Women's 100m Final

Olympic bar hopping

Friday night started out at Lan. A restaurant/bar on Jianguomenwai Dajie.
It had won thebeijinger.com 2007 award for best bathrooms, best décor, and outstanding service.
It certainly lived up to the décor and bathroom awards. The toilet was about the size of my university dorm, and included a couch.

Drinks were about 100 kuai (16.80AUD) per wine/cocktail so it wasn't cheap. But it was definitely worth going to.

After this, we went to Aria, inside the World China Hotel. This bar won awards for best wine selection and best business networking. There was mega security and we had to lie and say we were meeting someone there before going through scanners and getting escorted to the bar. There I had a Very Berry cocktail which was awesome. I would go back just to order that 100 kuai drink.

Then we headed to Centro in the Kerry Centre. This bar was a lot lot more busy than the last two, and had won awards for best people watching, best night away from the kids, best happy hour, best cocktails, best business networking, best service and best wine selection.
Kerrie and I had just ordered our drinks when some Americans started chatting to us. They were heading to the Club Bud later (a bar where you could only enter with an invitation) and they asked us to join them.

Here you could drink all the Budweiser you wanted for free, and it
was definitely packed out. I'm sure there were a lot of Olympians out there, but I wouldn't have recognised anyone as I don't know what anyone looks like :S

After partying there until 4am, we headed to Kokomo. Best roof top bar of 2007, and one of my personal favourites.It was the most packed I'd ever seen, and I went dancing like an idiot. It was a lot of embarrassing fun. I also met camera crews from Miami Telemundo, and the Brazilian network. Nice, but terribly slimy!
I got home at about 5:30am, and Saturday was torture, but all in all, an excellent evening!

Shenyang Football Goal!

NED - JPN 1:0 (0:0)

Due to my current laziness, I am going to put up the video I took of the only goal of the match, and write about it later. Tomorrow!

Rudd's plan for Asian Australia

By Samantha Maiden | August 12, 2008

KEVIN RUDD has unveiled his vision for Australia to become the most "Asia-literate country" in the West.

In a speech in Singapore today, the Prime Minister pledged to boost the investment in the study of Asian languages and culture in schools and universities, The Australian reported.

"Australia's future will also depend on our ability to engage constructively and effectively with the countries of the Asia Pacific,” he said.

"That is why I am committed to making Australia the most Asia-literate country in the collective West.

"By investing in Asian languages and cultural education in Australia's schools, my vision is for the next generation of Australians - businessmen and women, economists, accountants, lawyers, architects, artists, film-makers and performers - to develop language skills which open their region to them.”

Get more national and international news at The Australian.

Men's First Round Soccer- Group B - Match 17

I JUST got tickets to
Men's First Round - Group B - Match 17
Netherlands vs Japan

I'm soooooooo excited! Its this Wednesday in this stadium in Shenyang:

Beijing Barbecue

Opening Ceremony!!

My friend Kevin is a volunteer who is helping to show Channel 7 (Australian TV Network) and a whole lot of influential Australians around for the Olympics (including former Prime Minister, John Howard) . Because of this, he was able to go to the Opening Ceremony for free!! I have some of his photos for you: