Top 1 moment ‘I wish I could speak some Chinese’
Friday, 22 August 08, 01:34 AM · Comments(0)
BEIJING (CHINA) - Communication is by far the biggest enigma from Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. It doesn’t matter if you know the name of your destination in Chinese. When you speak, they just don’t understand. The accent is so different that I already gave up.
For the worst moments, a telephone number with a friend who speaks the local language is the only option.
But, even the telephone can fail. So here is my sad history:
My accreditation is not valid for tennis. I am a huge fan of Roger Federer and I made a lot of effort to get a pass for one of his games. But, I had to do table tennis before as part of my work here. I had enough time. One hour left between the end of my article in the table tennis venue and the Olympic Green, where the tennis courts are.
So I asked a volunteer to help me to find a cab and tell him where he should go. They spoke 3 minutes in Chinese, looked at me and gave me lots of OK OK OK OK. After 50 minutes in the cab (wow) I was at the venue. 10 minutes to the game. Nice! I passed through security and finally I was there... in the BADMINTON VENUE!
I lost the game. Federer lost the game to James Blake. I definitely have to improve my Chinese beyond Ni Hao.
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mautex
São Paulo, BR
Mauricio Teixeira, editor do OleOle no Brasil, fala sobre os bastidores do futebol brasileiro e mundial. Vídeos, games, opinião, links bacanas e mais
