog thingy in the next few weeks, as I will be mainly posting via that in the next few weeks.

Also, to celebrate National Watermelon Month, have a watermelon:

What would Hale do??

So imagine that you are talking to your friend and Hale is sitting right behind you to. As you lean in to whisper something to your friend, What would Hale do? Guess by commenting.

Yeah So...

Hi. Apparently, there IS internet here in Hunan. I just got of the train an hour ago. So yay! Stay tuned for my new series of posts titled "What Would Hale Do?" (Hopefully Hale won't kill me after I'm done with these posts...

Hernan and Olympics

Today, I went back to Wanfujing and got some more olympic stuff. The next week or so, I will be in
Hernan (Prounounced: He-nan). So I won't have computer access. Just e-mail me and then I will get back to you when I get back!

Eric!!

Sanlitun, Wanfujing, and Boating

Today, my dad and I went to a lot of places. (heh. cheesy) Anyways, we went to Sanlitun because my dad wanted to see the apple store. Video chatted with Preston there, who pointed out that poeple were looking at me and him. Next, we took a bus to Chaoyang Park where we went boating!

In China, anyone is allowed to drive a boat! So, I got to drive it. (And Hale, even if you can't drive a boat, too bad. I always win. ( : ) Anyways, taht took up a good 1 and a half hours. Next, off to Wanfujing Road.

Wanfujing Road, is a GIANT marketplace with TONS of malls at least 3 times the size of the Stamford Town Center. I got a ton of Olympic things (their flagship store is there) and also got a case for my iPhone.

Meanwhile, I am making a list of who to give souveniors to. Tell me if you want me to add you in case I didn't. Just leave a message in the comments.

Airplanes and Friends

As some of you might have known, my parents are coming to China today, on CA 982. So far, most of my friends have come back from summer camp! (YAY!!!) That means, I will actually have someone to talk to (sorry Preston, but just talking to you is kinda boring, but fun!). Just to tell you guys, there is a 12 hour time difference, so I will be online probably in your morning or night. Please IM me!!! My AIM is: eli8527, Gtalk is: ericyoungli@gmail.com (idk if u need the "@gmail.com) and my Skype is: eli8527. 

Eric!

Beijing Botanical Gardens

Today I went to the Beijing Botanical Gardens and took about 200 pictures. I will upload them to my (Preston's) webpage as soon as I can.

Eric