Do you still plan to volunteer for the Olympics 2008 in Beijing China?

You can still apply!

Check out this site Volunteer Information. That’s free pass to the event your helping! Plus you can also rub elbows with some of the best athletes! Coolness! However, you need to be very fluent in English and also fluent in Mandarin is a major plus.

If you’re already in Beijing, you can go try applying. It’s a whole lot different experience!

In the recent 24th Sea Games in Nakhon Ratshasima Thailand, Southeast Asian athletes were able to get a feel of competing with the best of the bests before the awaited Olympics 2008. Thailand leads the Southeast Asian pact of atheletes having a total medal of 409. With a big gap from the first, Malaysia follows with 216 medals then Vietnam with 204.

I’m still skeptic about their skills if they can actually defeat China’s bets or US. But I’m sure they are all vying for the gold in the Olympics. With only 232 days (as of Dec 19, 2007) to go before the Olympics, athletes are cramming to improve their statistics/goals/skills.

Read More: Southeast Asians hone traditional skills for 2008 Olympics

Also check out the official SEA games site.

When I was in Beijing, you can see the Olympics fever almost everywhere. There are huge Olympics themed billboard. Then there’s these cute mascots sold in Olympics souvenir shops around Beijing.

The mascots have a deeper reference to it not just their names “Bei Bei”, “Jing Jing”, “Huan Huan”, “Ying Ying”, “Ni Ni” when said into one “Beijing Huan Ying Ni” means Beijing welcomes you!

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Here’s a random update about Beijing Olympics 2008:

* Beijing is said to pledge US$ 13 million to clean up the city and advocate itself to launch a “Green Olympics” campaign. Relocating steel factories to outer provinces, planting more trees, replacing old buses etc. Since Beijing has a hazy city line due to smog, the government is still pushing itself to reach its goals.

* Originally, Beijing has 4 main subway lines, but in the next year, it aims to make 4 more to improve accessibility to other areas of the city. Simultaneous constructions are underway and most of the workers work seven days a week to be able to finish with a tight deadline.

* Water Cube is a big dome stadium currently in construction in Beijing. The outer membrane of the dome stretched over the pentagonal and hexagonal steel beams to simulate the look of an ice-blue cube with a water-like surface. The membrane allows the Water Cube to use solar energy to heat the pools and light the interiors.

Source: Strait times
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