tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74573489260960683472011-04-21T15:10:04.550-07:00Domhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13171501304288067193noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457348926096068347.post-29929964994405679692008-09-20T23:37:00.001-07:002008-09-20T23:37:55.709-07:00<span style="font-size:85%;">Today was a terrific day! Why? I'll let pictures speak for themselves:<br /><br />How the Olympic Stadium in Beijing is going to look like once done (in March 2007):<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/stadium2-700502.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/stadium2-700491.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">How it currently, July 1st 2007, looks like and how we, Nina and I, experienced it:</span><table><tbody><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/On-the-roof-of-Olympic-stadium-in-Beijing-704535.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/On-the-roof-of-Olympic-stadium-in-Beijing-704525.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Working-in-Olympic-stadium-762213.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Working-in-Olympic-stadium-762207.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Migrant-workers-at-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-714018.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Migrant-workers-at-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-714010.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/From-Roof-of-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-China-768682.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/From-Roof-of-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-China-768674.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Olympic-Stadium-Beijing-713083.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Olympic-Stadium-Beijing-713072.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Olympic-Stadium-Beijing-inside-780255.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Olympic-Stadium-Beijing-inside-780244.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Katakomben-of-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-739043.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Katakomben-of-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-739038.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Dudes-on-Roof-of-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-701686.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Dudes-on-Roof-of-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-701680.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Olympic-stadium-Beijing-detail-738397.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Olympic-stadium-Beijing-detail-738392.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Migrant-worker-at-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-724561.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Migrant-worker-at-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-724554.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Migrant-worker-at-Swimm-Stadium-for-Olympic-games-in-Beijing-738675.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Migrant-worker-at-Swimm-Stadium-for-Olympic-games-in-Beijing-738669.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/20070701_1673modsm-797148.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/20070701_1673modsm-797136.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Detail-at-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-740385.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Detail-at-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-740378.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/From-the-roof-of-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-785165.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/From-the-roof-of-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-785156.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Working-on-Olympic-stadium-in-Beijing-725915.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Working-on-Olympic-stadium-in-Beijing-725906.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Swimm-Stadium-for-Olympic-games-in-Beijing-784274.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Swimm-Stadium-for-Olympic-games-in-Beijing-784267.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Architecture-of-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-794956.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Architecture-of-Olympic-Stadium-in-Beijing-794947.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td><td><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Migrant-workers-on-truck-close-to-Olympic-stadium-of-Beijing-777229.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Migrant-workers-on-truck-close-to-Olympic-stadium-of-Beijing-777222.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Apparently some of the migrant workers also liked to have Nina around: ^^</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Nina-as-attraction-on-construction-site-757404.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://dondomingo.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Nina-as-attraction-on-construction-site-757391.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I am impressed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzog_&amp;_de_Meuron">HdM</a>'s "new baby" and enjoyed the interactions with some of the 15000 (migrant) workers currently working on it!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />------<br />PS: will put some more pictures on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dondomingo">flickr account</a> once I'm back in town and in front of the computer, on July 15th.<br /><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Olympic+Games" rel="tag">olympic games</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Beijing" rel="tag">Beijing</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/stadium" rel="tag">stadium</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/birds+nest" rel="tag">birds nest</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/pictures" rel="tag">pictures</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/architecture" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/HdM" rel="tag">HdM</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Olympic+sites" rel="tag">olympic sites</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/attraction" rel="tag">attraction</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7457348926096068347-2992996499440567969?l=randomonchina.blogspot.com' alt='' 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