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Fengwei

08-08-2008, 06:28 AM

Chris, that sounds awesome to me. I've got no problems with a brief get-together on the 12th. You just mention further details as "where exactly" and "when exactly"

This racket issue is quite big. Has anyone got multiple rackets which others can maybe borrow? I only got one piece which I bought here...

Also, when it comes down to the badminton get-together at Fu Li Cheng (R&F Club), I got a second problem. The Olympic venue regulations state that all large bags may not be taken into the venue. That means, I can't bring my Yonex 9624-6 with it's contents into the venue. Does someone know a solution to this?
I guess I'm not the only one going to have this problem when that day comes.

BadFever

08-08-2008, 06:54 AM

This racket issue is quite big. Has anyone got multiple rackets which others can maybe borrow? I only got one piece which I bought here...

Also, when it comes down to the badminton get-together at Fu Li Cheng (R&F Club), I got a second problem. The Olympic venue regulations state that all large bags may not be taken into the venue. That means, I can't bring my Yonex 9624-6 with it's contents into the venue. Does someone know a solution to this?
I guess I'm not the only one going to have this problem when that day comes.
Don't worry too much, Fengwei. Solution will present itself when time comes. Maybe you organise a racket shopping trip for all of us before the 15th. :p

As for the bag problem, even easier. We can organise to put all our bags at someone's hotel room closest to the courts. Then go pickup on the way to the courts. ;)

huangkwokhau

08-08-2008, 07:59 AM

When I slept, I got SMS from Chris...he said one of his glasses is broken...since he has no back up..he might cancel his trip..I am still confused after reading his long SMS....

Fengwei

08-08-2008, 09:11 AM

What?! That's a bummer... Let's just wait for Chris to respond himself. I understand if he won't come, as you can't watch badminton live if you haven't got glasses, but do need them.

Chris, if you need glasses, I have spare Ray Ban's with me. I've got -1,5 and -1,25. (which means I got problems seeing things far away) Just send me a message, and I'll bring them to you tomorrow if in any case you still decide to come to Beijing.

Hoping for the best...

huangkwokhau

08-08-2008, 09:13 AM

huangkwokhau

08-08-2008, 09:14 AM

I think he left for China..I called him but it was off...meaning he is gone....good!

Fengwei

08-08-2008, 09:19 AM

Don't worry too much, Fengwei. Solution will present itself when time comes. Maybe you organise a racket shopping trip for all of us before the 15th. :p

As for the bag problem, even easier. We can organise to put all our bags at someone's hotel room closest to the courts. Then go pickup on the way to the courts. ;)

I'll be glad to organise a trip with you guys to BBE Sports, but I'm not sure if everyone wants to buy a new racket specially for this get-together :p ;)

Good idea, just need to see who lives closest to the Olympic venues or the R&F courts.

Fengwei

08-08-2008, 09:28 AM

That's great! Let's hope he's coming then. He promised me he'd call/sms when he arrives in Beijing.

Fingeres crossed then!

Oldhand

08-08-2008, 11:55 AM

It is prescribed glasses......not normal one...I think one of the frame is broken or something like that...got several his SMS while I slept.....
Look at the positive side...
...during the badminton session, he will be easy meat :D

Syaoran_Style

08-08-2008, 02:40 PM

I'll be glad to organise a trip with you guys to BBE Sports, but I'm not sure if everyone wants to buy a new racket specially for this get-together :p ;)

Good idea, just need to see who lives closest to the Olympic venues or the R&F courts.

Well I Live very near from the venue ! something like less than 10 mins by walking. You can all drop by to let your bags in my room if you want to ! then we'll run to our own "practice" center ! and afterwards enjoying some chinese food !
By the way ! I'd love to go to that BBE sport, where i live i didn't see a sign of any subway so i beg for your help ! aha
see you soon all

ctjcad

08-08-2008, 05:50 PM

I think he left for China..I called him but it was off...meaning he is gone....good!

That's great! Let's hope he's coming then. He promised me he'd call/sms when he arrives in Beijing.

Fingeres crossed then!
:p..hey, guys, i made it.......to Taiwan, so far..:o..(got a few minutes here for internet)
But still another 10 hrs to go before i reach Beijing..:(

So, i read online the Opening Ceremony was absolutely spectacular. Too bad i won't be able to see the replay of it soon. But you guys in N.A. will be able to watch it in a few hours...:cool:
Badminton's 1st day will start in a bit more than 1 hr., so should be fun!:)

Btw, the BC banner didn't make it with me. But i'll figure out something else to replace the banner..;)..

Well I Live very near from the venue ! something like less than 10 mins by walking. You can all drop by to let your bags in my room if you want to ! then we'll run to our own "practice" center ! and afterwards enjoying some chinese food !
By the way ! I'd love to go to that BBE sport, where i live i didn't see a sign of any subway so i beg for your help ! aha
see you soon all
..Tarek, that's a great idea! Hope Fengwei can figure out how to get enough rackets. If we don't have one for everyone, maybe we all can take turns playing.:cool:

kwun

08-08-2008, 06:20 PM

Chris, have a safe, fun, and smooth trip!

and everyone else who is going as wel. have a safe, fun trip!

look forward to any photos or reports. hehe. :) :)

ctjcad

08-08-2008, 06:26 PM

..esp. in the U.S. cos you've got to watch all the badminton livestreaming soon...as well as the Opening Ceremony...:p

..okay, i think that's for now-ready to fly off, again....Looking fw to meeting the rest of the BCers in Beijing!!!...:):cool:

*Will do, will do with the pics, stories, adventures/misadventures etc.;) (although i don't know how easily it would be for me to have internet access in Beijing:confused:) Other BCers in Beijing, please2 share with the rest of us all the badminton and non-badminton happenings there!Thanks!:cool:

badMania

08-08-2008, 07:32 PM

..okay, i think that's for now-ready to fly off, again....Looking fw to meeting the rest of the BCers in Beijing!!!...:):cool:

Have a safe trip Chris. BTW, were u on LAX-TPE flight on SQ?? I was on LAX-HKG on CX the previous day :D

huangkwokhau

08-08-2008, 07:50 PM

Have a safe trip Chris. BTW, were u on LAX-TPE flight on SQ?? I was on LAX-HKG on CX the previous day :D
He took EVA Air...........

Fengwei

08-08-2008, 09:58 PM

Whehee, Chris is on his way, good news.

Tarek, great idea! Then we'll just put our stuff at your place in the morning, before the morning program, and pick it up after the morning program all together.

Maybe we could go to BBE during the brief get-together on the 12th? What do you guys think?

ctjcad

08-09-2008, 11:34 AM

...i'll PM my Beijing contact no. soon to all the BCers who are coming.
Apparently for those coming to the dinner, we all can take the subway from the badminton hall to Wangfujing. Quite easy, actually.:cool:

*badMania: yes, i took EVA air. I won't leave HK before i meet you there..;)

yannie

08-09-2008, 12:46 PM

Well I Live very near from the venue ! something like less than 10 mins by walking. You can all drop by to let your bags in my room if you want to ! then we'll run to our own "practice" center ! and afterwards enjoying some chinese food !
By the way ! I'd love to go to that BBE sport, where i live i didn't see a sign of any subway so i beg for your help ! aha
see you soon all

oh tarek!!! you're lucky my friend. :D pics pics pics please! :)
hahaha don't forget to try the teh tarik at the malaysian restaurant in hutong... lmao

Chu Liuxiang

08-09-2008, 09:06 PM

If you guys would like to try Teh Tarik in Beijing, maybe you could try Awana Restaurant ( Malaysian restaurant). The restaurant address : Chao Yang District, 32, Tian Ze Lu, super bar street ( Lady Street), Beijing, 100016, China. Tel : 010-64674344. website: www.awana.com.cn (http://www.awana.com.cn). Restaurant manager : Ms Chris Tan ( Malaysian )

ctjcad

08-10-2008, 12:40 PM

..for the info, Chu Liuxiang. Btw, are you in Beijing? If you are, care to join us for the get-together?:)

Also, didn't realize our pjswift is currently in Beijing, until a couple hrs ago when she called in.:eek: Apparently she's been here since the 8th of August & didn't notice about the get-together plan. And poor her, she hasn't gotten any tickets, yet...:p
Anyway, i'll add her name to the list of BCers coming to the OG.

Syaoran_Style (Tarek) & wocdam, please give me a call or send me a PM so we can meet up (i've sent you guys my Beijing no.). I still don't have your guys' contact no. Thanks.
I've already reserved a ticket for you guys for the 12th of August (evening session), if you'd like to come & watch.

george@chongwei

08-10-2008, 08:37 PM

how`s your glasses now, chris???

LI De Quan

08-11-2008, 05:01 AM

I watched the game this morning(10:00-14:15)

Loh

08-11-2008, 05:01 AM

Hi guys,

Through Chris' Beijing contact I'm able to buy 3 tickets for the evening badminton session not long after hcyong and I arrive tomorrow at 3.30 pm. It's the Round of 16 for MS, XD and 2 important MD involving KKK/TBH v Skamoto/Ikeda and Kido/Setiawan v Xie/Guo. Some very exciting matches indeed, especially in MS.

We, together with Jen, pjswift's buddy, will meet up with BadFever (Melbourne) outside the venue at 5.30 pm. I expect Chris to be present.

Would be very happy to meet up with others, esp Fengwei, if possible. :)

ctjcad

08-11-2008, 07:27 AM

...will be BC's first get-together for the Olympics games. YAY!!:)
We shall meet & gather for the evening session.

WHO'S COMING TO BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008?

1. ctjcad (Coordinator)
2. Syaoran_Style (Coordinator) - can't find him
3. BadFever
4. Fengwei (Beijing Coordinator)
6. Abby飘 (Beijing Coordinator)-still needs tickets
7. hcyong
8. Loh
9. Mr. Fault (depending on assignment)
10. LI De Quan
11. seawell
12. kemana - still needs tickets
13. Glasger
14. Smash_1 (BadFever's friend from Aussie)
And we've got all the rackets for the Friday get-together..YAY!!;)

Loh, you can try bringing your camera equipments. We saw regular people who brought in their professional looking cameras/lenses. I even brought in a bagel and the security let it go..Yes, they'll do a full body scan and x-ray.:p

And yes, we saw those upsets this morning/afternoon.;)

george@chongwei

08-11-2008, 08:26 AM

hmm, abby told me that she have got her tickets to watch badminton...2moro`s match..so maybe u guys can meet her at the stadium.

