August 8 - August 24I never really wanted to find out what the Beijing Olympic logo meant till i saw this crazy one above and dedcided to go check it out. The "dancing Beijing" emblem depicts a chinese seal inscribed with the character "Jing", forming the name of the host city, in the form of a dancing figure. I have a love-hate relationship with the way China presented the Olympics. Although host city's motto is "One World, One Dream", my personal opinion is that there is too much national pride than there should be for the international multi-sport event. Perhaps with all that pressure they put upon themelves to bring glory to an insecure nation, out of 302 events in 28 sports and 11, 028 athelethes participating, the Chinese did win the most gold medals.
Gold Silver Bronze TotalChina 51 21 28 100
USA 36 38 36 110
Great Britain 19 13 15 47 we'll stay tuned for 2012
World's Fastest Racket SportBadmintonWhile Badminton became a full Competition Sport at Olympic Games only in 1992, it evolved from the game battledore and shuttlecock, which can be traced back to ancient Greece, China, Japan and India. It' probably why the Chinese have always been very strong in badminton, no wonder why we have Li Yujia and Li Li, both Chinese, playing for Singapore. I joined the school's badminton team when i was in secondary school but being an outdoor person, playing indooors could not keep my interest for long. Anyway, my dear friend, Sharon-Pova is so inspired at how fast, agile and the lightning-fast reflexes they have that she wanted to challenge us with her newly bought rackets (she even bought a pair!!) and take her front hand and back hand up to the test! I'm rooting for more Singaporean borned badminton players like Jiang Yanmei-s, i will support you Sharon-Pova!! And so we played badminton in clubbing/ work wear and heels!! In fact, she had already booked a court for us 2 weeks in advance for the next match!!
The flight of the shuttlecock, a missile of cork and goose feather that players volley across the net, has been recorded at speeds of 260 kilometres per hour and with stamina, players have been known to cover more than six kilometres in a single match.We sure did not even cover 10 meters and we were picking shuttlecocks most of the time! I suspect when Sharon-Pova said she's preparing for 2012, Olympics in London, she probably meant she's buying Joey a new pair of Gucci sneakers cus we're all goin to London with Olympic spectator gallery passes to the events instead!
London! Here We Come in 2012!
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