Sports & Olympics AhBoon | 05 Jul 2008
Underwater Olympic Games in Qingdao China
While Beijing prepares for the 2008 Olympic Games, a few hundred kilometers away in Qingdao, guests at Sun Asia Ocean World can witness the Underwater Olympic Games!
Qingdao Underwater World is a sprawling complex with a myriad of animal species on display.
Among the four underground levels you’ll find an inter-tidal zone display, a seabed tunnel, a cabin passage, a marine theater, the purported largest cylindrical aquarium in the world, a rare marine species zone, a rainforest area and a surprisingly large marine education area which features an open lab, a touch pool, interactive video displays and a studio.
The Underwater Olympics competitors are all professional scuba divers, although they’re now involved in activities they probably hadn’t imagined before. There’s underwater fencing, shooting, gymnastics and even cycling. It’s enough to make you think it’s the year of the fish, not the year of the rat.
Babes & Olympics AhBoon | 18 May 2008
Journey of The Olympic Flame - FHM China
The Chinese edition of FHM (For Him Magazine) is celebrating its forth anniversary, and shows their support for the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympics in a stunning photoshoot. The May’08 issue of the magazine covered a 32-pages Olympic theme special and outsize pullout poster, titled ‘Journey of The Olympic Flame‘.
The magazine features four models engaged in combat and sport, with art direction that appears to be inspired by Zhang Yimou historical films.
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Olympics AhBoon | 03 May 2008
Beijing 2008 Olympics Desktop Wallpaper ScreenSaver
Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games is less than 100 days to go, I am so facinating of getting to China to enjoy the sensational event. I ‘ve started to decorate my desktop with these lovely the mascots of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; The Fuwa.
The cute Fuwa group consists of five members according to the traditional five elements: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini. Each of the five names is designed to look like a plausible name for a small child, while also achieving a more complex task: when the first syllable of each name is put together, it sounds nearly identical to the phrase “北京欢迎你”, Běijīng huānyíng nǐ which means “Beijing welcomes you”.
Architecture & Olympics AhBoon | 07 Apr 2008
The China Water Cube Welcome Olympic Torch
The National Aquatics Center, or simply the “Water Cube,” a blue palatial structure with an area of 80,000 sq m, that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the 2008 Summer Olympics, completed January 28, 2008.
It is situated to the east of Beichen West Bridge on the North Fourth Ring Road and to the west of National Stadium. Underneath a pure and simple facade, this translucent building embodies a complex and unrestricted framework as well as environmentally advanced technology. It is a class piece of Olympic architecture that has become a landmark structure.
The Water Cube displays its transparent effects under colorful shining lights on Monday night, March 31, 2008, the same day the Olympic torch is welcomed to Beijing at Tian’anmen Square.
Babes & Olympics AhBoon | 04 Feb 2008
Beijing Welcome You with a Graceful Smile
If you are not quite cut out to be an [Cheerleaders for Beijing Olympics 2008] but still wanting to show off your national pride during the games? Well there is still another way, but you must be a tall, thin Chinese woman.
In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing is seeking hundreds of young women presenters for medals ceremonies during the games, which open on August 8 2008 — but only those who are tall and thin need apply.
The applicants must be between 18 and 25 and university students, height between 1.68 and 1.78 meters, and of course not too ‘fat’
The Beijing Foreign Affairs School is offering a full program in medal presenting. You too can earn a degree in a field that will become completely obsolete on August 24, 2008!
Babes & Olympics AhBoon | 15 Jan 2008
Cheerleaders for Beijing Olympics 2008
During the Beijing 2008 Olympics, China has made it clear that 200 cheerleaders are needed to promote the spirit of the Olympic Games. In order to be a cheerleader during the games, one must go through a fierce competition to be one of the the chosen few.
Participants from elementary (primary) schools, high (secondary) schools, tertiary institutions, fitness clubs and community organizations across different cities of China such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shanxi, Liaoning, Henan, Xiamen, Sichuan, Hubei, Shandong and Heilongjiang are ready to slug it out for the top cheerleading honor.
Sports & Olympics AhBoon | 28 Oct 2007
Big Fish and Small Boy in Beijing 2008 Olympic
What is your 4-year-old boy doing at home?
Yang Yang, a 4-year-old Chinese boy, swims with a 5-year-old beluga whale named Xiao Qiang at an aquarium in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong Province. Yang Yang, who has been swimming for three years, will perform with the white beluga again in 2008 to welcome visitors who come to watch sailing events at the 2008 Olympic Games.
They first appeared in public together during the country’s National Children’s Day in the summer and proved such a success that it was decided to make them an Olympic attraction. The boy’s parents think he is one of the luckiest in China, but others might disagree, bearing in mind the country’s reputation for pushing young athletes to extremes.
Yang Yang is one of about 280million children in China - representing about one-fifth of the child population of the world.
There are fewer than 80,000 [Beluga Whales / White Whale] left in Arctic waters, with St Lawrence, Cook Inlet, and Alaskan belugas classified as endangered.
Architecture & Olympics AhBoon | 28 Sep 2007
The Egg is Opening, I mean The National Grand Theater
Workers clean the floor outside the National Grand Theater (also known as The Egg) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 24, 2007. The National Grand Theater, an egg-shaped structure and a landmark building of China, will have its first trial show on Sept. 25.
The National Grand Theater contains a 2,416-seat opera house, a 2,017-seat concert hall and a 1,040-seat theater. It is scheduled to formally open at the end of the year.
Olympics AhBoon | 24 Sep 2007
How does Beijing Olympic Get Its Logo
The 2008 Summer Olympics, will be opening on August 8, 2008, at 08:08:08 pm at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China.
The official logo of Beijing 2008 Olympic games, depicting a Chinese seal inscribed with the character “Jing” (京, meaning capital) in the form of a dancing figure. But did the logo actually come from?
Babes & Olympics AhBoon | 20 Aug 2007
Sexy Swimsuit for 2008 Beijing Olympics
A Chinese model walks down the runway at a swimwear show, highlighting the 2008 Olympic Games, during the China International Fashion Week in Beijing March 28, 2007. The fashion week highlights the work of Chinese designers as Beijing attempts to push itself as a major international fashion center.
China Fashion Week, which has been held for 10 years, is the international stage for domestic and foreign fashion brands and designers. It is a window for mutual exchange of fashion education and a great launching pad to publicize fashion institutes’ educational achievements and their most excellent graduates.
