me and the horse!

Just came back from Llasa, Tibet. After four oxygen bottles and an IV treatment, I survived the high altitude environment. My favorite part was definitely riding on this little horse going to the namco lake.

Here is very dark photo inside the potala palace restroom. The highest toilet in the world they said...

the olympic hero

Aunt lu (we call her the "olympic hero") took a break from her busy schedule and spent some time with her family and I. We were able to have special access and get into the Olympic forest inside the olympic park that the public can't get into. They don't sell tickets to regular chinese citizens or foreign spectators because the chinese government built the forest for the athletes.

again... no idea what was going on!!??

I went to the boxing competition last night at the worker's gymnasium and watched 12 matches of boxing. I still had no clue how they score or count the points. It is all very very very confusing.

what is in this jar??

I went to 798 Art District where they have most of the Chinese contemp art exhibitions. I LOVED IT!! BUT WHAT IS IN THIS JAR???

The Art District used to be these German industrial facilities. Once the companies closed in the late 90s, the artists used the space to display their paintings and installations and formed this art zone.

Watching the games live!!

Indoor Volleyball and the crowd at the security check point 8 trying to watch the fencing competition.

Is a very confusing experience...they don't have anybody telling the spectators who the athletes are or what they are about to do. So half the time, it is a guessing game! My aunt gave me two tickets to fencing for Saturday morning. I had no idea how to watch fencing!! It took me 20 minutes to figure out how the competitors score points. The hardest part is trying to see which country is competing since they only spell out three letters on the scoreboard. WHAT IS "MAR"?????

Also watched indoor volleyball Saturday night at the capital stadium. WAY more exciting than fencing...

the girl on the uneven bar!

Everybody needs to watch this little Chinese girl, He Kexin's uneven bar performance!! It was out of this world!! Her major release skill was super difficult. I don't know how she was able to hang on to the bar. If you didn't tivo the program, make sure to check it out on the NBC website.

CLEARLY these gymnasts are NOT 16!!!! One of the little Chinese girl had a missing tooth!!! She is probably 12! maybe 11!!!!?????

QingDao

My relatives in Qing Dao -

I am an aunt now!!!!!!!!!!!