So as everyone knows, the Olympics have ended. The closing ceremonies were Sunday night after the marathon. While I don't think the closing ceremonies were quite as spectacular as the opening ceremony, the closing presentation was still quite impressive.
After hoping everything would "get back to normal", it is sort of a let down. The city is now pretty quiet and everyone is kind of like well now what. This is especially true in my hotel and I would be the entire hotel industry. It's like a ghost town. Granted the Paraolympics are coming up, but I doubt they are going to bring the level of pizazz.
I went to two events during the 16 days: the preliminaries of Women's Diving and the finals of Women's Volleyball. For having not bought any tickets nor even try to purchase any tickets, I think I did pretty well. While I am thankful I was invited to go, I have to admit that I am just a College (well really CAROLINA!) basketball fan and I like/respect NFL football. Other sports just don't really get me all riled up. My friends here got really frustrated with me because I wouldn't go all crazy and cheer either at the events or watching them on TV. And for just about all of y'all, you know how much my mom and I can scream and holler when there's a UNC basketball game on. Speaking of which, football season has started and I'm super excited to start having FUNDAY Sunday in Beijing. They've just opened a new sports bar that has some 65 flat screen TVs. Oh wait, there is a time difference. Boo! No Funday Sunday. Grr...this whole 12 hour time difference is really getting annoying.
This is especially the case as some of you know I'm selling my condo. Trying to get things turned around in any sort of quick fashion is IMPOSSIBLE and super frustrating. Goods news though! I finally got an offer! I can't believe that after 10 years, I will no longer have a home in DC...not that I miss living there per se, but I will miss at least having the option to move back if I got some sort of weird political urge.
In terms of work, the new job is going well. It's a little slow moving, but then again, most everything is in China. It might take 2-3 days for something to get done in the US; it takes 5-7+ days in China.
Other than that, I made fried chicken tonight and it was super yummy! I've also started watching more TV/movies while I've been here. Well, it's not real TV/movies--it's TVs shows and movies I download. One might think I would get caught up on the "new" shows that I didn't have time to watch in MBA school like "Lost" or something. Oh no, not me, I've downloaded almost every episode of "You Can't Do That On Televsion", funny Nickelodeon show from the early eighties, "Hey Dude", another Nick show, and "Tom and Jerry", yep, the cartoon. Do you think my taste in TV says anything about my mentality and how I, obviously, do not want to grow up? Hmmm...ok off to watch the kids on "You Can't Do That On Televsion" get slimed!
After hoping everything would "get back to normal", it is sort of a let down. The city is now pretty quiet and everyone is kind of like well now what. This is especially true in my hotel and I would be the entire hotel industry. It's like a ghost town. Granted the Paraolympics are coming up, but I doubt they are going to bring the level of pizazz.
I went to two events during the 16 days: the preliminaries of Women's Diving and the finals of Women's Volleyball. For having not bought any tickets nor even try to purchase any tickets, I think I did pretty well. While I am thankful I was invited to go, I have to admit that I am just a College (well really CAROLINA!) basketball fan and I like/respect NFL football. Other sports just don't really get me all riled up. My friends here got really frustrated with me because I wouldn't go all crazy and cheer either at the events or watching them on TV. And for just about all of y'all, you know how much my mom and I can scream and holler when there's a UNC basketball game on. Speaking of which, football season has started and I'm super excited to start having FUNDAY Sunday in Beijing. They've just opened a new sports bar that has some 65 flat screen TVs. Oh wait, there is a time difference. Boo! No Funday Sunday. Grr...this whole 12 hour time difference is really getting annoying.
This is especially the case as some of you know I'm selling my condo. Trying to get things turned around in any sort of quick fashion is IMPOSSIBLE and super frustrating. Goods news though! I finally got an offer! I can't believe that after 10 years, I will no longer have a home in DC...not that I miss living there per se, but I will miss at least having the option to move back if I got some sort of weird political urge.
In terms of work, the new job is going well. It's a little slow moving, but then again, most everything is in China. It might take 2-3 days for something to get done in the US; it takes 5-7+ days in China.
Other than that, I made fried chicken tonight and it was super yummy! I've also started watching more TV/movies while I've been here. Well, it's not real TV/movies--it's TVs shows and movies I download. One might think I would get caught up on the "new" shows that I didn't have time to watch in MBA school like "Lost" or something. Oh no, not me, I've downloaded almost every episode of "You Can't Do That On Televsion", funny Nickelodeon show from the early eighties, "Hey Dude", another Nick show, and "Tom and Jerry", yep, the cartoon. Do you think my taste in TV says anything about my mentality and how I, obviously, do not want to grow up? Hmmm...ok off to watch the kids on "You Can't Do That On Televsion" get slimed!
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