Just came back not long from K's granny's place for dinner and mahjong.. lost $10 to his cousin. = (
Two of K's uncles are in town this week to visit - One from LA, and one from Shanghai.
K was saying his uncle from Shanghai came here to escape from all the Olympic craze and crowds, only to get stuck in traffic jams here with the National Day parade.. haha!! Thought that was quite funny.. = )
And the other one flew in from LA to Beijing airport to meet his wife and daughter, only to be told by the immigration officials that due to the Olympics, he cannot be allowed to go out of the Beijing airport because he is considered as a "non-essential" person. My godness!! So there he was, stuck at the aiport, and had no choice but to re-route his flight back to Singapore.. He landed at 5 in the morning today, and he was supposed to arrive one week later..
We watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics at K's granny's place.. at 8pm sharp, one of his aunties suddenly got excited and shouted for someone to switch on the TV. She was like: "quick! quick! start already!" at first we were all confused as to whether she wanted to watch the Olympics or see the results of the $8 million toto draw, the latter of which majority of us had a stake in..
Anyway, thought the ceremony was too long winded, it's like the Chinese want to savour (for as long as possible) every moment of their long awaited dream to be the host of the Olympic Games..
Apparently, our dear minister mentor Lee Kwan Yew is also at the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing. As we were watching the ceremony, some of us were speculating that he might not be able to make it back for the National Day parade tomorrow because there's no available flight back, but i doubt it. I mean, Lee Kuan Yew leh? How can there be no flight for him?? No flight take private jet loh! I'm sure he's got one.. Anyway, as K puts it, National Day is like his birthday leh, how can he possibly miss it right??
Two of K's uncles are in town this week to visit - One from LA, and one from Shanghai.
K was saying his uncle from Shanghai came here to escape from all the Olympic craze and crowds, only to get stuck in traffic jams here with the National Day parade.. haha!! Thought that was quite funny.. = )
And the other one flew in from LA to Beijing airport to meet his wife and daughter, only to be told by the immigration officials that due to the Olympics, he cannot be allowed to go out of the Beijing airport because he is considered as a "non-essential" person. My godness!! So there he was, stuck at the aiport, and had no choice but to re-route his flight back to Singapore.. He landed at 5 in the morning today, and he was supposed to arrive one week later..
We watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics at K's granny's place.. at 8pm sharp, one of his aunties suddenly got excited and shouted for someone to switch on the TV. She was like: "quick! quick! start already!" at first we were all confused as to whether she wanted to watch the Olympics or see the results of the $8 million toto draw, the latter of which majority of us had a stake in..
Anyway, thought the ceremony was too long winded, it's like the Chinese want to savour (for as long as possible) every moment of their long awaited dream to be the host of the Olympic Games..
Apparently, our dear minister mentor Lee Kwan Yew is also at the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing. As we were watching the ceremony, some of us were speculating that he might not be able to make it back for the National Day parade tomorrow because there's no available flight back, but i doubt it. I mean, Lee Kuan Yew leh? How can there be no flight for him?? No flight take private jet loh! I'm sure he's got one.. Anyway, as K puts it, National Day is like his birthday leh, how can he possibly miss it right??
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