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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Party-hop this New Year’s Eve

MY PAPER, THURSDAY DECEMBER 30, 2010, PAGE A6, HOME From http://myepaper.mypaper.sg/ebook/web_php/fvbrowserjs.php?urljs=http://myepaper.mypaper.sg/ecreator/sphopf/mya301210cnd_opf_files/mya301210cnd.js&ver=GenSource Website: http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20101230-255461.html By Christina Ng, ncherhui@sph.com.sg, Thu, Dec 30, 2010PHOTO: FIERY START: Fireworks

Party-hop this New Year’s Eve

MY PAPER, THURSDAY DECEMBER 30, 2010, PAGE A6, HOME
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Source Website: http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20101230-255461.html
By Christina Ng, ncherhui@sph.com.sg, Thu, Dec 30, 2010

PHOTO: FIERY START: Fireworks lighting up the sky at the Marina Bay New Year’s Eve countdown last year. (PHOTO: THE ESPLANADE)
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MY PAPER, THURSDAY DECEMBER 30, 2010, PAGE A6, HOME

MARINA Bay will be the stage for one of the biggest countdown parties this year, with some 300,000 party revelers (masculine or feminine) expected to turn up to usher in the New Year.

The Marina Bay Singapore Countdown is organised by The Esplanade and the Urban Redevelopment Authority and comprises a ticketed event as well as festive-fringe events held at locations such as the Esplanade.

The countdown will also include a special light display to mark the final 10 seconds of 2010. Rays of bright lights will converge from opposite ends of Marina Bay to form a distinct canopy of light shining over the entire area.

Details of the party were revealed yesterday at a media briefing held at Marina Bay City Gallery in Marina Boulevard.

PHOTO: Spending tonight planning New Year's Eve Image by Paul Keleher from NYE 2007 in Needham
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At the stroke of midnight on Jan 1, an eight-minute-long fireworks display will take centre stage, choreographed to music specially composed by Cultural Medallion winner Iskandar Ismail.

With more vantage points such as the Marina Bay waterfront promenade and the Helix Bridge opened this year, more will be able to take in the fireworks display.

Motorists take heed: Several roads and lanes will closed at different times during the festivities.

The footway along Benjamin Sheares Bridge will also be closed to pedestrians from 6pm that day until 1am on New Year's Day.

PHOTO: For everyone out there in the Windy City who’s ready to ring in the new year
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Public-transport operating hours will be extended to handle the human traffic. The frequency of MRT trains will be increased and their operating hours extended until 2am on Jan 1.

Buses will run until 4am that day.

The ticketed event which will be held at The Float @ Marina Bay will boast a host of performers such as Taiwanese singer David Tao. Tickets are on sale for $38 at Sistic (www.sistic.com.sg).

Apart from the event, more than 15,000 Serangoon residents are expected to turn up at the Serangoon Swing 2011 countdown to be held at Serangoon Garden Circus. The party, starting at 7pm, is one of more than 50 heartland parties organised by the People's Association this year.

At a press conference held on Tuesday, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance and Transport Lim Hwee Hua said that the Serangoon Citizens' Consultative Committee took more than a year to put together the party at a cost of some $500,000.

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She said: "This is a family oriented street party for residents to celebrate in their own backyard. We expect some people to even come in their pyjamas, with their grandparents and children."

The Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development, Youth and Sports, and Transport, Mr Teo Ser Luck, told my paper: "We may need so many parties to get the community into an active mood.

Most of them are in the heartland, so the parties there will be more accessible to the residents who can wear slippers and shorts and have a good time right at their doorstep."

He added: "I would party- hop if I could. With public transport, it would be so much more convenient."

PHOTO: New Years Eve Fireworks
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Heartland countdown parties

Countdown @ Boon Lay 2011 'We Are The World'
Where: Boon Lay Place
When: 7pm to 1am

Highlights: A vibrant street carnival which will showcase four continents - Asia, America, Europe and Africa - will be staged. Mardi Gras dancers and Japanese cosplayers will also dazzle the crowds. There will also be performances by veteran singer Rahimah Rahim and Taiwan TV star Chen Zhao-rong.

Welcome 2011: Party By The Park
Where: Tiong Bahru Park
When: 6pm to 1am

Highlights: Singaporeans, permanent residents and new immigrants can participate in interactive games such as the Frog Hunt where pairs comprising a Singaporean and a new immigrant, for instance, hunt for various "frog" signs around the park.

