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If you didn’t get a chance to catch the closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it’s too bad. Personally, I usually don’t care too much about closing ceremonies, and I figure most people won’t be watching either. However, I must say the artistry of it all was hard to forget. I [...]

Do book a hotel the day before you arrive, and make sure you bargain like you would bargain for clothes at the Silk Market.
Find a relative that makes the Olympics as an athlete and make sure the sport is very hi-profile, like swimming.
Go watch athletes in warmup and notice how focused they are.
Do hang out [...]

Live blogging at the Olympics isn’t so easy when you don’t have GPRS service setup, nor a laptop to type on, but to give you a general idea of what I experienced there, I’ll list out a record of some of my SMS messages I sent to a few good friends over the 3 days [...]