Saturday, August 23, 2008 Fine

Today is fine and I am feeling very well because of the fabulous weather with warm wind and sunlight. My daughter went to the piano class. As was planned, I would go to pay her fee but her teacher said we had better pay it in a short time, so I did not go to her teacher. I went to surf the internet and visited the websites of my friends online and watched the Olympic Games. And my wife came back home from her work all night, and she was sleeping all morning because of hard work last night.

At noon, one classmate of my daughter’s sent us her letter of acceptance from the county education department. We are all very happy for the good news. It is as follows:

Junior high school enrolment notice of 2008 Tanchen County’s urban areas
Awarded place number: 2002371322001110277
Name; Zhao Ruijie
Identity card number: 371322199605040022
Father’s name: Zhao Changrong
Mother’s name: Gao Xia
Based on Compulsory Education Law of People’s Repulic of China and the spirit of 28th document of 2008 Tancheng educational foundation documents, and according to the admission principle of the regional and nearest plan and test exemption, please come to Yucai Middle School to enrol from 23rd to 26th of August, 2008, together with this notice, compulsory primary education certificate, the residence permit, and property ownership certificate. Children of migrant workers and whose parents are doing business come to enroll with the following valid documents or certificates such as the temporary residence permit, housing lease contract, business licenses or labor and employment contracts.
The Department of Basic Education of the Education Bureau of Tancheng County
20 August, 2008

We are all very excited when the good news from the Olympic venues stormed to us from time to time. In the afternoon, Meng Guangliang and Yang Wengjun, the defenders of the men’s canoe double 500m, did their best to defend their title, and they are the first ever defending champions in this event. We are very proud of their marvelous achievement and fantastic performance on the river.

Ma Lin won Olympic men's table tennis singles gold.
In the evening, world No. 2 Ma Lin claimed the Olympic title, outgunning Wang Hao 4-1 in an all-Chinese men's singles table tennis Olympic final. Ma took the game 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, becoming the third Chinese player to win Olympic men's singles gold, after Liu Guoliang in 1996 Atlanta Games and Kong Linghui in 2000 Sydney Games.
Again, three five-star red flags were hoisted at the same time at the same stadium in the same event at the same Olympic Games.