Syaoran_Style

08-11-2008, 01:24 PM

huangkwokhau

08-11-2008, 01:34 PM

ctjcad

08-11-2008, 05:06 PM

Heyy i'm here Chris ! Sorry i got many things to do, to visit etc etc ...
Okay so if i can get a ticket for tomorow, we'll settle the meeting at huum .. 17.45 ? or 18.00 in front of the spectators entrance ?
You can miss me lol i'm tall, with black and white glasses and i'm not asian lol
Hope to see you all tomorow !!
..Tarek, we've tried contacting you many2 times and i've asked for your HP no. but you haven't given me one. How can we contact you then??:confused::confused:
Please give us your Beijing HP no. and i've PMed you already. Thanks.
We'll try to reserve 1 ticket for you ok (for RMB700).

Hope to see you later tonight!

*George, i'm fine. Wearing my back-up glasses, for now. Hope it won't break.:cool:

huangkwokhau

08-11-2008, 05:16 PM

..Tarek, we've tried contacting you many2 times and i've asked for your HP no. but you haven't given me one. How can we contact you then??:confused::confused:
Please give us your Beijing HP no. and i've PMed you already. Thanks.
We'll try to reserve 1 ticket for you ok (for RMB700).

Hope to see you later tonight!

*George, i'm fine. Wearing my back-up glasses, for now. Hope it won't break.:cool:
wow....It is over US$ 100 for 1 day or 1 session? OMG...:eek::eek:
you guys are really rich.........:p

Find him in the press room..Tarek Hafi........

ctjcad

08-11-2008, 05:17 PM

WHO'S COMING TO BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008?

1. ctjcad
2. Syaoran_Style
3. BadFever
4. Fengwei (Host & coordinator;))
5. Abby飘
6. hcyong
7. Loh
8. Mr. Fault (depending on assignment)
9. LI De Quan
10. seawell
11. kemana
12. Glasger
13. Smash_1 (BadFever's friend from Aussie)
14. Jennifer (pjswift's friend)

I think everyone, except Glasger, will come for tonight's BC get-together.

ctjcad

08-11-2008, 07:40 PM

wow....It is over US$ 100 for 1 day or 1 session? OMG...:eek::eek:
you guys are really rich.........:p

Find him in the press room..Tarek Hafi........
..as tickets cost that much. Y'day, BadFever saw a person who was confiscated for scalping tickets from another person. The buyer was arrested but the seller did not.:eek:
Only those who pre-ordered the tickets are the lucky ones.
Actually for the badminton event, a local broker bought a bunch of badminton tickets, expecting many2 Indonesians to come and support their players. Thus the mark-up prices. But apparently, it turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment because not many were sold.

If Tarek is in the Press Area, then the only way to contact him is through Mr. Fault. But even so, if Tarek is reading this, he should be able to read this thread and give us his HP no....But he hasn't, yet..:confused::p

Syaoran_Style

08-11-2008, 09:10 PM

wow....It is over US$ 100 for 1 day or 1 session? OMG...:eek::eek:
you guys are really rich.........:p

Find him in the press room..Tarek Hafi........

Unfortunately I didn't get an accreditation for the Olympics. Thought i could have one, but it's very selective !

ctjcad

08-12-2008, 06:38 PM

..so, we finally had our small get-together, minus 2 other people.
Abby飘 came with her other 2 friends to cheer the CHN's players!!
Yes, we do have pics and fortunately, they were taken with other people's camera.:)
I also have pics of Abby飘. Unfortunately the bad thing is........my digi. camera is..............................(temporarily) lost (in the taxi) and it's all my fault for forgetting it!!!!:crying::crying::crying::crying::(:(:(:(:(:o :o:o:o:o:crying::crying::crying::crying:

george@chongwei

08-12-2008, 09:06 PM

what???????????//
u lost so your camera in the taxi??
u must be too excited after watching yesterday`s match though:p

sjoe

08-14-2008, 02:21 AM

ctjcad

08-14-2008, 05:59 AM

..sjoe, in order for us to communicate, please PM me or post your Beijing sim phone no. That way we can contact you.
The place of the gathering was posted a few pages ago in this thread. We're planning to gather in the afternoon after the morning session.

george@chongwei

08-14-2008, 09:08 AM

any group pics so far??

ctjcad

08-14-2008, 07:27 PM

..will be held today in the afternoon after the morning session, around 2:30ish til 3:00pm.
We will play a bit of baddy and then head on over to have a small dinner afterwards.

For those interested to join us, this is my Beijing HP no.:
+86 15010591014

Hope to see most of you there today!!:cool:

*George, the get-together pics will be posted by other BCers..:)

george@chongwei

08-15-2008, 01:30 AM

great!! have more fun there then!:)

Fengwei

08-16-2008, 11:50 AM

Ik was loads of fun. The courts and venue was amazing! Really luxurious! Glasger had picked the very best for us, thanks again!

He even managed to invite the China Universities Men Singles Winner to come and play with us. This 21 year old badminton plauer won the National Title for University players in the Men Singles! He is theoretically a team-mate of Chunlai when Chunlai goes back to Beijing University to finish his study and play for his school team!

I tried playing him, but his skill is just out of this world... We played one set, it was like 21-10 for him, and at the end I was just nearly dead! :D

Afterwards, we went to Quanjude and had a nice Duck meal. Waiting was 45 minutes, but well worth it.

huangkwokhau

08-16-2008, 12:30 PM

ctjcad

08-17-2008, 12:11 AM

...Afterwards, we went to Quanjude and had a nice Duck meal. Waiting was 45 minutes, but well worth it.
..the wait was around 1 hour, plus or minus; we came around 7 pm and weren't seated til after 8 pm...All in all, Quanjude is okay, not great not bad. But i guess the price comes with the name. Quality/taste, IMO, is just so so...And guess how much we paid for the dinner @ Quanjude -- around RMB700 (more than $100) for 6 people!!!:eek::p

Can't wait for all the get-together pics, taken by our other BCers, to be posted here!..:)

Krisna

08-17-2008, 12:15 AM

..the wait was around 1 hour, plus or minus; we came around 7 pm and weren't seated til after 8 pm...All in all, Quanjude is okay, not great not bad. But i guess the price comes with the name. Quality/taste, IMO, is just so so...And guess how much we paid for the dinner @ Quanjude -- around RMB700 (more than $100) for 6 people!!!:eek::p

Can't wait for all the get-together pics, taken by our other BCers, to be posted here!..:)

Did you see the awesome MD gold medal match yesterday?!? :D You saw our flag being hoisted on top?

ctjcad

08-17-2008, 12:25 AM

..Yes, i saw the end of the 2nd set & whole 3rd set (from the subway waiting area).
Apparently, after i reached back to my lodging, my other roommate told me CCTV had stopped broadcasting the medal ceremony, right after they won....So, no, i didn't watch the medal nor the flag-raising medal ceremony of the INA pair........But i'm happy that the INA pair won the Gold (so INA can be proud), but my heart is as a U.S. fan...;)

Loh

08-18-2008, 12:26 AM

I wish I had a bigger luggage bag so that I could carry all the souvenirs I wanted to buy but did not.

Anyway here are some that I managed to get my hands on:

hcyong

08-18-2008, 01:17 AM

I wish I had a bigger luggage bag so that I could carry all the souvenirs I wanted to buy but did not.

Anyway here are some that I managed to get my hands on:

Loh, one day, I will have to visit you and look at that medallion souvenior again. Nice. Glad you managed to ride your bike with all that together with your luggage, camera equipment plus tripod.

hcyong

08-18-2008, 01:53 AM

1. ctjcad
2. Syaoran_Style
3. BadFever
4. Fengwei (Host & coordinator;))
5. Abby飘
6. hcyong
7. Loh
8. Mr. Fault (depending on assignment)
9. LI De Quan
10. seawell
11. kemana
12. Glasger
13. Smash_1 (BadFever's friend from Aussie)
14. Jennifer (pjswift's friend)

I would like to join. Can someone tell me where do we meet after the morning session ?

sjoe, where were you?

Nice to meet up with everyone, except for Mr Fault and Glasger. Beijing was nice. My only regret is that my stay was too short. I did not even manage to go to Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City.

I saw most of them on the first day (12th) itself (bought a 700 yuan ticket which originally cost 50 yuan), Chris (ctjcad), Tarek (Syaoran), seawell (now I know why he is called seawell), kemana (still don't why she is called kemana), Jennifer, Kevin (badfever), fengwei, Jason (Smash_1), Abby (only saw her but did not greet as she was very into the cheering business, and that night her idols Gao/Zheng lost to GB pair).

The next day (13th) after badminton, Kevin, Jason, Loh and I had a weird lunch, where Kevin and Jason refused to touch half of the dishes. We later went to the Wangfujing shopping area. Loh and me were too full for dinner as we had to try to eat as much as possible during lunch. But nice surprise, the ice kacang (shaved ice with sweet things put over) which Loh and me shared were very nice.

On the 14th, Loh and me went to watch table tennis in the morning. We saw the cute Ai Fukuhara playing. The Japanese female supporters had anime voices, very high-pitched (Ai-chan, gambate!). I though those high-pitched girly voices are only in anime, actually in real life also got. After that, we went to the silk market, bought a few souvenirs, then got ourselves to the badminton arena.

On the 15th morning, table tennis again (boorinnnng...). In the afternoon, went to the Great Wall in Badaling. Wow! Great weather as well. I'm sure Loh will post some photos. Just wait for it. Later that evening, Loh got a free ticket for badminton where he saw LCW beat LHI. I went to the Bird's Nest and Water Cube instead. Nice.

Loh and I only managed to see Li De Quan on our final day (16th). He was so nice, he came all the way from his cousin's house to our hotel at 8 am. He must have started quite early. We watched Lu Lan lose to Maria Kristin on TV before we had to leave for the airport.

hcyong

08-18-2008, 02:06 AM

1. If your trip involves a flight (where you both go separately to the airport), make sure he gets to the airport on time. Twice I have travelled with him on flight, and both times, he arrived just in the nick of time. This time, he promised to meet the agent at 7:30 am but only arrived at 9:00 am just before the counter closes. I was this close to having the whole hotel room for myself (darn...)

