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jasonsimmsSuper Member!

United States

July 25, 2008
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OK, I'm going to take a break from my intense training to celebrate for a moment. You have to reward yourself if you want to train effectively! And my reward today is great: I will see table tennis while I am at the Olympics.

Apparently John has some connections that may get us tickets to events over there, or we're going to buy them on the street, but table tennis was the one thing I knew I couldn't miss. I used to love to play ping pong as a kid and I remember watching Chinese Olympians play ping pong on TV and being amazed at how far they stand from the table and how hard they hit the ball. So I bought a pair of tickets online to one of the preliminary ping pong matches.

They arrived in the mail today, and with the news right now that thousands of people have gathered in line to buy the last of the tickets for the games, I am glad to have at least one pair in my possession.

It may sound strange, but they certainly feel like Olympic tickets. They're the heaviest and prettiest tickets I've ever seen. The table tennis match I'm going to is on August 13 at 10 AM. It will be our last day in town, so it will be a reward then too for all the videos I've helped make and opponents I've crushed.

12:59 AM Jul 31 2008

MentorZhou

MentorZhou
China

Ping pong games will be held in the gym of Peking(Beijing) University. That is quit near to my work place.

Take care, jason.

06:00 PM Jul 29 2008

Cecilia Joy
China

What  a pity!!!!

I study in TianJin,but I am cantonese ,I am at home for my summer vacation now.I wish I could see you Jason!!

I really wanna meet you in person~~~my TOEFL is coming on August 17.I am kinda nervous...

07:15 PM Jul 28 2008

MentorZhou

MentorZhou
China

Cooool jason, you know what? you are really the lucky one. you know, thousands of people are waiting outside to buy the tickets.

 Well, you said you like playing/watching ping pong game. okie doke, i will challenge you a ping pong game if possible when you are in Beijing.. I played ping pong when I was teenage. Practice more, never lose :)

 Take care!