Kalina Grabb - 2008 Olympics

July 30-Shopping!!

Xin Qi San, Qi Yue 30 Wednesday, July 30             Today my dad took me out to see the city. After working within the hotel ever since I got here, it was really nice to get out and see Beijing. My favorite part by far, though, was shopping. Ever since I found out that I was going to Beijing, I have been waiting for this day to come! Here in Beijing, its not like the American shopping. At [+]

July 28 - working with locals

Xin Qi Yi, Qi Yue 28 Monday, July 28 Today was the first day that we met some of the local staff. They came in early (before orientation) to help out with the amenities. In this program, there are like 30 managers that manage each department from guest services to transportation, and of course, food and beverage! Amenities is part of this. Each manager is also assigned team of local staff. Since the amenities include staff uniforms, [+]

July 26 - getting ready for the Games

[gallery] Saturday, July 26 Xin Qi Liu, Qi Yue 26 What a hectic way to start off my trip in China. These first few days have been so exhausting! Let’s see, many things have been done these past four days. Wednesday. This was the day that I got assigned to go out to the warehouse with the Administration Manager. Our job was to see what had actually made it to the warehouse out of all the shipments [+]

July 22 - arriving in Beijing

Tuesday, July 22 Xin Qi Er, Qi Yue 22 After months of anticipating this life adventure in Beijing, I just can't believe that it is actually happening. Days on end of packing, school shopping in July, and on-and-off Chinese lessons have finally showed their reasons to take place. When my mom and I landed in Beijing yesterday afternoon around 2:30pm, we hit the ground running… to say the least. When you land in the Beijing airport, signs and posters of the [+]