Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Ao yun hui 奥运会
Olympic Games.
Laurel and I just finished buying our tickets for the Beijing Ao yun hui set to open on 8/8/2008 at 8:08pm. Can you guess which number is most auspicious in Chinese culture?
One of the benefits of having established domicile in China is the opportunity to apply for Olympic tickets through the advance lottery system. So technically we have just entered the lottery - next month we find out if we get our top choices. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for BMX cycling, rhythmic gymnastics and modern pentathlon, like much of the rest of the world, I'm sure.
Interesting to note is that the application process actually had one of the only slick, usable web interfaces I have come across in China. They are usually laughably frustrating. On closer inspection I noticed this logo in the corner of the page:
You know you've been in China too long when TicketMaster has become the model of customer service.
And for those astute readers who notice that the games are still more than 1 year away ... no we haven't tipped our hand that we will definitely be in China that long, but yes there is a chance. We can always sell the tickets, so if you haven't made your travel plans to come out and visit yet, start planning your route.
Laurel and I just finished buying our tickets for the Beijing Ao yun hui set to open on 8/8/2008 at 8:08pm. Can you guess which number is most auspicious in Chinese culture?
One of the benefits of having established domicile in China is the opportunity to apply for Olympic tickets through the advance lottery system. So technically we have just entered the lottery - next month we find out if we get our top choices. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for BMX cycling, rhythmic gymnastics and modern pentathlon, like much of the rest of the world, I'm sure.
Interesting to note is that the application process actually had one of the only slick, usable web interfaces I have come across in China. They are usually laughably frustrating. On closer inspection I noticed this logo in the corner of the page:
You know you've been in China too long when TicketMaster has become the model of customer service.
And for those astute readers who notice that the games are still more than 1 year away ... no we haven't tipped our hand that we will definitely be in China that long, but yes there is a chance. We can always sell the tickets, so if you haven't made your travel plans to come out and visit yet, start planning your route.
# posted by tim @ 8:50 PM 
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