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"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend." ~ Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee was the 1960 and early '70's global superstar icon, martial artist, Hollywood actor, movie producer, teacher, businessman, philosopher, husband, father, and founder of "Jeet Kune Do". From 1971 - 1973, Bruce Lee was the world's biggest celebrity and most famous person on Earth surpassing Brazil's Pele and the U.S.'s Muhammad Ali.
Two thieves on a motor-scooter flew by and snatched a woman's purse on a street in Wenzhou, China. Surveillance video shows a man riding a bicycle. As he was passing by the front of a hotel near where the thievery happened, he stopped, calmly got off his bicycle, picked it up, and then threw it at the thieves. The bicycle hit them, they lost control, and crashed to the ground.
Don't you just love the old 1974 pop tune "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas.
Originally posted on Smashing Applications by AN Jay
August 21, 2008
Today, we are compiling a list of 17 Beijing 2008 Olympic Advertisements. In this post, you can see how different companies conveyed their marketing/promotion message for their products or services for the Olympic season. They want their customers to enjoy the spirits and adventures of Olympic with them.
You are welcome to share if you know more Beijing 2008 Olympic Advertisements which our readers/viewers may like.
2008 Beijing Olympics - 660+ Great Moments Captured On Camera:
A few cool shots and comments from power photo bloggers at the 2008 Beijing Olympics:
"Snapped this shortly after Bolt's record breaking run in the 100m at the Olympics. What a talent! I Hope the tag-line gets a smile or two."
"I am just so happy and enjoying Beijing 2008 Olympics, 16 days is so fast and this wonderful experience will encourage me to keep forging ahead and surpass the dream both for my own and for my country. China is a friendly and great, also a powerful nation, welcome to Beijing, welcome to China! I deeply believed that I will see China host the second Olympics, and I will participate more next time!..."
"Beijing 2008 Olympics Closing Ceremony. That's WOW again, just so wonderful experience to be there."
"Beijing 2008 Olympics Closing Ceremony. Silver bell performers dance in tune with the beat of the heavenly drums on the Mian Stage to greet the guests."
"Beijing ( Pechino) 18 agosto 2008 Matteo Morandi in azione nel suo esercizio nella finale degli anelli alle Olimpiadi di Pechino. Foto di Ferdinando Mezzelani-GMT"
Ever eat deep fried sparrow? How about seahorse or snakeskin? Swing by Beijing for the 2008 Olympics and stop by the Dinghy Men or Wangfujing Food Market and have an odd delicacy on a stick.
Here is my take-out order at Donghua Men:
"Ahhh.....I'll like to place my order to go please. I'll have a portion of fried sparrows, a cup of seahorses, and bowl of small worms. Oh, oh.....a diet coke as well. I need to watch my figure, so no noddles...."
Okay, food prejudice aside. It may be a bit unusual, but this type of cuisine is all protein. You can live without grains and starches, but not protein!
The spectacular 2008 Olympic opening ceremony was no surprise to viewers who saw other events leading up to the big opening show. Look at what China did at the Miss Tourism Queen International a couple months ago - a super theater production show that would even make Hollywood jealous.
What a beautiful show! The best I've seen at any international or major beauty pageant.
Miss Tourism Queen International
"MTQI is an annual Chinese -based international beauty contest established in 2004. In April 2008, Miss Tourism Queen International set the record for the most participants in an international beauty contest with 113 women competed, not just from participating countries and territories, but also contestants from provinces known as tourist destinations like Bali and Fernando de Noronha, and regions of special interest like Borneo, Siberia, and Hawaii.
Miss Tourism Queen International was founded by Mr. Charlie See and currently owned by Exclusive Resources Marketing Pte Ltd or ERM, which is private limited company incorporated, based in Singapore.
The Miss Tourism Queen International 2008 was held on April 10, 2008 in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China..."
After the Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, MTQI is among the top world beauty pageants.
Miss Tourism Queen International In China - Winner La Peruana Silvia Cornejo. (The first 7 and half minutes are images of this super show, and the last 2 minutes shows the pageant and crowning of the winner.)
Silvia Vanessa Cornejo Cerna from Trujillo, Peru was chosen Miss Tourism Queen International 2008 on April 10, 2008 in Zhengzhou, China. She also won the Miss World Peru 2006 pageant in Lima and represented her country at Miss World 2006.
Here is short video of her during an interview in the beach resort town of Asia, Peru (60 miles south of Lima) last year. She is a 21 year old 5'11" brunette with brown eyes. She is currently a university student in Lima, Peru and a successful professional fashion model in Peru, Colombia, and China. She is also a very sought after bikini and lingerie model.
A few pictures of the beautiful tall winner - La Peruana Silvia Cornejo from Trujillo, Peru:
PS. There is a very strong tie, influence, and history between Asia and Peru. Especially China, Japan, and more recently South Korea. There are millions of people in Peru with Chinese and Japanese-Peruvian heritage.
China has one of the world's oldest people and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of such major inventions as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the "four great inventions of Ancient China": paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. Historically China's cultural sphere has been very influential in East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing system being adopted, to varying degrees, by its neighbors Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