2. Loh needs his cup of coffee. Budget his cup of coffee into your plan. If not, you will find that after everything is ready-to-go, Loh starts to boil the water for coffee.

3. Be very patient. Loh takes pictures of absolutely everything, so just hang around and soak in the atmosphere. Or go somewhere and arrange to meet at a location if you lose each other.

4. etc

Advice from,
The long-suffering travelling companion of Loh

ps. Actually, not that bad lah, if you prepare yourself for these few things.

Loh

08-18-2008, 03:17 AM

sjoe, where were you?

Nice to meet up with everyone, except for Mr Fault and Glasger. Beijing was nice. My only regret is that my stay was too short. I did not even manage to go to Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City.

I saw most of them on the first day (12th) itself (bought a 700 yuan ticket which originally cost 50 yuan), Chris (ctjcad), Tarek (Syaoran), seawell (now I know why he is called seawell), kemana (still don't why she is called kemana), Jennifer, Kevin (badfever), fengwei, Jason (Smash_1), Abby (only saw her but did not greet as she was very into the cheering business, and that night her idols Gao/Zheng lost to GB pair).

The next day (13th) after badminton, Kevin, Jason, Loh and I had a weird lunch, where Kevin and Jason refused to touch half of the dishes. We later went to the Wangfujing shopping area. Loh and me were too full for dinner as we had to try to eat as much as possible during lunch. But nice surprise, the ice kacang (shaved ice with sweet things put over) which Loh and me shared were very nice.

On the 14th, Loh and me went to watch table tennis in the morning. We saw the cute Ai Fukuhara playing. The Japanese female supporters had anime voices, very high-pitched (Ai-chan, gambate!). I though those high-pitched girly voices are only in anime, actually in real life also got. After that, we went to the silk market, bought a few souvenirs, then got ourselves to the badminton arena.

On the 15th morning, table tennis again (boorinnnng...). In the afternoon, went to the Great Wall in Badaling. Wow! Great weather as well. I'm sure Loh will post some photos. Just wait for it. Later that evening, Loh got a free ticket for badminton where he saw LCW beat LHI. I went to the Bird's Nest and Water Cube instead. Nice.

Loh and I only managed to see Li De Quan on our final day (16th). He was so nice, he came all the way from his cousin's house to our hotel at 8 am. He must have started quite early. We watched Lu Lan lose to Maria Kristin on TV before we had to leave for the airport.

I've been to Beijing and spent more days there to look around, so in that sense I'm luckier than hcyong.

Indeed it was an opportunity for the scalpers to make some easy money but they had to take the risk in case they couldn't sell the tickets and in case of being caught by the authorities. But I read from this forum that only the 'illegal' buyers will be punished???

We paid RMB700 for a RMB50 ticket (preliminaries) but my colleague had to fork out RMB3,000 for a RMB400 Athletics (100m dash finals). In absolute terms this cost more but in percentage terms our RMB700 ticket is 14 times its face value against 7.5 times that of my colleagues'. I understand that the averge black market for the badminton finals was RMB1,000.

Wangfujing, nicknamed Beijing's Orchard Road, was the venue for our meetings. This is an amazing first-world shopping complex in a so-called third-world country into which China is supposed to be classified. We spent some time together in this area shopping for souvenirs and taking lunch (BadFever, Jason, hcyong and I at the 'Old Beijing') and dinner (Chris, Syaoran Style, Leslie, Jason, Fengwei and I at Food Republic). This place has a peculiar payment system whereby you have to first make a cash deposit in exchange for a cash card to make purchases at the various stalls. With only one card to share among us, our orders took a toll and by the time we almost finished, the management had closed for the evening and we were among a few guests to remain in the building.

In Beijing, most of the public places we visited are new, modern and spacious with a variety of appealing architectural designs. However, it is true that behind the impressive fronts of some of these modern buildings are the small lanes or hotungs that still capture the old Beijing buildings, atmosphere and way of life.

During our departure morning on Aug 16, it was in one of these lanes near our hotel that hcyong, Li De Quan and I sampled some of the local dishes from the small shop-like restaurant. We had large bowls of beef and pork noodles and shared a big plate of dumplings.

Louisa

08-18-2008, 03:24 AM

Uncle Loh, that guy sit next to you must be our famous Li De Quan....very young ar...hahaha

The noodle looks yummy to me...

Loh

08-18-2008, 03:40 AM

Uncle Loh, that guy sit next to you must be our famous Li De Quan....very young ar...hahaha

The noodle looks yummy to me...

You want me to introduce you to our young man?

Yes he is very young (to me at least) but he is in his third year varsity Chemistry course. He is such a wonderful guy, polite, helpful and kept his promise to visit us in our hotel at 8 am on our departure day just to get our missing autographs, since he already got those of the other BC 'stars'.

Want to know some more? :D;):)

george@chongwei

08-18-2008, 03:54 AM

loh, looking forward for more pics on court..:D

Sealman

08-18-2008, 03:59 AM

hcyong, have you gained some weight recently? :D

ctjcad

08-18-2008, 04:09 AM

Loh

08-18-2008, 04:18 AM

loh, looking forward for more pics on court..:D

My dear Chongwei, I'm sorry to disappoint you.

The venue people were very, very strict. I'd been bodily searched and handled by them to see whether I was hiding any dangerous stuff. Luckily one of them was a lady and she couldn't exercise her powers too much. :D

They confiscated my tripod and only Chris was able to take it back from them later. I dared not carry it to the stadium again since then. As a result I did not take any meaningful court pics. :mad:

I also missed the official gathering and the baddy get-together because of my tight schedule planned by the tour agency.

But I managed to take some other pics which I will post selectively. :)

abedeng

08-18-2008, 05:07 AM

Loh

08-18-2008, 05:36 AM

hcyong, what do you expect? :p

An old man always takes his time .....

Even in JB, Loh went to take pics all around the Resort before we could checkout, have quick lunch and go to ABC championships final. And the previous night, he took ages to post pics ..... :D

If I don't take time to take pics we'll have nothing to see! ;)
Then you guys will not know how hcyong and Li De Quan will look like. :p
What are the places we've visited?

Actually I'm surprised that nobody posts any pics before me! And you say I'm slow, hahaha! :rolleyes:

Do you want to know the faces of the other guys or not? :cool: :( :)

volcom

08-18-2008, 06:38 AM

Uncle Loh, that guy sit next to you must be our famous Li De Quan....very young ar...hahaha

The noodle looks yummy to me...

Mien Ai Mein is very good in beijing for noodles :cool:

huangkwokhau

08-18-2008, 07:13 AM

haha.........in TC, LOH did not seem take a long time to venue? hehe

ctjcad

08-18-2008, 07:40 AM

...
Actually I'm surprised that nobody posts any pics before me! And you say I'm slow, hahaha! :rolleyes:

Do you want to know the faces of the other guys or not? :cool: :( :)
..they're all waiting for you to post the pics lah, first, Loh. Then, once they're posted, they'll follow suit lah!!;):cool:

Btw, the last pic of the souvenir is very nice (price-wise as well). I went back and checked out the price of that souvenir (all coins symbolizing the different events) and i understand the power of stocks...;)

huangkwokhau

08-18-2008, 07:50 AM

..they're all waiting for you to post the pics, first, Loh. Then, once they're posted, they'll follow suit!!;):cool:

Btw, the last pic of the souvenir is very nice (price-wise as well). I went back and checked out the price of that souvenir (all coins symbolizing the different events) and i understand the power of stocks...;)
Hav you contacted Badmania yet?

ctjcad

08-18-2008, 07:54 AM

huangkwokhau

08-18-2008, 07:57 AM

hcyong

08-18-2008, 08:37 AM

hcyong, have you gained some weight recently? :D

Yes, I have. In Beijing alone, I gained 1.5 kg in 5 days. I'm masochistically looking forward to my lose-weight sessions.

george@chongwei

08-18-2008, 09:03 AM

u see..
u all teased loh already..he dont want to post the pictures here already:D:D

Loh

08-19-2008, 05:54 AM

The next day (13th) after badminton, Kevin, Jason, Loh and I had a weird lunch, where Kevin and Jason refused to touch half of the dishes. We later went to the Wangfujing shopping area. Loh and me were too full for dinner as we had to try to eat as much as possible during lunch. But nice surprise, the ice kacang (shaved ice with sweet things put over) which Loh and me shared were very nice.

I last met Kevin during the Melbourne Commonwealth Games but not Jason, his roommate and BC member under the nickname "Smash_1". So it was great to meet them at the badminton venue for the morning session at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (BJUT).

Somehow the construction of BJUT is not spectator-friendly as the stairs leading up to the seats in the gallery above channel spectators from floor level upwards and this incessant movement blocks or interferes with the view of those already seated. It has been most irritating!

When the matches ended, we proceeded to the "Old Beijing" Restaurant for lunch. Yong placed orders for 4 dishes apart from our individual bowl of noodles which had to be mixed with a special dark sauce, something which Jason and Kevin were not quite used to. Out of the 4 dishes, Jason and Kevin took the safe course of partaking only the lamb and the chicken leaving the "cow stomach" to Yong and myself. The other dish of mash beans, I think, was largely left untouched. :eek:

On our first evening on August 12, where we met the rest of the BC gang at BJUT, Yong and I ventured into a Korean restaurant to try their hot plate speciality. We chose lamb and pork with buns and quite enjoyed it.

Here are some pics of our mini get-togethers as well as those of the matches we watched. :);):p

Louisa

08-19-2008, 06:12 AM

You want me to introduce you to our young man?

Yes he is very young (to me at least) but he is in his third year varsity Chemistry course. He is such a wonderful guy, polite, helpful and kept his promise to visit us in our hotel at 8 am on our departure day just to get our missing autographs, since he already got those of the other BC 'stars'.

Want to know some more? :D;):)
sure, why not? hahaha....that sounds great, Uncle...you guys must have a good time together....

Louisa

08-19-2008, 06:16 AM

Mien Ai Mein is very good in beijing for noodles :cool:
I like noodles very much...especially beef noodles...but I have no chance to visit China yet...I plan to go Suzhou/Hangzhou....any nice food there?:D

Louisa

08-19-2008, 06:18 AM

Yes, I have. In Beijing alone, I gained 1.5 kg in 5 days. I'm masochistically looking forward to my lose-weight sessions.
and cut your hair, too....i don't think you go hairdo after our Jakarta trip...:D opps...

Loh

08-19-2008, 06:30 AM

smashed_1

08-19-2008, 07:16 AM

I last met Kevin during the Melbourne Commonwealth Games but not Jason, his roommate and BC member under the nickname "Smash_1". So it was great to meet them at the badminton venue for the morning session at Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (BJUT).

When the matches ended, we proceeded to the "Old Beijing" Restaurant for lunch. Yong placed orders for 4 dishes apart from our individual bowl of noodles which had to be mixed with a special dark sauce, something which Jason and Kevin were not quite used to. Out of the 4 dishes, Jason and Kevin took the safe course of partaking only the lamb and the chicken leaving the "cow stomach" to Yong and myself. The other dish of mash beans, I think, was largely left untouched. :eek:
Hey Loh,
Nice pics there. Yeah that was one different restaurant. I'm glad you & Yong had a good go at the intestine dish. The other dishes were quite nice. :)

smashed_1

08-19-2008, 07:19 AM

..Cheung and red00ecstrat were the first 3 people i contacted. I'm trying to get myself lost & confused in HK, first. That's the only way i'll learn my way around HK. ;)
It's beautiful here, tonight (i mean the place/city)..food galore all over the place..;)....and i'm sure kwun can't wait to get his feet back to his hometown soon...;)
Hey Chris, How is Hong Kong? sounds nice there... Are you there Friday night, or go during friday?
I said farewell to Beijing today & now in Shanghai - its is really foggy right now - visibility down to afew blocks :eek:
I do miss Beijing, could have done with afew more days, but it was all a good experience!

kemana

08-20-2008, 05:35 AM

picture of our get together. these were taken near the entrance

kemana

08-20-2008, 06:34 AM

you can see jason seawell jenniffer kevin fengwei ctjcad in the upper pics, guess who is who

kemana

08-20-2008, 06:35 AM

by the way anyone has any idea where the china open should be held this year? if it's in beijing i'm gonna cry , cause i'll be in hongkong during china open

george@chongwei

08-20-2008, 07:50 AM

coca cola advertisement perhaps??:D:D
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=45211&stc=1&d=1219142937

ctjcad

08-21-2008, 10:11 AM

..thanks Loh & kemana for sharing more of the get-together pics!:)

Hey Chris, How is Hong Kong? sounds nice there... Are you there Friday night, or go during friday?
I said farewell to Beijing today & now in Shanghai - its is really foggy right now - visibility down to afew blocks :eek:
I do miss Beijing, could have done with afew more days, but it was all a good experience!
..hi Jason!! I'm still here in HK! It's great!! I will be leaving HK on Saturday, though. Tomorrow (Friday), i will be out the whole day (noon and night), so don't know if i'll have a chance to meet up with you.
I just got a chance to surf internet/BC now, as i was out & about the last couple of days!.:p

by the way anyone has any idea where the china open should be held this year? if it's in beijing i'm gonna cry , cause i'll be in hongkong during china open
..both upcoming China Opens should be in CangZhou & Shanghai...and supposedly the BWF Super Series Final will be held in China (not sure where; could be in Beijing, one more time)..;)

Off topic:
YAY!! So happy to finally meet up with red00ecstrat(Stefan) and Cheung!!!:):cool: both of them are so nice & generous!! as they took time off from their busy schedule to accompany me!! Too bad my stay is HK is only a few days! Like in Beijing, so many things to see but yet, so little time to see them all..:p
Tomorrow afternoon, before i leave for the states, i've got a date with our badMania!!So happy, to meet up with these 3 HK BCers!!..:);)

cooler

08-21-2008, 10:26 AM

..as tickets cost that much. Y'day, BadFever saw a person who was confiscated for scalping tickets from another person. The buyer was arrested but the seller did not.:eek:
Only those who pre-ordered the tickets are the lucky ones.
Actually for the badminton event, a local broker bought a bunch of badminton tickets, expecting many2 Indonesians to come and support their players. Thus the mark-up prices. But apparently, it turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment because not many were sold.

If Tarek is in the Press Area, then the only way to contact him is through Mr. Fault. But even so, if Tarek is reading this, he should be able to read this thread and give us his HP no....But he hasn't, yet..:confused::p

hmm, how come buyer of scapled ticket is bad but buyers for inflated tickets from that broker is not:confused: *confused*

ctjcad

08-21-2008, 10:32 AM

hmm, how come buyer of scapled ticket is bad but buyers for inflated tickets from that broker is not:confused: *confused*
..it's illegal, either or both ways, to sell overpriced tix.
The situation where the buyer was caught red-handed, right there & then at the spot, happened in front of many people (incl. police/security guards). I wasn't there, but BadFever saw the incident and shared with me.
As for the jacked-up tix prices, that's the way it goes, if one wants to watch the sessions. I, myself, had to pay for 2 overpriced tix myself to watch 2 sessions. After that, i stopped watching the sessions; just too much. One will be lucky to have someone give him or her free tix or slightly a bit more priced tix.:p

Loh

08-21-2008, 10:55 PM

On the first evening of our arrival on Aug 12, hcyong and I rushed to meet up with Chris "under the bridge" across the stadium to collect from and pay him RMB700 for a RMB50 badminton ticket. Inflated though the price was, there was no way we could get a cheaper ticket then. :(

It was also the first time that we got to see the rest of the BC group in the stadium, some for the first time like Jason, Syaoran Style, Kemana and Seawell. We chatted animatedly as though we have known each other for a long time! Unfortunately, Li De Quan was not with us as he was patiently waiting outside to secure the autographs of his favourite players. :)

Some of us next gathered at Wangfujing and after some rigorous shopping spree, we adjourned quite late in the evening for a bite at the Food Republic in the vicinity. Hcyong and I shared a large plate of "ice kacang" Beijing style, while the still-growing and very hungry Fengwei gorged down a few small 'baskets' of dim sum. Roti prata was even available and it was passed around by Chris. Leslie, Tarek's friend from France, also joined us and sampled a few spoonfuls of our ice kacang. She liked it! :D

LI De Quan

08-22-2008, 01:25 AM

:crying::crying:I met taufik twice(also his lovely daughter:p:p),but it was impossible to get his autograph!There were a lot of INA fans and also some volunteers!The INA fans took photos with taufik.I was just beside taufik but those volunteers(some people like bodyguards) pushed me away:cool::cool:!!
But fortunately,I got XIA Xuanze's autograph:):).

LI De Quan

08-22-2008, 01:46 AM

Some photos(normal quality:mad:&off topic)

LI De Quan

08-22-2008, 02:28 AM

another four photos

Sealman

08-22-2008, 04:55 AM

may i know what are those food on the table?
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=45213&stc=1&d=1219142937

kemana

08-22-2008, 08:54 AM

kemana

08-22-2008, 08:58 AM

It was also the first time that we got to see the rest of the BC group in the stadium, some for the first time like Jason, Syaoran Style, Kemana and Seawell. We chatted animatedly as though we have known each other for a long time! Unfortunately, Li De Quan was not with us as he was patiently waiting outside to secure the autographs of his favourite players. :)

too bad we only get together for such a short time, maybe next time :D
by the way ,can i have a bigger version of the picture that we took in the stadium?

BadFever

08-22-2008, 10:27 AM

may i know what are those food on the table?

Main course clockwise start from the plate with pink flower
1) Roast Lamb.
2) Soya sauce pork.
3) Some internal organ of whatever. If look closer, the black color were a lot of spiky soft needles shape. Supposed to dip with the curry look a like sauce.
4) Some kind of mixed bean pastry.
5) As for the noodle, it's called "char chiang mien" i think. You can see a small bowl of "black ink" sauce next to my chopstick which is to be mixed with the noodle. The sauce is made of pork lard.

This is my first time having local Beijing food.
The food is too 'exotic' for my taste bud. For me, the best on the table is the cup of tea. Yummm. :p

ctjcad

08-24-2008, 07:34 PM

..(courtesy of seawell);):cool:

During our Aug. 12th get-together at the stadium..
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During our baddy get-together, on the 15th. Also have other pics of other BCers, but will wait for Fengwei to upload those>>Feng, i hope you're reading this:);)..The gentleman 2nd from left is the person/Chinese Universities Men's Singles winner Fengwei mentioned about. And the gentleman standing on the far right is our Glasger (Ian).:cool:
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Off topic:
- Jason, hope you made it to HK this past Friday, as planes, ferries were all cancelled from coming into & out of HK. The weather was bad on that day as typhoon Nuri hit HK & Macau starting on Thursday night. I believe it was the first time in 5 yrs, a typhoon was elevated to no. 9. I guess it's the only way for shops, stores, schools, offices in HK to be closed. Was on a ferry coming back from Macau (on thursday night) and was it a rough 1-hr ride or what..:p
- Speaking about food, tried the Portuguese' egg tart in Macau. I would say, it tasted a bit different, better, IMO, that those sold at KFC. The outer skin definitely has more "crunch".

So, u are back at LA safely already :) Good to know that.
..yeah, back to reality.:p...It was a pretty rough ride on the flight back (from TPE to L.A.), a lot of turbulence.:p...But glad & happy to meet you, Cheung and Stefan in HK!:):cool:

smashed_1

08-25-2008, 10:10 AM

..
Off topic:
- Jason, hope you made it to HK this past Friday, as planes, ferries were all cancelled from coming into & out of HK. The weather was bad on that day as typhoon Nuri hit HK & Macau starting on Thursday night. I believe it was the first time in 5 yrs, a typhoon was elevated to no. 9. I guess it's the only way for shops, stores, schools, offices in HK to be closed. Was on a ferry coming back from Macau (on thursday night) and was it a rough 1-hr ride or what..:p

Hey Chris, Yeah you guessed it. I wondered if you got out on Saturday OK - sounds like you did.
I got to Shanghai airport Friday - every flight to HK, Macau, Taiwan cancelled :crying: Least I got to go on the Maglev train to the airport at 431kmph;)
My flight was changed to today (monday) 3 days away, wasn't going to stay in Shanghai another 3 nights so got a flight back to Beijing for some more shopping. In HK now for 1 night before heading back to Australia.

