Mar
17
2008
The badminton head coach Li Yongbo recently said, ‘I think five isn’t to much to expect’ when asked how many gold medals he’s expecting this summer in Beijing. The Brit pair Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson, both in their 30s are still competing, not sure they’ll be around in 2012 when London is the host for the summer [...]
Tags: Badminton
Mar
17
2008
The Beatleslive on forever .. .. for certain their influence/music is very profound. We went to see Rain last night. It’sok, they were 10 minutes late, :). “I could have come all by myself and still enjoyed it ..” Golfer observed afterward, :) sorrrrrri … one of the kids had iPod, .. at least [...]
Tags: Melody
Mar
17
2008
In seeking greater profits, Beijing is losing its influence over state owned companies, such as CNPC that has invested heavily in Sudan, a sensible view by a Beijing correspondent. I’m wondering, how many articles (with the same point of view) he’s written prior to this one that didn’t get published? Or he suddenly came to realization of [...]
Tags: Politics
Mar
17
2008
Baseball or softball isn’t a foreign sport, I played it in primary school in the middle 70s in Beijing, Zhongguancun Erxiao 中关村二小 as past of physical education, in our front yard. The positions weren’t as clearly defined as in MLB. Not sure Mao banned it. I enjoyed it a lot. To my dismay, once a class had [...]
Tags: Beijing