Wanbao! Wanbao! May 11, 2008: Bus Romance

Before we get romantic 89 days ahead of the Games, this important public announcement brought to you by your Beijingologist: Terminal 1 will be closed beginning May 20, 2008. If you're taking China Southern, Xiamen Airlines, or Chongqing Airlines flights, you'll need to relocate to Terminal 2 at Beijing Airport. No clue how long the refitting of the terminal will take...

If you long for Colonel Sanders, there's always that great big Terminal 3 waiting for you!

Onwards. The big pic shows a couple -- now getting married -- with their love somewhat related to buses. Ah. The humble Beijing bus. Breeding ground for romantic love stories to make those tears from your Beijingologist appear more like the average rainstorm in the Amazon rainforest...

The flame's in Fuzhou, by the way, marking the start of the Fujian stretch of the Olympic Torch Relay. Elsewhere...

• Flush the toilet with that water you just used to wash your face. Sounds disgusting, I know -- but it's H2O being recycled. We've come to this. (Pic, page 2)

• Qianmen Avenue, which is still being renovated as we speak, will be built back to the way it was during the years of the Republic of China on the mainland (1912 - 1949); specifically, 20s and 30s-style buildings are in. (Page 2)

• China's thinking of doing its own version of the Airbus A380. Either that, or someone just gave birth to this "Big Airliner Company". There's an ad from this very company, by the way, in today's People's Daily. Toulouse, be very scared. (Page 3)

The weather next week: brilliant sun (hopefully), maybe a few clouds early on Monday and late Thursday, otherwise we expect little to no clouds. Temps are anything between 10°C to 30°C.

Less clouds, more sun -- that's what we have in store for tomorrow. 9°C - 19°C.


Posted May 11th 2008 11:19p.m. by davidfeng
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