Went to mybadmintonstore this arvo. Good prices & friendly owner.

ctjcad

08-25-2008, 10:45 AM

..i guess the stores' owners in Beijing were praying hard so you would come back and continue your shopping there, eh??..:):p..j/k..;)

Yeah, sorry to hear you couldn't come to HK earlier. Good & safe trip back home to Melbourne!..And don't forget to post any pics you've got during your Beijing trip!..;):cool:

*I almost didn't leave HK on Saturday (actually was hoping that my flight would be pushed back til Sunday). But fortunately/unfortunately, the sky cleared in the afternoon.;)

ctjcad

08-27-2008, 08:23 AM

:)...got this pic courtesy of kemana....:cool:

Abby is the gal, sitting at the top, wearing a white hat...Very easy going and friendly gal. That night, she came with her 2 friends, all dressed with Chinese stickers on their cheeks, cheering and supporting for their fave player GaoLing, as she played her XD match vs. the ENG's pair. However, it was a not-so-jubilant ending. All 3 gals stuck around, though, and watched the rest of the matches.:cool:

*In front of her, and sitting next to our BC group, was a group of local Beijing Indonesian supporters. They were quite loud, cheering, singing and doing all kinds of chants to cheer their INA players. Even our Loh was brave enough to ask them to sing the same songs that were sung during this yr's Thomas & Uber Cups..:p:)

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Fengwei

08-27-2008, 02:54 PM

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I'm nearly in Beijing! 28 minutes to go, woohoo! :D

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The new Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital Airport. It's marvelous! Beautiful, huge, clean, modern, everything!

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Here I am, standing in front of the Badminton Venue after I passed the security check.

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The entrence of the Olympic Badminton Venue, you can see the security check inside the big white tents.

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Underneath the Venue Roof.

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The famous "Badminton Feather" sculpture inside the Venue grounds. It's really cool and big.

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The Olympic logo on the Venue Building. It really looks cool and stylish!

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One of the entrences inside the UFO :p Watch out for Aliens!

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BBEShop in Beijing. They are quite big, and have a huge assortment of badminton related stuff. (Duh, it's a badminton shop! :D)

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You can see Jason (Smashed_1), Tarek (Syaoran_Style) and his friend Leslie looking around and shopping.

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That's a lot of shoes, *drool* :D

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Chris is on this picture aswell! And Leslie once again. :)

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The huge sign outside of the shop. It says: "Lan Tian Wang Yu Ti Yu", which basically means "Blue Sky Tennis and Badminton Equipment Store". It's basically only badminton :p

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A lovely view from the top floor of Xin Dong Fang Shopping Mall, the Food Republic place where we ate dinner with Loh, Hyong, Chris, Jason, Tarek, Leslie, and some others who I can't remember right now. Forgive me, it's late at night and I'm quite tired. ;)

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Tarek inside the special "British" taxi! There are only 30 British-style taxis in the entire Beijing, and we happened to find one! Wow!

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A rainy view, picture taken from inside the taxi on our way to the Olympic Badminton Venue. Inside the taxi were sitting: Tarek, Chris, Kevin, Jennifer and me.

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The R&F Club in Beijing where we played badminton. It's a luxurious club pur sang, and everything is chic. Spa's, saunas, tennis courts, table tennis, badminton, basketball, fitness, everything! Only for the richest of Beijing! Thanks to Ian (Glasger) for finding and getting us into this "Club"! :cool:

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Amazing architecture of the building. Very nice! Only the lights weren't placed very well. But who cares :p:D

MORE PICTURES ARE ON THEIR WAY!

Fengwei

08-27-2008, 03:18 PM

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Tarek playing Seawell inside the R&F Club. It was loads of fun! Next time we'll meet again, and spend some more time on the green loving rubber.

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The famous Chinese National University Championshop Men Singles Winner has teamed up with our own Seawell, and is playing Ian (Glasger) and Kevin (BadFever).

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My picture came out a bit blurred, sorry for that. It's practically the same picture as Seawell took with his camera. From left to right: Fengwei, Famous player, Seawell, Chris, Tarek and Ian.

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The famous BadmintonCentral Kason racket! Kevin bought the cheapest racket BBESports had to offer (Kason brand) so we had enough rackets for the get-together. In the end, everyone just signed the racketbag and Kevin gave the package to Tarek to keep as a souvenir. How cool!
Chris wrote the words on this side of the racketbag. Such famous words :D Shall it once end up in a BadmintonCentral Museum? :p

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Seawell, Kemana and Tarek sitting inside the waiting room of Quanjude. They were chatting and having a laugh. It took me 5 shots to get them all on the picture. Tarek just kept moving his head, everytime I pressed the button! :D

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Chris looking up surprised. He was talking to Li De Quan, who is standing in front of him. This picture is also taken in the Quanjude.

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Finally, the mysterious Li De Quan! A young man, a friendly man!

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The famous Chinese tea-pooring! We were all like "WOW!" Thanks to Chris for making such a wonderful shot!

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Our duck is being served! The chef-cook was a lady, and she did it very nicely. It tasted delicious!

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We just started eating. I've forgotten what we all ordered, but it tasted great!

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Another close-up of the serving of the duck!

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A group picture of all of us who went to Quanjude for dinner. From left to right: Fengwei, Li De Quan, Seawell, Kemana, Tarek and Chris. It was a pain to get the camera on a decent height for this picture, but in the end, it was well done!

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Another picture, but stupid as I am, I closed my eyes, booh! :o

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The Quanjude Wangfujing sign. It looks quite chic!

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We all love this Duck! Quak, Quak!

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Look at this, what a nice day, and such a nice poster dangling from that building!

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Look at that weather! Did somebody say Beijing was always full of smog? Bit your tongue! It's the most beautiful sky I've ever seen! WOW!

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Look at this aswell. A amazingly wonderful sky on our way to Badaling Great Wall! The view is amazing!

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Chris in front of the big UNESCO sign stating the Great Wall of China as on of the 7 World Wonders! The lighting was terrible, but yea...

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Another sign of UNESCO, showing the "certificate". The picture is is quite nice, if I may say myself.

MORE PICTURES ON THEIR WAY!

Fengwei

08-27-2008, 03:37 PM

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We haven't started climbing yet, but here is a series of pictures of 3 of us. Chris, Kevin and myself. Jason took his with his own camera.

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The famous combination: The Great Wall of China, and the Hollywood-ish banner/board of the 2008 Beijing Olympics!

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Chris is a true photo-poser! The Great Wall is just behind him, ascending the mountain, and filled with Chinese Flags.

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A stylish picture of Chris inside a small portal. First we forgot to turn the flash on, but the picture turned out to be quite special (black/white/lighting effect)!

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Same goes for this picture, I really like the effect.

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Here is the new photo we took, using the flash. I believe Chris has been watching too many 50 CENT/G-Unit music videos. It's likes he's rapping something!

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A nice group shot with the banner on the background. From left to right: Jason, Kevin and Chris.

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Another group shot. From left to right: Jason, Fengwei and Chris.

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Final group shot. From left to right: Kevin, Jason and Feng.

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Chris nearly fell of the Wall! Can you believe that? Just kidding, but it was a funny shot.

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A close-up of the huge Banner! It looks really nice up close!

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Chris says: "I'll just jump on top of that crowd, and I'll simply crowd-surf up to the top of the Wall! Wanna go with me?" :D

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I look way to tall on this picture Jason took of me. I'm a giant, on top of a giant rock! My head is touching the sky! :p

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Chris and Kevin needed a break, and didn't come down to take a picture at the cliff/rock. So I just took a picture of them from underneath ;)

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Jason, such a cool bloke. The scenery was just stunning up there!

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Thanks Jason, that's a really nice picture you took! Makes me look huge :eek: But it's a wonderful shot! :D

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The cliff/rock thingy! It reminds me of the front of the Titanic Ship. But this time, I'm not standing, but sitting down. Very nice picture, thanks Jason!

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Just a random picture of the Great Wall! Looks massive, doesn't it? :eek:

MORE PICTURE ON THEIR WAY!

kwun

08-27-2008, 03:43 PM

this is so funny!

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Fengwei

08-27-2008, 03:47 PM

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We were descending the Wall, took a small path next to the Wall itself. Kevin and Jason are up front.

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Chris, looking very charming inside on of these "Towers" which are systematically placed all along the Great Wall.

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The Olympic flag, the Chinese banner, and the Beijing Olympic flag! Beautiful composition!

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We forgot to take a picture with the BadmintonCentral T-Shirt on the Great Wall, so we took a picture standing next to the big entrance of the Wall. Sorry guys... we just had too good of a time to think of that T-Shirt!

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This is the weirdest and least understandable traffic sign I've ever seen! We were on our way back to Beijing after we left the Great Wall, when we saw it. At the same time, their was a small traffic jam, so we all got out of the car, and took a picture of it. Coincidently Jason came walking into the picture, with a "what-the-...?" look on his face! :D

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The autographed Badminton Ticket! Li De Quan asked us all to sign the ticket, and we all did. His souvenir of this famous and unforgettable get-together! Picture taken inside Quanjude the night we went for dinner.

Fengwei

08-27-2008, 03:51 PM

That were all my pictures guys. Other pictures weren't directly/indirectly connected to BadmintonCentral get-together, or even badminton. Family pictures and pictures of me inside the train to Beijing. I'll save you from the boring shots :D

jamesd20

08-27-2008, 04:31 PM

Thanks for all the pics...looks like you had a good time!

Great wall looks really busy (Obviously). It is amazing first hand, it seems to go on for ever, in different layers and looks impossible to build.

cooler

08-27-2008, 05:03 PM

i enjoyed the photos and captions.
How did u guys manage to get the table #8??:D
Isn't it reserved for VIPs only?:p

Pete LSD

08-27-2008, 06:01 PM

Did you guys visit the museum near the entrance to the Great Wall? It houses models and artifacts that explain different sections of the Great Wall that were built in different dynastic eras.

