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The Closing Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympics Games DVD

james pong — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:34:43 +0000

Beijing 2008 Olympic may be over already, but you still can catch the closing ceremony in DVD that’s 2 hours long.

The highlights include a performance by Three Tenors’ Placido Domingo, a “human memory tower”, and an 8 minute presentation by London 2012, including the appearance of David Beckham, Leona Lewis and Led Zeppelin’s lead guitarist, Jimmy Page. Also, you can catch the performance of Wei Wei, Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Karen Mok and Joey Yung as well.

Get The Closing Ceremony Of The Beijing 2008 Olympics Games DVD (China Version)

Google Logos for Beijing 2008 Olympic (From Opening Ceremony to Closing)

james pong — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:30:06 +0000

Missed out on all the cool Google Logos for Beijing 2008 Olympic? Fret not, check out the collection of Google Logos for Beijing Olympic here.

View the entire collection

Bird’s Nest Replaces Mao on 10 Yuan

james pong — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:20:56 +0000

China’s New 10 Yuan

China’s 10 Yuan used to have Mao Zedong’s face on it, not anymore. With the Olympic Games’s hype (and for decades after that), China have replaced Mao’s face with with its infamous Bird’s Nest Stadium on its 10 Yuan note.

Michael Phelps Gets His 8th Gold!

james pong — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:50:23 +0000

Michael Phelps smiles with his 8th Gold (Photo credit: Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal in the Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay final on Sunday with some help from his friends and thus, broke Mark Spitz’s record of seven golds in one Olympic Games.

The US team of Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Jason Lezak and Phelps won at the National Aquatics Center in a time of 3:29.34 and in doing so broke the world record by 1.34 seconds.

Congratulations to Phelps! Now, everyone, start swimming by getting the swim suits.

Usain Bolt Bolts to 100m Gold in World Record Time, Gay Disappoints

james pong — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:59:11 +0000

Jamaican Usain Bolt dashed to victory in the men’s 100-meter final with a world-record 9.69 seconds, 0.03 seconds off his own world record. He even had the audacity to pose and celebrate before crossing the line — he could possibly go much faster.

His compatriot, Asafa Powell finished in a disappointing fifth in 9.95 seconds. While Tyson Gay didn’t even qualify for the final.

The 6-foot-5-inch Bolt has a long way to go, especially with the way he finished the 100 final. And he’s only 21.

Michael Phelps Wins His 7th Gold at Beijing 2008 Olympic

james pong — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:54:37 +0000

Michael Phelps won his seventh gold in the Men’s 100m Butterfly final at the National Aquatics Center on Saturday. His feat equal Mark Spitz (also from USA) as the only person ever to have won seven gold medals at a summer Olympic. Phelps already surpassed Mark Spitz in terms of number of World Records at an Olympic Games with five world records in Individual Olympic events.

After creating history by winning his 10th and 11th Olympic Golds on Wednesday, Michael Phelps just needs one more gold to take over Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals and create a record that’s almost impassable, especially when Phelps is just 23 years of age — he has at least one more Olympic to come.

Michael Phelps Wins His 10th & 11th Olympic Golds

james pong — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:55:40 +0000

Michael Phelps created history by becoming the first person to win 10th and 11th golds in Olympic Games.

Fake Fireworks and Fake Singing in Beijing 2008

james pong — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:38:52 +0000

The spectacular 2008 Beijing Olympic fireworks show broadcast to the world in the opening ceremony was prerecorded. It was altered and done digitally in 3D computer graphics, according to several news reports (view the reports here, here and here.)

Lin Miaoke, the lip syncher and Yang Peiyi (inset), the original singer

Meanwhile, the girl in the red dress with the pigtails, called Lin Miaoke, 9, and from a Beijing primary school has become the talk of town after she performed the anthem, a patriotic song called “Hymn to the Motherland”. But, the truth is she just lipped sync. The actual singer was Yang Peiyi, a 7-year-old girl who has buck teeth and is deemed unsuitable to go on air.

Faking it in the opening ceremony will surely bring us to other questions? What about their athletes?

Beijing Olympic 2008, Watch It Online

james pong — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:36:12 +0000

Beijing Olympic 2008 is just a day away!

Not many of us have the luxury to watch the Olympics "Live" on TV. Therefore, the following handful of web sites will come in handy:

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Bestpaypay.com – The website provides news, videos and picture galleries about the Olympic Games 2008.
Beijing 2008 on ESPN
NBC Olympics
Beijing 2008 on CNN
Olympic News on MSNBC
Olympics On Yahoo! Sports
2008 Beijing Olympic Games on Yahoo! 7

Beijing 2008 Olympic – 47 Days to Go

james pong — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:47:08 +0000

Beijing 2008 Olympic Countdown by Omega, the Official Time Keeper

There are 48 more days to go (47 days in the time of writing), before Beijing 2008 Olympic is kicked off on 08.08.08, that’s August 8, 2008. Omega, the Official Time Keeper of Beijing 2008 has set up a huge monument in the concourse of Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I wonder if this countdown monument will stay until 08.08.08?

Are you looking forward to the Olympic Games in Beijing?

New Jackie Chan Beijing Olympic 2008 Visa Commercial

james pong — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:00:05 +0000

As Visa continues to promote its Beijing Olympic campaign after the first Jackie Chan Beijing Olympic 2008 Visa commercial, the following is another commercial by Visa with Jackie Chan, of course, and Yao Ming.

Jackie Chan Beijing Olympic 2008 – Visa Commercial

james pong — Sun, 13 May 2007 13:24:09 +0000

How to get tickets to Beijing Olympic 2008? Jackie Chan will show you how. Pretty cool commercial.