So it's 8/8/08 over here in Beijing and everyone's gearing up for the start of the games and tonight's Opening Ceremony at 8:08 pm (I don't have tickets, but I may hang out on the Olympic Green tonight assuming that's allowed and it isn't raining (there's a chance, which would stink since the birds nest stadium does not have a covered roof). It's another hot, humid and smoggy day to boot.
In actuality, there have been a number of athletic events already, but the high-profile stuff doesn't start until this weekend.
As a lucky number, the 8's are figuring very prominently. Besides the date and time of the Opening Ceremonies, there are 8,000 couples getting married in a mass ceremony today and I heard somewhere that a lot of expectant mothers are having c-sections so their babies' birthdays will be 8/8/08.
There was word yesterday about a bomb-on-a-bus threat. Turns out there were two false alarms: a broken-down bus whose engine was smoking and a turned-out-to-be-nothing "suspicious package" near the water cube building. Of course, real or not the Chinese will probably over-react to it from a security standpoint. There was already an indication that reporters & photographers covering the Opening Ceremonies have to get an extra credential just for that.
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