News on the One Year Countdown to Beijing Olympics - From CNN

Here are some video links to CNN news reports to the Games.

In this clip, you can see the performance in the countdown:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2007/08/08/stevens.cdb.olympics.one.year.cnn

Here're some some other clips that features on the preparation work on Beijing 2008! Enjoy! :)

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/olympics.beijing.reut/index.html?iref=newssearch

The Bird Nest is Powered Up

The first of 4 power installation has completed in the main Olympic Station. The power installation took just 2 months to complete the first phase.

This means that we will soon see the Bird Nest being LIT UP!!!

That's going be exciting!!! :D

CCTV Building

This is another incredible building by the Chinese. They hope to finish this before the Olympics so that it will be another spectacle for tourist to the city.

It's getting towards the crucial part of its construction real soon i.e. the joining of the two towers.

Pictures taken from http://www.beijingupdates.com/

Oops! Sorry Google!!!

I accidentally clicked on one of the google ads on my site today! *sweat*!!! I must really go and apologise to Google!!!





Anyway, what surprised me is that the ad site shows that some of the tour packages has already sold out! It's more than a year before the Olympics!!! The tour packages are not cheap either... at least $6,000 dollars for 5 nights!





According to sohu.com, the price of the hotel rooms around the Olympics village has already rose 6 times or more! If you are really planning to go, book now!

(images from skyscrapercity.com)

The National Grand Theatre - Beijing

The National Grand Theatre is another INCREDIBLE architecture in Beijing. Nickname the "Egg", it is just next to the Forbidden City and Tian An Men Square. When it was first announced, many people condemned it's architectural style being unauspicious and that it destroyed the view of the most important architectural site of China.

It is now almost complete. It's first performance is scheduled in July. Here are some pictures of it. Be the judge. :)