It’s getting close to the grand opening of 2008 Olympics. My husband and I joked about buying air tickets now and getting back to Beijing again to watch the games…Hehe! I am going to tease my mom to see how she would react to this

Our friends in Sydney are leaving today. They told us that they haven’t been able to concentrate on work since a week ago. Sure they would have been like that. If I were them, I probably would’ve done the same.

But if you asked me if I am really itchy for the Olympics, my answer probably is “NO”. I am more itchy for staying with my family, enjoying the delicious Chinese food in Beijing, shopping around as if I am a rich Dubai girl who has nothing to do except for spending money, and just feeling the warm, busy and full-on atmosphere in every corner of the city. However we had all that, back to 3 weeks ago, so why should I let myself lose the control of my cravings again?

Last night I went through some photos that I had taken in Beijing. There was one photo that I took in Yuan Ming Yuan is extremely eye-catching. It’s a newly formed lotus fruit with all the pods ready to go. It just looks cute and lovely.

It reminds me all the nice sides of Beijing, the freshness, the greenness and the beautiful structures with a history and new buildings with funny shapes in stead of pollution, chaos, traffic and exposed dirt on the streets…..

Well, who don’t know the bad sides? I kind of tended to forget about them when I am really having a home sickness. It’s not just about missing her, it’s more like a feeling of not wanting to get missed out seeing anything about her.