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My CCTV Debut

December 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Before the Olympics started, Olympic volunteers were newsworthy, especially ones learning to write “I love China” in traditional calligraphy.  While going through my rigorous training leading up to the Olympics at the basketball Cube, my opportunistic supervisor jumped on the chance to get her two trainees on tv and in front of who knows how [...]

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Tags: Beijing · Beijing Olympics Program · China · China Central Television · Mandarin · Olympics · travel

The Suspense!

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

One meeting lasted four hours to prepare for the Olympic News Service test which will determine whether or not I get to go to Beijing this summer. I’ll find out in a week if I passed or not…oh, the suspense!

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Tags: Beijing · Beijing Olympics Program · China · China Central Television · Olympic News Service · Olympics