Hypesteria! 2011
Where: Open field beside Woodlands Civic Centre
When: 7pm to 12.40am

Highlights: Performances by Singapore magician Alan Extreme. There will also be a five-minute fireworks display.

The Punggol East 2011 Countdown
Where: Rivervale Harmony Square
When: 9.30pm to 1am
Highlights: Performers include the first Singapore Idol, Taufik Batisah, and host-comedians Mark Lee and Henry Thia.
By Christina Ng, ncherhui@sph.com.sg, Thu, Dec 30, 2010

PHOTO: Ring in 2011 with two fireworks shows on the Delaware River as SugarHouse Casino Presents Twice the Fireworks! Twice the Fun!
(Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC)
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HELPDESK
我的字典: Wǒ de zì diǎn
Countdown: 倒数 - dào shù
Centre stage: 焦点 - jiāo diǎn
Backyard: 后院 - hòu yuàn
Pyjamas: 睡衣 - shuì yī

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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Secret Santa & Hope for a New Career (job position)...and a little fishing too.

So "Secret Santa" started yesterday at work and I'm so excited. People start signing up to participate in the "Secret Santa" at the beginning of December then we all pick names. Since I work at a high school it's a mixture of teachers and support staff...so it can get pretty fun. The rules are that from Wednesday of this week till Monday of next week you leave little gifts from $1 to $4 dollars for your "friend" and on Tuesday you bring a $20 gift and reveal yourself to your "Secret Santa". So far, I got 2 smaller composition style recycled paper journals yesterday and I received 2 fine point fade and water resistant roller ball pens today. I am one of those weird people who LOVE office supplies, especially pens and notebooks. So it was fun getting those things.

I pulled the name of a teacher who I am familiar with but am not necessarily friends with or know that well. We have everyone fill out a "wish list" and then when you pick your name you also get a wish list so you have ideas. Well, this teach only put down that he likes coffee and fishing...that's pretty much it. So I've been trying to be creative with my gifts. Yesterday I had a pass runner (a student) bring him a little fishing jacket ornament with a single serving VIA from Starbucks. Today I put tissue paper in a new coffee cup, filled it with some of my homemade cookies, printed off a cute little holiday fishing story I found on google and put that in his mail tray in the teacher's center. I'm hoping he'll like it. I have no clue what I'm going to do tomorrow...UGH! Guess I'm going shopping at lunch...

I am finally getting in the spirit of things. What a funk I was in over November...a crappy month for me really. But it's over and Christmas is almost here (or whatever holiday you celebrate should be near or already here). But anyway, I'm glad, to say the least, that 2010 is nearly over. I am ready for a new year with new beginnings, new friendships, new hope and a new look on things.

Speaking of new "things", a job opening at the district I work at was posted on Monday afternoon. It is the change I've been waiting for, as I do love working at the school district, but I am ready for a move in a different direction. Currently I work in Student Services/Data Processing where my "main" duty is billing for fees, fines and athletics and all that good stuff for the entire student body. My secondary jobs are preparing all the correspondence, registration information and mailing for all the big tests given at the high school (such as ACT Prep, SAT and AP testing), assistant registrar when the registrar is out of the office, main office receptionist for an hour while the receptionist is on lunch break, help with preparations for Freshman Orientation (which is a HUGE deal at the high school I work at...we actually call it the BIG SHOW) and miscellaneous other jobs and duties given to me throughout the year. It definitely keeps me busy but I'm looking for something more than just the girl who picks up the slack in Data Processing.

The opening posted was for Assistant Principal's Secretary. I fit the job description and I only found 2 things that I need to be proficient in that I'm a little shaky on but I learn very fast and hold my own once I'm shown the first time and run with it. So I applied for the position...I am nervous and so excited at the same time. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Well before I go I wanted to share the story I attached to my secret friends gift this morning. If you like fishing you'll really enjoy it...

Up North, where the Snake and the Red Rivers flow, up where they still use real carp in their carpriccio, lived an old angler named Ron, who honestly thought there wasn't a fish on the planet that could not be caught. Ron's grandpa had got the Timbered(ph) and his dad, the Iron Ore(ph). But up in the shadows of the glaciers lived a creature named Thor, down deep where the prehistoric traffic, out of the pages of National Geographic, 500 pounds of muscle and scale, 25 feet from lip to tail, mean as a pit bull, crazy as a loon, crusty as day-old Hormel chili on a daredevil's spoon.

