Our wish to attend an event at The Bird Nest without costing a fortune was finally granted last night. The evening session at The Nest cost us Y80 per ticket. We picked Kimberley up from kinder at 230pm, then Kristine from school at 320pm, and yet we couldnt make it to The Nest on time for the evening session starting time of 5pm. The security checks took a while and there was planty of distance to walk. We had tickets with defined seat numbers but when we got there, it was free seating.
By 6pm, the stadium was full. To attend any event inside The Nest is an awesome experience, but to watch the handicapped competing is an emotionally even stronger experience. I hope Kristine grew up a little more last night watching the competitions. She was very curious how the athletes lost their limbs or eyesight or hearing. I was more interested to get her to understand how hard those athletes tried despite their handicap. It would have been very impactful had she witnessed how the reigning swim champ, winning gold in swimming, without both arms.
We watched a few events, then headed home at 715pm. We arrived home at 840pm. Kristine did most of her Maths homework at the Bird Nest, and some after reaching home. Her time will only gets tighter from here onward. It will get tougher but that fits in with one of the major objectives of moving Kristine and Kimberley to Beijing.
6 comments:
wish i could have been there.. glad kristine learnt a good lesson. she should always shoot for her dreams despite any obstacles that may come her way.
4 yrs from now, let buy the tickets in advance and congregate in Uncle Swee Ee's.
where's that.. or who's that?
Uncle Swee Ee is Lishan's father
ohhhhhhhhhh... i thought it was the name of the london stadium that the olympics were going to be held at next.
CAN WE GO THERE AGAIN?????????????????
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