Tianjin And The Olympic Soccer Game What A Great Time

ATTENTION THE FOLLOWING BLOG POST MAY CONTAIN ADULT LANGUAGE AND TOPICS. FOR ANYONE INTERESTED, I AM BUSY ON FIGURING OUT HOW TO INCLUDE PORN AS WELL. . . JUST KIDDING!

Well we are all safe and back from our days journey and I must say it was a blast. The day began with the usual nasty ass breakfast and a quick practice for the performers. This was followed by you guessed the same old rice, steamed bread and various meat-like entrees that they say are chicken, beef and pork. We will just leave it at that because I think it's all been a game of "Just what can we get these people to eat" on the part of the hotel. At any rate this swill session was an early one as we had another three hour bus ride to Tianjin for the Orchestras final performance. This bus ride was like no other I or I am sure any one on any of the 57 buses that's right 57 buses has ever experienced. It was a complete police escort and when I say a complete "Police Escort" I mean complete. The 57 bus motorcade was lead by a lead police vehicle traveling only about 35 miles per hour. At every on ramp to this major highway, traffic was halted and onlookers were out of their cars to see and to get a chance to wave at the "World Famous Olympic Orchestra". We had the entire interstate to ourselves. I will be posting some amazing photos to help everyone get a feel as to just how famous all of our kids have become in a very short time. You can rest assured that even if you have not been receiving much in the way of media coverage the local Chinese television stations and the BBC have been covering every detail on video. I only wish that there was some way to send you all the television coverage directly into your respective houses. It was apparent by the outpouring of onlooker and captive on ramp hostages that this was a major undertaking on the part of the Chinese government to ensure that safety of everyone traveling in our entourage. I think it's probably only a one hour drive to Tianjin but when you are going so slow it takes three hours, but I wouldn't have missed for the world. As for the kids they all slept and could care less about all of the fuss. I have pictures that I will be posting of the little angels snoozing, I only wish I could have been on every bus so all of you friends and family could get a glimpse of one of your kids too.

After our three hour bus rid we disembarked our respective coaches and proceeded in a mass exodus to the Tianjin Cultural Center, as this was where the performance was taking place. In usual fashion there were a massive amount of people all dressed alike. I found it pretty humorous when our director proceeded to tell me to be the last one to follow our group to make sure no one was left behind. After a quick surveying of 2000 people from behind all dressed in the same clothes, all carrying instruments, walking to the same place I could quickly see what a complete idiot the director was being at that moment in time. . .Duh! Well as you might have guessed it we didn't have any rouge performers just running a muck through the streets of Tianjin, everyone of these kids are respectful young adults that are very good a following directions. I know that most of you parents are wondering why in the hell they won't follow instructions at home and if I knew the answer to that question it would be the Dr. Ray Show instead of that damn Dr. Phil. After a quick bathroom break, well as quick as a 2000 person bathroom break can be, they proceeded to set everyone in their respective places in preparation for the performance. As for the weather well you guessed it Hot Hot Hot and Humid Humid Humid!!! If the kids were half as hot as us spectators then I don't see how they didn't pass out. There was a saving grace however, the fact that at each spectators stool there was an umbrella. All of the umbrellas had cartoon characters on them, that's right they were kiddie umbrellas. This as everyone knows is goofy enough to be right up my alley. I originally had a pastel blue one with Dora The Explorer on it but quickly unloaded that piece of shit for a purple Spiderman one. Now I was definitely the coolest one in the crowd. There is nothing better than the visual that everyone must get of a fat, sweaty guy sporting a purple Spiderman umbrella. All I can say is my "Spidey Senses" were tingling to no end. The performance was another success, which was no surprise to anyone in attendance. There were congratulations and hugs for all as this would be the final performance for the Orchestra, man what a ride. We all then proceeded to our awaiting coaches for a boxed lunch. We were pleasantly surprised that the boxed lunch consisted of "McDonalds". Holy Shit and a big Hip Hip Hooray for what I refer to as one of the five food groups. . ."The Big Mac". That's right we all got a Big Mac and a large Coke for our dinner. Oh my were we in heaven. It was soooo overdue we even had vegetarian kids eating it, and that's not because there wasn't anything else it was because it was something familiar. After a hurried "Dinner Alfresco", it was off to the Olympic Event that were to attend. We were once again escorted to the stadium to the cheers of onlookers on both side of the street. We were told by our guide John that Tianjin was not used to seeing so many foreigners and this was a huge event for everyone to see.

Well we arrived at the stadium and proceeded to go through the security check point. This security check point was like the tightest airport security that you could imagine. It was complete with the X-ray machine, the walk through metal detectors and if that wasn't enough everyone was personally wanded. I was wanded by this cute little Chinese security guard, and she didn't miss a spot. As a matter of fact I believe here name was Ling Ling and were are now engaged to be married, or at the very least I might be pregnant with her child after the wanding she gave me. We then proceeded to follow our volunteer helper Crystal to our section where we were all seated as a group in Section D-528. Second story seating front section, I though they were awesome seat. Although I was so excited to be at an Olympic sporting event it could have been just outside of the men's room and I wouldn't have care, but let me just say for the record that I'm glad it wasn't outside the men's room. The event that were saw was the preliminary match between China and Sweden. As you all might have guessed a majority of our section cheered for the Chinese as we felt that it not only would be the respectful thing to do, but it would probably keep the Chinese spectators all around us from tossing us off of the balcony. A good time was had by all and we learned a few new Chinese phrases in the form of cheers. The game ended with China winning 2 to 1. Our surrounding fans waved and said "Hello" as they passed by our section and they were all appreciative of the additional cheers that our very loud section offered in support of their team. After another mass exodus out of the stadium and to our coaches we all settled in for another three hour ride. The return trip was the complete "Police Escort" again. So there you have another great day and great memory for everyone to cherish. Remember to look at the photo site, the link is on the right hand side of the page under Little's links. Please also tell everyone you know to check out the blog and feel free to leave as many comments as you want we love reading them and hearing what you all have to say. I also want to give a shout out to "Sheldon College" in Australia as I have gained a few Friends locally during our stay in Beijing (Aussie Aussie Aussie Oy Oy Oy). Tune in next time for a report about the "Forbidden City". I will post picture tomorrow as it is 3:00am here and I still have to shower and get a few hours of sleep before our 9:30am departure. . .Later!!!