Thor's name went back, it was said, to the day he bested Eric the Red. Forty-seven lures adorned his chin, a lantern on his head for vision, old as the world's oldest profession, if by that you mean fishing. French trappers dubbed him Poison Roy, the Fish King, and in his belly on a finger was a wedding ring.

Ron set up a shack by the dam where the ice was thin. It was cold, as cold as an Eskimo's ex-wife's grin. The radio said, `Now remember the rule of thumb. If you're in pain and misery, you won't succumb. But if you're happy and the world is fine, that's hypothermia talking. You don't have much time.' So he turned on his stove and he hitched up his pants, augured a hole, got ready to dance, hooked up a lure guaranteed to incite, entice, enrage, abuse, confuse, seduce, induce appetite. Set the humble to rumble, the pies to bingeing, powered by a three and a half horse Briggs & Stratton engine. It even emitted a pheromone that would draw the poor fellow like a moth to a flame, like a Lutheran to Jell-O.

Ron hooked up the lure and gave it a kiss for luck, dropped his line through the hole, went for a beer in his truck. And suddenly the ice cracked like a shotgun blast. Ron ran back inside to see his line running fast. The spool was spinning, the bobber gone. Ron set the hook, and the fight was on.

Now, at first, he let old Thor run, figuring to tire him out some. And as the line ran, dreams began to fill Ron's brain. Think he'd finish the basement, put up paneling, maybe a nice piece of carpet over the oil stain. A catch like this would give him a new lease on life, get in good with the kids, out of dutch with the wife. He'd make wise investments with a confidence game, find his biological parents, get his basset hound trained. Oh, the dreams he dreamed while that big fish ran.

`That's enough,' thought Ron. `Time to put you in the pan.' And with that he set the hook. The spool smoked, the handle cooked. Any other line would have snapped right then, but Ron had wisely invested in true-test super triple X 100 monofilament line using NASA engineering and a patented design, guaranteed not only to give the angler perfect pitch, but it'll put your Winnebago out of the ditch. Yeah, there was nothing quite so fine as true-test super triple X 100 monofilament line.

All right, the battle was set between these two giants, one using strength and cunning, the other the wonders of science. For days it went on till Thor took the notion to suddenly switch to a lateral motion. And like a knife through a hot butter, that line cut the ice. Like a band saw gone crazy, it started to slice, cut Ron's shack in two. And then if that wasn't bad luck, it circled his pickup and sank his new truck. `Huh, go ahead,' shouted Ron. `Take the truck, take my finger, too, but I'll have that wedding ring back from you.' And Ron, latched to his chair, hung on tight to Thor until two wooden slats snapped from the floor and skidded across the lake, like a sleigh ride from Hades or a bearded Cleopatra in flannel on a frozen Euphrates.

When word got out, from the four corners of town people ran, an angry group from animal rights, a tourist bus from Japan, a SWAT team, fire department, every kind of law enforcement. True-test line sent a crew and a chopper for an endorsement. And as the copter hovered, written in the ice when viewed from above, it read, `Abandon all hope, from Thor with love.' `You got nowhere to go,' cried Ron, `except the obituary,' when the fish pointed his snout toward a tributary that flowed north from the Snake into the Red. And off they shot up into Hudson's bay, where it fed, into the North Atlantic Ocean and over the horizon, and that's the last anyone of Ron has ever laid eyes on.

Since that time there have been sightings from outposts and stations. More than one cruise ship patron has stated, `Yeah, made our vacation.' And even to this day up North an angler will think he's in luck, and he'll reel in a can of beer or a license plate from a pickup truck. And, meanwhile, somewhere in the Indian Ocean lives a man set in his devotion. And his last words are all that remain, `Tell the wife to get a nice piece of carpet for over the oil stain.'

So be careful, young anglers, in what you fish for. Be careful this holiday in what you wish for. It's possible you'll get what you desire. And as you sit snuggled by your cozy, warm fire, remember, some things are meant to last and others break with time. This story brought to you by the good folks at true-test super X 100 monofilament line.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

For a fortnight, I felt 16 (YOG)

WEekend today August 28 - 29, 2010, VOICES, PAGE 6
From http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100828/2808VCW008.pdf
Website: http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100828-0000051/For-a-fortnight,-I-felt-16
By Edric Sng, edric@mediacorp.com.sg, 05:55 AM Aug 28, 2010

