Thursday, May 29, 2008

Touristy Thing





One for the tourists! yes, its the famous Bird Nest and Water Cube for the Beijing 2008 Games! AustCham gave Syl and I free tickets to a test event held at the stadium. It was like China's national athelete's meet where state reps compete against one another.
Bird Nest: Frankly, up close, its like any other stadium, big, bulky and a bit stuffy. The bird's nest gave me a lego-ly kinda feeling, very blocky and with toilet signs like the above, one cant help but feel caught up in an architect's world of lego.
But you can really feel the grandeur of the stadium from the angle where we have our arms stuck out. Thats where you really can appreciate the scale and effort into building the iconic stadium.
Water Cube: Didn't go in, the outside looks normal though. But apparently, the inside is awesome!
Joa

1 comment:

Kenny said...

Bro when's wedding invitation coming :p