Well, its been a while and I can explain. Its hard getting internet around this place! I have been at my venue more and more each day and we only have one computer that can access the web. There's about seven of us fighting for just a little time. If its not there, I have been going to a papa johns near by my media village to get the web. I hate to say it but I've been eating more pizza here then I ever do at home. But I've also been eating some great Chinese, the other night I took some friends to a great Beijing hot pot place. According to the waiter, its a couple hundred years old and then I lost him when he started to get in-depth. Once that happens I just nod and say "zen de ma, hao, hao hao!" It works every time. Beijing has such a mix of China that you can always find something new and different. Nothing beats a Beijing duck though, the way they cook it so the skin separates from the meat and then you just take a little bread and make a sandwich out of the whole thing.

Work has been getting a little productive, today the Chinese team started to practice, so I got a couple quotes from them. the rest of the international teams don't start arriving until saturday. Its so fun being able to start the interviews and get some stories going. This preparation process is a big part of the job because if I don't get some good news articles out, then the international journalists won't be biting. It also makes our team look a little more professional! Well, its going to have to be a short one today because another part of working for inforstrada is the night life!

I'm going to the biggest sporting event held in the last four years, and it trips me out when I say that! I have never had this kind of opportunity, being involved in such a huge event, and actually having some kind of effect on the outcome. Head water polo journalist, who would've thought, or maybe it was the fact that the company that hired me wasn't thinking at all! I have a lot of responsibility coming up and am ready for the challenge. The best part is that for the first week its just meeting your fellow coworker and getting situated. We will be receiving training sessions to help us get back into the swing of things, which for some of us its a necessity. Ending the week, we take a cool trip to the Great Wall and will be enjoying some Peking duck for dinner, which is the best in Beijing. I'll have to do the majority of my wandering around pre games, adding to the fact that there are probably a million or more people coming in the same time I do. China is one of the most crowded countries in the world, I just wonder how its going to be now? The best part about wandering around is hitting the night markets of Beijing, where pretty much anything goes because as long as you can bargain, your in the game. After the first week, I believe I actually have to start getting serious and prepare myself for watching ten plus water polo games a day. It won't get old after the eighth day! Its a dream come reality and once the reality hits, I'll be writing more!