PHOTO: Blazing the trail at the opening ceremony
The Marina Bay floating platform was the stage for the spectacular Opening Ceremony on Aug 14. A crowd of 20,000 watched a spectacular show, anchored around the theme of “Blazing the Trail”. Among the highlights were a lion dance show, a fireworks display and a sublime moment during which Singapore sailor Darren Choy ran, seemingly on water, to light the Olympic Cauldron.
TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2010, PAGE 12
http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100827/2708HNP018.pdf

PHOTO: On Feb 21, 2008 IOC president Jacques Rogge announced that Singapore would be the first city to ever host the YOG. The news sent thousands at the Padang, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, into exuberant celebrations.
AFP, TODAY FILE PHOTO
From: What a journey it has been,Tan Yo-Hinn, yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg Dr Jacques Rogge opened the envelope and uttered the sweetest 25 words: “The International Olympic Committee have the honour of announcing that the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010 are awarded to the city of Singapore.” The Padang, and an entire nation, burst into cheers.
TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2010, COMMENTARY, PAGE 8
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PHOTO: Team from TODAY and Edric Sng
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http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4109095
The writer is Today's Voices editor.

PHOTO: From Athens to the heartlands
It involved some 2,400 torchbearers, from celebrities Joanne Peh and Randall Tan to ordinary Singaporeans from all walks of life and ages, crisscrossing the island for six days in early August.
The sight of Low Wei Jie chasing the flame reflected the spirit of the Games by a member of the public.
TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2010, PAGE 10
http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100827/2708HNP016.pdf

PHOTO: Blazing the trail at the opening ceremony
Asublime moment during which Singapore sailor Darren Choy ran, seemingly on water, to light the Olympic Cauldron.
TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2010, PAGE 12
http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100827/2708HNP018.pdf

Ivan Heng, seated not five spots to my right, had whipped off his trademark black-rimmed glasses to wipe off a tear. He wasn't the only one.

On Thursday night, I somehow found myself seated just beside the team that put together the Youth Olympic Games closing ceremony. I would've thought that Heng, the event's creative director, would be backstage creatively directing things, but there he was in the stands with us, wearing the silly flashing hat, laughing and crying with the rest of us.

The bit that got to him - and to many around me - was a video montage of the Games highlights, a series of photographs of athletes crossing the finish line, dancing on the sidelines, having a laugh over a meal, biting their medals, cuddling Lyo and Merly stuffed toys. You remember.

The day before the closing ceremony, I was at Marina Reservoir taking in the canoe/kayak finals. The sport meant nothing to me, but that didn't matter; it could just as easily have been curling or kabaddi. I was there to find out for myself if there was any grain of truth to all the letters we've been publishing on the Voices pages about the infectious enthusiasm of the Games.

Some East European, I think, took the bronze in one of the events. When he was in his canoe, from far, he looked a man, muscularly cutting through the water, But up close, at the medal ceremony, he was all boy - ruddy cheeks, buck teeth, cuddling his Lyo stuffed toy. And when his name was announced, he bounced onto the podium with the kind of big, pure smile you don't see at the Olympics for Grown-Ups, the kind of joy that suggests he wasn't just doing it to score a better shoe sponsorship deal.

I could've cried.

If you've been moaning about the inconvenience the YOG has caused you, I suspect you didn't attend any of the events, didn't really watch the TV broadcast to see what the Games meant to the young 'uns playing their hearts out. I suspect you've missed the point of the whole shebang.

You'll be an adult for the rest of your life, but you're only young once - before work deadlines and housing loans get the better of you. Watching the athletes and eager volunteers throw themselves into everything they did with unfettered gusto, I felt that little bit younger.

I suspect Ivan Heng did, too.

By Edric Sng, edric@mediacorp.com.sg, 05:55 AM Aug 28, 2010
The writer is Today's Voices editor.

PHOTO: Blazing the trail at the opening ceremony
By SPH-SYOGO C/Alph onsus Chern, Bryan van Der Beek, Chong Jun Liang, Gavin Foo and Leonard Phuah.
Today file photos
TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2010, PAGE 12
http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100827/2708HNP018.pdf

Thank you, Mum.
For enduring morning sickness and jeans with elastic waistbands.
For carrying us in your arms, slings, wraps, strollers and minivans.
For teaching us to crawl, walk and run before we could swim, shoot, fence, row and cycle.
For being a full-time mum, chauffeur, coach, personal chef, doctor and cheerleader.
For never missing a day at the track or in the pool.
For being at every practice, match, meet and competition.
For believing in our dream before anyone else did.
For seeing the first Youth Olympic Games as not the end of an Olympic journey, but the start of one.
For doing the hardest job in the world.
Thank you for being a mum.
From P&G, Proud sponsor of Mums TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2010, PAGE 19
http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100827/2708HNP025.pdf

