Beijing Olympic park
Nonetheless, I was still marveled by the creativity and engineering of the Bird's nest. Every single stripe is bent in the exact right angle to form a smooth structure.
Tianjing is a beautiful coastal city. It's famous for its opera house, standup comidy, and street snacks. My family (my uncle, aunt, cousin, mom, and I) went to visit my grand uncle by train. At a speed of almost 100km/hr, the train arrived in Tianjing shortly after an hour.
From my past 4 days visit in Beijing, I found many impressive improvements on city development, but at the same time some negative impacts that came along with it. I abbreviated the pros and cons below.
Friday I took my first motorcycle ride with two of my co-workers, Arthur and Doug. Arthur's Honda motorcycle has 180 hp over a small chassis, which gives it a big power over weight ratio. I put on the helmet, let's go! The bike picked up speed in no time. When the odometer indicated 100km/hr, the wind gushed into my eyes, tears ran back to my ears. I could hardly turn my head from side to side. My arms were wrapped around Arthur or Doug's waist at all time and my body leaned forward. When we arrived at a straight section in Corkstown road, we zoomed to the speed of 195km/hr. I felt that my body was almost fell back. It was thrilling! Later on, Doug took me to North of Kanata, up to the Marina. We stopped at the marina. Some boats were parked at the dock, a few were sailing on the Ottawa River. What a great way to discover Ottawa nature on a motorcycle!
Today, sunny, with partial clouds and a high of 28 degree Celsius. What better weather can one ask for? Luckily our OM5K group day is happening on this day. By the time Hai, Dan, and I left from work, some of the group members were already on their way to the cottage. Rene picked up some beer, Daniel and Helen detoured to rent two kayaks from MEC, and I picked up some fresh wild blueberries before turning into the cottage. Steve brought the bocce balls, James brought sausages, Big Tim coffee, and utensils, and Bertrand carried pops and chips. The group day kicked off when Rene started flipping burgers on the grill. Shortly after the second batch started, the gas ran out. Luckily we were almost ready for dessert. Hai brought yummy cherry cheesecake to share with us. Without any delay, Helen and James set out for a kayak run. The rest of us stayed and chatted away on topics of HAMs amateur radio and gardening. As the afternoon progressed, Rene, James, and Bertrand dived into Ottawa river, while Roger and Helen went for another round of kayak. I took the role of taking pictures. Snap, snap, snap, the smiles and laughs were captured in the camera. Time goes by, but good times will always stay in memory.