Posted in Beijing Olympics & Paralympics on 09/16/2008 03:02 am by Claudine
Rugby as a sport is played out in a field with several players hugging a ball and trying to bring it to the their opponent’s goal. So when Marco mentioned that he bought tickets for wheelchair rugby for the three of us, I was skeptical as to how they’ll play the game.
The difference? The players are on wheelchairs, played indoors, and only 4 players to a team. It’s a cross between basketball, handball and hockey wherein you have to dribble the ball once every 10 seconds while it is in your possession and you have to bring the ball to the goalpost on your opponent’s side. They have penalties which is similar to hockey like one minute suspension and has a special area where the penalized player will have to stew.
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Posted in Food on 09/11/2008 05:01 am by Claudine
I love cute, tiny, short haired dogs. In China, you can only have small dogs as if they are bigger than the allowable dog measurement set by the government, they have the authority to keep your dog and kill it. So.. most dogs in my neighbourhood are small.
Anyway, as a dog lover, I can’t understand how people can stand to eat dog meat. I remember once after church, Marco and I were walking along the west gate of Chaoyang Park looking for a place to eat. We entered a Korean restaurant and was looking at the menu. Marco chose something based on the picture. When I asked him if he was sure, he replied, “Why? It looks good!” I told him, “You want to eat dog meat?” After telling him that’s it’s dog meat, he veered away from that page and ordered other stuff.
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Rugby as a sport is played out in a field with several players hugging a ball and trying to bring it to the their opponent’s goal. So when Marco mentioned that he bought tickets for wheelchair rugby for the three of us, I was skeptical as to how they’ll play the game.