PHOTO: Blazing the trail at the opening ceremony
From Russia - with love
By SPH-SYOGO C/Alph onsus Chern, Bryan van Der Beek, Chong Jun Liang, Gavin Foo and Leonard Phuah.
Today file photos
TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2010, PAGE 12
http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100827/2708HNP018.pdf

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WEekend today August 28 - 29, 2010, VOICES, PAGE 6
http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100828/2808VCW008.pdf
http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC100828-0000051/For-a-fortnight,-I-felt-16
TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2010, PAGE 8
http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100827/2708HNP014.pdf
TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2010, PAGE 10
http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100827/2708HNP016.pdf
TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2010, PAGE 12
http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100827/2708HNP018.pdf
TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 27, 2010, PAGE 19
http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100827/2708HNP025.pdf
http://sgstb.msn.com/i/BC/93A97C61C32D7D3135F2BCECAC2EE5.jpg
http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4109095

Saturday, August 14, 2010

The little boy who could (YOG)

From http://www.edvantage.com.sg/edvantage/news/news/430200/The_little_boy_who_could.html
By AEdvantage,Wed Aug 11 2010

PHOTO: He did not want to miss the run and followed the flame.
Photo: ST Reader
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He followed the Youth Olympic flame for two and a half hours, just to snap pictures of the relay.

PHOTO: He did not want to miss the run and followed the flame.
Photo: ST Reader
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This 12-year-old boy wearing an orange t-shirt and blue shorts left everyone wondering, "Who's that boy?".

PHOTO: The 12-year-old became the star of the third day of the relay.
Photo: ST Reader
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Reason? He ran close to 15km in the rain, alongside bearers of the Youth Olympic Flame torch, as it made its way through Sengkang, Punggol and Hougang.

PHOTO: The Youth Olympic flame passed through Sengkang, Punggol and Hougang on Aug 10.
Photo: ST Reader
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Clad in slippers and clutching a digital camera - which got soaked in the rain as well, the student from Compassvale Primary School told reporters from the Straits Times that his run wasn't planned.

He said he just wanted to catch a glimpse of the flame and follow it, as he "may never see it again".

PHOTO: Wei Jie said he did not want to miss the relay, as he "may never see it again".

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PHOTO: Reporters, officials and YOG volunteers made a beeline for him.
Photo: Reader
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PHOTO: Wei Jie got to hold the spare Youth Olympic flame torch as he posed with the relay's support r...
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About 2 years ago, there was also another spectacular happenings to an Olympic torch bearer. At that time a defenseless lady torch bearer was physically attacked by male protesters who charged at her. She had to used her handicapped body to protect the torch from being snatched away.

PHOTO: Chinese paralympian fencer Jin Jing carrying the Olympic torch in Paris. She sat in her wheelchair, took her torch and waited quietly for the exchange.
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080410_1.htm
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PHOTO: An unarmed girl who was handicapped, and the thug had to hit her? Whatever happen to minimal humanitarianism?
"At that moment, I was only thinking about protecting the Olympic flame!", reporter received a SMS message from Olympic torch bearer Jin Jing who is in Paris (France).
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080410_1.htm
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PHOTO: Jin Jing clasped the torch tightly because she was afraid that someone might grab it.
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080410_1.htm
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PHOTO: After the storm, the sun will shine again. Torch bearer Jin Jing formally lit her torch and proceeded ahead with the team.
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080410_1.htm
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PHOTO: Jin Jing, the wheelchair-bound torch-bearer, has found fame. China has found a national heroine to boost its fragile self-esteem after weeks of embarrassing headlines over Tibet and the Olympic torch relay.
Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2297096/Disabled-girl-becomes-Chinas-Olympic-heroine.html
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PHOTO: Jin Jing, a Paralympic fencer, returned home on Wednesday and received a hero's welcome when she was recognized by people at Beijing's Capital International Airport.
(Photo credit: Xinhua)
http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/paris/news/n214298857.shtml
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Party-hop this New Year’s Eve

Party-hop this New Year’s Eve

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Secret Santa & Hope for a New Career (job position)...and a little fishing too.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

For a fortnight, I felt 16 (YOG)

Saturday, August 14, 2010

The little boy who could (YOG)

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