Pete LSD

08-27-2008, 06:02 PM

Yeah, you guys stood on the Ming section of the Great Wall, relatively new . . .

kemana

08-27-2008, 10:11 PM

heihei,fengwei, basicly Xin Dong Fang is a language school. You must mean Dong Fang Xin Tian Di when you talk about the shopping center.

Fengwei

08-28-2008, 01:20 AM

heihei,fengwei, basicly Xin Dong Fang is a language school. You must mean Dong Fang Xin Tian Di when you talk about the shopping center.

Oops, I guess I made a mistake on that one ;) Thanks Kemana!

kemana

08-28-2008, 01:54 AM

hey, maybe you should post some pics of your new t shirt, which you bought here

ctjcad

08-28-2008, 08:12 AM

:p..:o..ai-yo-yo-yo-yo, why so many of my mugs???..:o..but i do think you did enjoy writing all the captions, Feng..;)

I'm nearly in Beijing! 28 minutes to go, woohoo! :D

The new Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital Airport. It's marvelous! Beautiful, huge, clean, modern, everything!

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The famous "Badminton Feather" sculpture inside the Venue grounds. It's really cool and big.

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That's a lot of shoes, *drool* :D

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A lovely view from the top floor of Xin Dong Fang Shopping Mall, the Food Republic place where we ate dinner with Loh, Hyong, Chris, Jason, Tarek, Leslie, and some others who I can't remember right now. Forgive me, it's late at night and I'm quite tired. ;)

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The R&F Club in Beijing where we played badminton. It's a luxurious club pur sang, and everything is chic. Spa's, saunas, tennis courts, table tennis, badminton, basketball, fitness, everything! Only for the richest of Beijing! Thanks to Ian (Glasger) for finding and getting us into this "Club"! :cool:
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- if you were excited when you were only 28 minutes away from Beijing, imagine how excited i was even before i boarded the plane from LAX. I wished if the plane could've gotten me straight to Beijing without any layover, which was basically a time waster.
- the new Beijing International Airport is really neat; of course, it's still brand new. Too bad i wasn't able to arrive/leave at night to enjoy its roof lights.
- that "Badminton Feather" sculpture is probably the one that taneepak mentioned to us to look out for it; and i believe there were 2 different badminton-themed sculptures; i forgot, was this one made from plastic??..
- the shoes on display in the stores. I think in another shop that we went to, if our azabaz_ipoh were with us, i think we would've spent the whole evening there as she'll probably try each one of those shoes (she has a shoe-fetish, esp. baddy shoes)..;)
- you got the correct list of people. IIRC, there were 7 of us who ate there on that evening.
- the R&F club was the place where the security guard barked at us because we couldn't take any exterior shots but we could take pics of the inside (our playing hall).

...Tarek playing Seawell inside the R&F Club. It was loads of fun! Next time we'll meet again, and spend some more time on the green loving rubber.

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The famous BadmintonCentral Kason racket! Kevin bought the cheapest racket BBESports had to offer (Kason brand) so we had enough rackets for the get-together. In the end, everyone just signed the racketbag and Kevin gave the package to Tarek to keep as a souvenir. How cool!
Chris wrote the words on this side of the racketbag. Such famous words :D Shall it once end up in a BadmintonCentral Museum? :p

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Finally, the mysterious Li De Quan! A young man, a friendly man!

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The famous Chinese tea-pooring! We were all like "WOW!" Thanks to Chris for making such a wonderful shot!

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We just started eating. I've forgotten what we all ordered, but it tasted great!

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Look at this, what a nice day, and such a nice poster dangling from that building!

Look at that weather! Did somebody say Beijing was always full of smog? Bit your tongue! It's the most beautiful sky I've ever seen! WOW!

Look at this aswell. A amazingly wonderful sky on our way to Badaling Great Wall! The view is amazing!
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- Wished if the others would've joined us for the badminton get-together & dinner.
- i hope the Kason racket hasn't been put on sale on ebaY, yet..:p..j/k ;)..Yes, we shall see that racket, the next time Tarek comes again for another BC get-together..right, Tarek??..:D
- LI De Quan, yes, a wonderful & low key guy! I hope the next time we meet, we'll talk even more..
- for that tea-pouring pose, i think we had to ask the waitress to stand there & pose for us like 3 or 4 times. The first few times, the pics came out to be either too dark or blurry...But it was kind and generous of her to pose just for the sake of us, BCers & the camera..
- we ordered quite a few dishes. But i think most of them revolved around the theme of duck.
- yes, we were blessed that day, when we went to Badaling, with a clear and beautiful weather. It was definitely a perfect day, weather-wise! Crowd-wise, at Badaling, not so pleasant, but we got through it; thank goodness we went quite early that day.:cool:

...Here is the new photo we took, using the flash. I believe Chris has been watching too many 50 CENT/G-Unit music videos. It's likes he's rapping something!

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Chris and Kevin needed a break, and didn't come down to take a picture at the cliff/rock. So I just took a picture of them from underneath ;)

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Jason, such a cool bloke. The scenery was just stunning up there!

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- haiya, i was having too much fun scaling up that portion of the Great Wall..:p..Actually when i first saw the steps and the incline of that Badaling section, my mind rushed to my experience from last yr when i climbed the stairs @ one of the tourists place in KL. Thankfully, this time it wasn't as bad as last yr's climb.:o
But the massive amount of people clogging up the pathway really made for a unique trek up. It was a bit smoother going down back, though.
The following week (last week), though, when i visited HK and climbed up Ngong Ping (Buddha temple area), i thought to myself, if only i didn't force myself going up the Badaling wall, my legs could be less sore.
- Yes, it was absolutely gorgeous that day; couldn't have asked for a better weather. Even Jason took so many pics at the Great Wall trip. *waiting for his pics to be posted*:cool:

this is so funny!
..actually i was planning to go off feet first...until Feng told me, it won't be as thrilling as going off arms and head first..http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/45.gif

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Great wall looks really busy (Obviously). It is amazing first hand, it seems to go on for ever, in different layers and looks impossible to build.
..yeah, we went on a very busy day, on a Saturday as a matter of fact...But at least the crowd made it more of a slow paced & relaxing climb for us. If not, who knows how many loft sections we would've visited.
When we left Badaling, in the afternoon, the street coming in was jammed with traffic. We then headed to this really mouth-watering dumpling restaurant in the heart of Beijing. Food was delicious, just ask our smashed 1 (Jason).;)

i enjoyed the photos and captions.
How did u guys manage to get the table #8??:D
Isn't it reserved for VIPs only?:p
..eh, how do you know it's table #8 and VIP section, ah?? have you been there before?:confused:..We got that section because we were the only ones carrying an entire set of bags; yes, badminton bags, rackets etc. The hosts thought we were professional badminton players.http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/45.gif

Did you guys visit the museum near the entrance to the Great Wall? It houses models and artifacts that explain different sections of the Great Wall that were built in different dynastic eras.
..no, unfortunately we didn't. Our objective (main itinerary that day) was to visit the Great Wall, step on its (restored) stones, take loads of pics, enjoy the scenery and fresh air, get tired (and our stomach empty) going up & down the wall and then...................................scram back home as fast as we can to get lunch.http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/45.gif

Yeah, you guys stood on the Ming section of the Great Wall, relatively new . . .
..hmm, i see. So, is that a good thing??..http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/23.gif

heihei,fengwei, basicly Xin Dong Fang is a language school. You must mean Dong Fang Xin Tian Di when you talk about the shopping center.
..aih, you know lah, Feng didn't want to keep on chiming about all the good foods and shopping places/centers we experienced lah..;)

Thanks for posting the pics and providing the fun (and creative) captions, Feng. It's okay, you don't have to send me the pics through email as i'll just download the pics from here (if there are any additional ones, just email them to me).
Anyway, it was tons of fun hanging out with Kevin, Jason and Feng!:cool:...On that note, Feng, hope we can convene again one day! Maybe to see you again in 2 yrs during the Thomas & Uber Cups in M'sia.....or the Asian Games in Guangzhou, CHN....or..??..;)

limsy

08-28-2008, 09:09 AM

i am so envy...haiz....T.T...

Fengwei

08-28-2008, 10:52 AM

Gosh, Chris. Those captions took me hours :p At a certain time, I just didn't have any inspiration left in me. When that happened, I just thought of the cool stuff we did, and something would come back to the surface, becoming a new caption!

No problem Chris, I'll send you all the pictures this weekend (I'll try to make some time). I thought that putting all the pictures in a ZIP file, and uploading that single file to MediaFire would be the best way to do this. Much easier than sending picture after picture through email. The pictures are about 2MB each, so email would be horribly slow (hotmail can only send 10MB per email). I'll have to send you 30 emails then, haha!

We'll definitely meet again during the 2010 Thomas & Uber Cup. I forgot where it is, but I'll be there! If there is a chance, I'll maybe even meet you prior to that! Something like the World Championships or a big Super Series!

jamesd20

08-28-2008, 01:36 PM

We'll definitely meet again during the 2010 Thomas & Uber Cup. I forgot where it is, but I'll be there! If there is a chance, I'll maybe even meet you prior to that! Something like the World Championships or a big Super Series!

Come to the AE!

Fengwei

08-28-2008, 02:14 PM

Come to the AE!

Wow, James! How come I didn't think of that... after all those years I lived in Birmingham, I just happened to forget the All England :o

Great idea! Maybe we can meet up at the next All England! You interested James? :D

Fengwei

08-28-2008, 02:43 PM

Here are all the pictures I took which are directly/indirectly linked to the "BadmintonCentral Beijing 2008 Olympics Get-Together".

I uploaded 4 ZIP files to MediaFire. Total size of all photos is 366 MB, which had to be split into 4 different ZIPS. They are all seperate files, so no linking needed.

Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?hitlvmmj5lm (Some random pics of Xi'dan, Wangfujing, Beijing Capital Airport Terminal 3)

Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?jzag6cx5ymc (Olympic badminton venue, BBE Shop, R&F Club badminton courts)

Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/?150jz2omp4g (R&F Club badminton courts, Quanjude dinner, Great Wall Badaling)

Part 4: http://www.mediafire.com/?dggm9m3zsd1 (Great Wall Badaling, Wangfujing Oriental Plaza Mall, Wangfujing night scenery, Random Pictures like Fu Wa)

Just download the parts you want to have. I hope MediaFire will keep it on their servers, but get them fast! Enjoy!

ctjcad

08-28-2008, 04:42 PM

..actually in a few of the pics, we were trying our best to smile, despite us feeling tired & exhausted..:p

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We'll definitely meet again during the 2010 Thomas & Uber Cup. I forgot where it is, but I'll be there! If there is a chance, I'll maybe even meet you prior to that! Something like the World Championships or a big Super Series!
..2010 Thomas & Uber Cups will be held in Kuala Lumpur, M'sia. You haven't been there, right?? If not, you should plan ahead. I'm sure you won't want to miss meeting the many well-know M'sian BCers, right??..;)

Come to the AE!
..4 more yrs, James! 4 more yrs..;)..
Btw, just curious, are there any interesting tourist places, in London, that'll require us to climb up several steps??..:confused:

Feng, as for your pics, so sorry you won't be able to get a few of your pics which were taken w/my camera. I know you want to show & tell jerby about your encounter w/Rexy, but have no proof.:crying::(
jerby, trust us, i mean trust me. Feng met, shook hands, chatted briefly and took a pic with Rexy.;)

Anyway, Feng, i think i'll just download the files from the mediafire site. Thanks, again, for doing all the work!:):cool:

Fengwei

08-29-2008, 09:41 AM

..actually in a few of the pics, we were trying our best to smile, despite us feeling tired & exhausted..:p

..2010 Thomas & Uber Cups will be held in Kuala Lumpur, M'sia. You haven't been there, right?? If not, you should plan ahead. I'm sure you won't want to miss meeting the many well-know M'sian BCers, right??..;)

..4 more yrs, James! 4 more yrs..;)..
Btw, just curious, are there any interesting tourist places, in London, that'll require us to climb up several steps??..:confused:

Feng, as for your pics, so sorry you won't be able to get a few of your pics which were taken w/my camera. I know you want to show & tell jerby about your encounter w/Rexy, but have no proof.:crying::(
jerby, trust us, i mean trust me. Feng met, shook hands, chatted briefly and took a pic with Rexy.;)

Anyway, Feng, i think i'll just download the files from the mediafire site. Thanks, again, for doing all the work!:):cool:

Ah, I did guess it was Malaysia, but I wasn't sure :p Thanks for confirming Chris. I'll definitely be planning that trip soonly, but not this year. Maybe next summer is a more suitable time to make schedules and plans.

After 4 years, it'll be the 2012 Olympics... I'll try to be there, and maybe Jerby shall look into that idea aswell. ;) He hinted he might.

No problem Chris. It was a sad accident, losing the camera. I feel sad for it, as I was the last one getting out of the taxi... definitely not your fault. And Jerby believes I met Rexy. But thanks for making it definite on BC :)

It was no problem, making the ZIP files and uploading them to MediaFire. Only took me a few hours, but I had to go to work at the same time, so it didn't bother me. Enjoy the pics, and if you've got a few of me on your laptop (which you back-upped before), please send me a PM about them. We'll find a way of sending them to me.

Off to training, byebye!

jamesd20

08-29-2008, 10:02 AM

Wow, James! How come I didn't think of that... after all those years I lived in Birmingham, I just happened to forget the All England :o

Great idea! Maybe we can meet up at the next All England! You interested James? :D

Are you crazy? such a badminton fan and yet live in Birmingham and never been to AE?

When did you live in bham? student?

No problem meet up at next AE.

jamesd20

08-29-2008, 10:06 AM

..4 more yrs, James! 4 more yrs..;)..
Btw, just curious, are there any interesting tourist places, in London, that'll require us to climb up several steps??..:confused:

4 years is too long!

:confused::confused:steps? what is the problem with steps - did I miss something?

I can't think of many steps though, apart from the odd bridge. it is mostly flat around central london and the main central attractions.

Don't forget the WC is also in London in 2011

Loh

08-29-2008, 11:11 AM

4 years is too long!

:confused::confused:steps? what is the problem with steps - did I miss something?

I can't think of many steps though, apart from the odd bridge. it is mostly flat around central london and the main central attractions.

Don't forget the WC is also in London in 2011

Maybe Chris should try Scotland and Wales before going to London. That would set the mood for his urge to climb.:D

ctjcad

08-29-2008, 05:00 PM

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After 4 years, it'll be the 2012 Olympics... I'll try to be there, and maybe Jerby shall look into that idea aswell. ;) He hinted he might.
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..yeah, sure, it'll be the 2012 OG. Let me know if you need any help in coaxing jerby to come to the OG in London.;):p..I'll be disappointed if i go there and won't be able to meet up with you and the rest of the other European BCers..;)..

4 years is too long!

:confused::confused:steps? what is the problem with steps - did I miss something?

I can't think of many steps though, apart from the odd bridge. it is mostly flat around central london and the main central attractions.

Don't forget the WC is also in London in 2011
..4 yrs is perfect brewing time to get ready for another Olympics. If i do go, again, i want it to be a surprise.....going there prior, will make it, sort of "less exciting"..:p

..as for many steps in London's attraction places, pheeeeww, thank goodness there won't be as much. I guess the only steps i'll take will be on those red double-decker buses, eh??....oh wait, they're no longer in service...:p

Yes, noticed the 2011 WC will be in London. So will the 2010 WC which will be in Paris, France...;):cool:.................but i think i'll just save my European trip for 2012; might as well hit it off with possibly watching Le Tour de France (if it'll be held somewhat close to the OG)...;):);)

oh, the reason why i asked about "if there are many attractions with many steps in London", Loh sort of answered it below..

Maybe Chris should try Scotland and Wales before going to London. That would set the mood for his urge to climb.:D
..James, it goes back to my trip last yr, to KL, at one of its tourist attraction places. It definitely wasn't my urge to do any climbing. If i had known the Great Wall has cable cars that go up to the top, i might've taken that instead...I never expected to have to climb up so many steps the last 2 yrs (this yr @ Great Wall and HK's Ngong Ping)..my legs are still feeling the after effects..:p:(:o:p

anyway, sorry guys, i'm already feeling giddy for another possibility of an OG get-together...:o:p

ctjcad

08-29-2008, 06:29 PM

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Enjoy the pics, and if you've got a few of me on your laptop (which you back-upped before), please send me a PM about them. We'll find a way of sending them to me.
...
...Feng, you know what, i think the only pics i've got of you, which i was able to save, are the ones i took.............................with your back wearing the badmintoncentral t-shirt..so sorry..:o:(:phttp://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/13.gif

Btw, our Abby飘 is now........................a California BC gal (welcome to U.S./California, Abby)!! whoo-hoo..:cool:;)

Oldhand

08-29-2008, 09:54 PM

Btw, just curious, are there any interesting tourist places, in London, that'll require us to climb up several steps??..:confused:

:confused::confused:steps? what is the problem with steps - did I miss something?

I can't think of many steps though, apart from the odd bridge. it is mostly flat around central london and the main central attractions.

You could try, er, the (many towers within) Tower of London :D

smashed_1

08-31-2008, 08:12 AM

Here are all the pictures I took which are directly/indirectly linked to the "BadmintonCentral Beijing 2008 Olympics Get-Together".
Hey Feng, thanks so much for uploading your pics. Some good ones there. I've downloaded them all & put them into my album :) Much appreciated.
The pics from the cliff-top came out really well. I love that brake fail sign, such a classic that one.
Most of my pics are similar, but here's afew misc group ones, including one of Feng admiring his photography :)

ctjcad

08-31-2008, 08:18 AM

...thanks for sharing your set of pics, Jason!:)..Hmm, i thought you have more pics from the Great Wall trip (i know you took quite a few)...How about from the other sporting events/places you went to??..:);)

Fengwei

08-31-2008, 08:27 AM

Loh

08-31-2008, 08:55 AM

Thanks Jason for the pix. Have added some of them to my album. ;)

smashed_1

09-01-2008, 07:36 AM

Jason, those pics are really cool! Amazing! If you've got pictures like these with me on it, could you either put them in a ZIP file on MediaFire or send them to me by mail? Would love to have them in my album.

Thanks in advance!
Hey Feng, got just afew more of you... pm me ur email they're only about 450k or so ea if you have ADSL be easier to email.
Here's afew from the great wall, even one of your head, chris in a pose & one with chris texting... for help!!......
how packed it looks here...

smashed_1

09-01-2008, 07:42 AM

...How about from the other sporting events/places you went to??..:);)
hey Chris, yeah have soom goodies, was thinking better keep it baddy related, but then the other venues are worth sharing for sure.
Check out the Tennis Centre. Nice stadium......

smashed_1

09-01-2008, 07:45 AM

...How about from the other sporting events/places you went to??..:);)
Here's afew from the Water Cube swimming. How good does it look at night!

smashed_1

09-01-2008, 07:51 AM

......How about from the other sporting events/places you went to??..:);)
Here's afew from the Beijing Birds Nest Stadium. Amazing stadium.
Looks good from the inside & outside. Even though your seated quite high the seats are steep enough the action is still close to see :)

smashed_1

09-01-2008, 07:56 AM

...How about from the other sporting events/places you went to??..:);)
Lastly, something totally non-baddy related, but worth a look.... The Beijing Zoo!.
The panda's were pretty cute, & the brown bears funny - check out their poses!

ctjcad

09-01-2008, 08:00 AM

..thanks for sharing the other venues' and sporting events pics, Jason (we're still in the "Who's Going" thread and we sure did go)!!:);):cool:...Tennis stadium looks nice! I think you're one of a few lucky ones to have been able to sneak into the Water Cube (inside and outside) as well as the Bird's Nest stadium(inside and outside)!! Both are pleasing aesthetically; the latter is really amazing architecturally and the former is dazzling with all its variety of colors light up!!:cool:

The brown bears were definitely posing for you!!...;)

And thanks for sharing more of the Great Wall pics!! Now we're talking about how packed it was!!:eek:..And i think my cellphone was beeping like every other minute..:phttp://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/109.gif

smashed_1

09-01-2008, 08:08 AM

A popular spot for both locals and tourists alike. Modern, spacious and full of facilities, it is liken to Singapore's Orchard Road.

