A little more Olympic fun...

Do you know how proud China is of their Gold medals? I imagine you do unless you have been living in a cardboard box...I stumbled across this in the Sanlitun area of Beijing, which is one of the more "Western" areas of Beijing. I joked that there must be somebody waiting inside the Adidas building (the awesome black glass building behind the "gold medalist") waiting with the next number to dart out and change it, basking with pride and joy as he adds yet another gold medal to China's medal count....this joke, I soon realized- is probably not too far from the truth. With their obsession of accumulating Golds, this should be no surprise.



At this point, the count was at 45. I wonder how many of those little numbers they made...?




Regarding all sporting events, I have found that there are generally 3 kinds of fans.....


The SUPER cRaZy kind that go all out. Everybody knows why they are there, who they are cheering on, and where they are from ....I'll give you 1 guess where this guy is from!



The ones that still get into but aren't quite as crazy. They might not paint their faces lime green, but you still know who they're rooting for....



And those that are more conservative and not so flashy. These people like sports and want to showcase who they would like to win, but prefer not to draw all the attention onto themselves. They are content with a t-shirt...



Aaaaaaand, one more thing about the Olympics....I still think the Fuwas are weird. Only China could have gotten away with these mascots.