2008

Beijing 2008 Olympic Medal Tally

August 9, 2008 Observation

It is surprising how difficult to find the latest official updates of medal counts from the Beijing 2008 Olympic. After a Google search and ignoring all the scammers who try to make AdSense income, I finally found a list at Yahoo Sports, but the one that is most up-to-date is the 2008 Olympic Medal Count [...]

China’s Olympic Torch Relay 2008

April 9, 2008 Opinion

This Olympic torch relay around the world has now become such a controversy that the International Olympic Asscociation is considering terminating the relay. If this decision is final, it will become the first world record obtained by China in this year’s Olympic. The people at “Torch Relay Beijing 2008″ has created an animation to show [...]

Auspicious First Day of Work for 2008

February 1, 2008 Observation

I am not the superstitious type, but if someone informs me I will be conscientious of it. Today someone sent me the following chart. It shows the most auspicious day to start the first work day for the new Lunar New Year 2008 (Year of the Rat).Note that you must first figure out which Chinese [...]