We got most of our souvenirs from the Dongan Department Store and seven of us, including Tarek's (Syaoran Style) friend, Leslie from France, took supper at the Food Republic, possibly a Singaporean outfit with the same name, when the stalls were about to close. ;)
Hey Loh, would it be possible if you could be so kind to email me a higher res of our pics at "orchard road" They are good ones to put in my album :)
I think your file names are.
DSC_8677 WFJ Yong Jason_JPG
DSC_8669 Jason I at WFJ_JPG
DSC_8792 Chris Jason
If you have put them away never mind, no worries :)
did you get a copy of the one of us with Kevin & Yong near the baddy venue on your camera?. I can send you the hires copy I have if you haven't......

smashed_1

09-01-2008, 08:14 AM

..thanks for sharing the other venues' and sporting events pics, Jason!!:):cool:...I think you're one of a few lucky ones to have been able to sneak into the Water Cube (inside and outside) as well as the Bird's Nest stadium(inside and outside)!! The latter is really amazing!!:cool:

The brown bears were definitely posing for you!!...;)

And thanks for sharing more of the Great Wall pics!! Now we're talking about how packed it was!!:eek:..And i think my cellphone was beeping like every other minute..:phttp://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/109.gif
Yeah those brown bears were really funny.

The water cube is fantastic at night. There was a music/light show between the lights on the hotel in the background, the water cube colours & the waterjets coming out of the concrete as in 1 of the pics. Something that could be watched for hours!.
I hope Beijing keeps that building forever!

Bed time for me....chat tomorrow!

george@chongwei

09-01-2008, 08:18 AM

wow..those panda bears really cute!:p

Fengwei

09-01-2008, 08:57 AM

Wow, thanks Jason! They look really cool! I'll send you my email by PM in a minute. If possible, could you send over a few pics of the different stadiums aswell? Like one or two pics each of the Birds Next, Water Cube, etc.? I didn't get a good shot of those, and it'd be lovely to have them in my album.

Thanks again!

Loh

09-01-2008, 12:07 PM

Hey Loh, would it be possible if you could be so kind to email me a higher res of our pics at "orchard road" They are good ones to put in my album :)
I think your file names are.
DSC_8677 WFJ Yong Jason_JPG
DSC_8669 Jason I at WFJ_JPG
DSC_8792 Chris Jason
If you have put them away never mind, no worries :)
did you get a copy of the one of us with Kevin & Yong near the baddy venue on your camera?. I can send you the hires copy I have if you haven't......

Hi Jason, would be glad to, but how do I get it done? Even if I send you by email, will it be too big? But I certainly can try. Any other better ways? ;)

Yes, those pics I posted in BC were only 30% of my original resolution.

smashed_1

09-01-2008, 05:01 PM

Loh

09-04-2008, 03:49 AM

Thanks to Jason who spared me his ticket, I was able to witness this gold medal match with Kevin on August 15 between Du & Yu of China and the Lees of South Korea.

Earlier on, we witnessed the all-important SF match between LCW and LHI which LCW won in 3 games. I had to break away from my tour group who remained at the Olympic Games Village to take pics of the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube in the night so as to capture the brilliant colours of these two famous stadiums.

The China "tomboys" proved too strong that evening playing to a very supportive home crowd and wrapped up the match in straight games of 21-15, 21-13. The Koreans were further handicapped by an ankle sprain to the shorter Lee although she continued to fight on galantly to no avail.

But all the strains of competition and the disappointments of the Koreans were soon forgotten as they mount the podium to receive their accolades and prizes. All stood to attention as a mark of respect when the winner's country flags were raised and China's national anthem was played over the air. Applause and cheers followed to round up the evening's entertainment.

smashed_1

09-07-2008, 08:35 AM

Thanks to Jason who spared me his ticket, I was able to witness this gold medal match with Kevin on August 15 between Du & Yu of China and the Lees of South Korea.
Hey no worries Loh, nice pics there - you've got a good camera for zoom!. Looks like you had a good seat for that night.

smashed_1

09-07-2008, 08:56 AM

If possible, could you send over a few pics of the different stadiums aswell? Like one or two pics each of the Birds Next, Water Cube, etc.? I didn't get a good shot of those, and it'd be lovely to have them in my album.

Thanks again!
Hey Feng,
I changed my mind - I gathered afew pics of the stadiums & uploaded them to mediafire. Hope you can get them OK. Let me know if it doesn't work & I'll upload them to another place.
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d1d97438a15f2b52d2db6fb9a8902bda
Cheers

Fengwei

09-07-2008, 12:09 PM

Thanks Jason! MediaFire proves itself worthy of the number 1 spot once again. The pictures look great!

I think I forgot to ask, but could you do the same with the pictures of me? It seemed I formulated the sentence a bit weirdly in the other post, but I meant to ask if you could have done that in the first place :D Stupid me! Thanks in advance!

Fengwei

09-07-2008, 03:56 PM

Oh, never mind. The files weren't finished downloading yet. I got all the pictures, so no worries. Thanks Jason!

smashed_1

09-08-2008, 04:24 AM

Oh, never mind. The files weren't finished downloading yet. I got all the pictures, so no worries. Thanks Jason!
Hey Feng, no worries. yeah mediafire is so easy for sure. I don't think have any other pics of u now...
Next gathering I'll remember to take lots of pics of u!! ;)

yannie

09-10-2008, 01:13 PM

A popular spot for both locals and tourists alike. Modern, spacious and full of facilities, it is liken to Singapore's Orchard Road.

We got most of our souvenirs from the Dongan Department Store and seven of us, including Tarek's (Syaoran Style) friend, Leslie from France, took supper at the Food Republic, possibly a Singaporean outfit with the same name, when the stalls were about to close. ;)

Loh, so happy to see these pics! They're wonderful! I've been to the exact same places as you guys. Too bad I couldn't join you all in Beijing.. I went there before Olympics.. But during Olympics I had to go to France...

Anyway, brings back memories... :crying::)

yannie

09-10-2008, 01:15 PM

Some photos(normal quality:mad:&off topic)

Not bad. I like them! OMG I went to Qinghua Daxue too... And Beida!!! I like Beida much more but have heard a lot of ghost stories about its lake... Anyway... cute dog!!! :D I saw some of you guys' pics in Tarek and Chris' Facebook too... :)

yannie

09-10-2008, 01:24 PM

Fengwei. Love your pics too! HAHAHA! So you guys actually liked Quanjude? I heard from Chris that it's quite pricey and that he didn't wanna go there again unless someone treats him... Oh, great wall! Very pretty! Too bad at Badaling great wall you can't take the slide down.

Smashed_1. Great pics from the Watercube and Bird's nest! And how cute the pandas are!!!

ctjcad

09-10-2008, 03:15 PM

Loh, so happy to see these pics! They're wonderful! I've been to the exact same places as you guys. Too bad I couldn't join you all in Beijing.. I went there before Olympics.. But during Olympics I had to go to France...

Anyway, brings back memories... :crying::)
..be expecting your presence in 4 yrs time in London OG, Yan! Hopefully, at that time, you won't go to France **beforehand** and then travel to Beijing/CHN **during** the actual Olympics...:p ;)

About our fave roast duck restaurant in Beijing, Quanjude, yeah, if just to enjoy the duck, i'd rather try a different restaurant (also recommended by Fengwei). :cool:

yannie

09-10-2008, 03:18 PM

..be expecting your presence in 4 yrs time in London OG, Yan! Hopefully, at that time, you won't go to France **beforehand** and then travel to Beijing/CHN **during** the actual Olympics...:p ;)

About our fave roast duck restaurant, Quanjude, yeah, if just to enjoy the duck, i'd rather try a different restaurant (also recommended by Fengwei). :cool:

chrisssssss!!! i downloaded all fengwei's beijing pictures.. fengwei they're so great!!! damn funny to see photos of you all... chris, fengwei, kemana, tarek, seawell etc etc... yeah ok, i hope i can go to london olympics.. i'll try my best to go... :D

Fengwei

09-10-2008, 03:20 PM

Hey Yannie!
Yea, Quanjude was nice but if you are just there for the famous Beijing Duck, try to visit a different Duck restaurant. The Quanjude branch name is well known, and it was a nice place to have the get-together dinner, but when it comes down to the food itself, nothing special about it. It's definitely pricey, and not worth it if you're just looking for a simple Duck dinner on your own.

See you in London 2012 then! And who knows, maybe even prior to that! :D

EDIT: Thanks for the compliments on the pictures Yannie! Not all of them were made by me though. After Chris' camera got lost, he made a lot of pics with my cam.

yannie

09-10-2008, 04:23 PM

hai fengwei!

yes, when i was in beijing, i was told that quanjude is the most famous beijing duck restaurant.. so that's why i paid a visit there.. but seriously as you said, there's a lot of other restaurants where the duck costs less and is more delicious!!!

yay! hope to see you in london 2012 or even before! oh i see, both of you take great pics then!!! i miss beijing so much now after looking at all your pics!!! hahahahaha!!!

ctjcad

09-10-2008, 04:37 PM

...
yeah ok, i hope i can go to london olympics.. i'll try my best to go... :D
..i'm so giddy right now, i just wanna make a "OG 2012: Who's Going?" thread already...:o

I hope you, akskytt (Anne), all the Danish BCers, Dreamzz, jamesd20, Alaric, elwin81, Baderz_Jas and all the UK BCers will come..oh Syaoran_Style (Tarek), too....who knows, our long, lost & gone moderator, Mag, might even wake up and re-join us...:p ;)

yannie

09-10-2008, 04:42 PM

..i'm so giddy right now, i just wanna make a "OG 2012: Who's Going?" thread already...:o

I hope you, askyytt (Anne), all the Danish BCers, Dreamzz, jamesd20, Alaric, elwin81 and all the UK BCers will come...who knows, our long, lost & gone moderator, Mag, might even wake up and re-join us...:p ;)

hahahaha.. a bit early eh??? btw where is world championships 2009???

chris your spelling.. it's akskytt not askyytt.. *joget*.. anne will be announcer again for this year's DO, i will be damn busy, might only go during week days... or not even go... :rolleyes:

but yeah, i hope everybody will go to london olympics!!! don't forget alvin, jason, flora (i don't think you know her)... etc. all european bc members should go LAH.... and i hope everybody from the other continents too of course! the more the better.. hahahaha.. i love UK.