Ham Fried Rice

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I’ve been busy. Ok, my eyes have been glued to the television. I am an Olympics junkie, always have been. When I was 8, I was absolutely head-over-heels in love with Mitch Gaylord, enthralled by him and the U.S. men’s gymnastics team. Check out the Olympics home page: http://en.beijing2008.cn/

Opening Ceremony was exhilarating. I absolutely love the motto One World, One Dream and the hope it instills. There is nothing more incredible than seeing the Palestinian team march a few teams after the Israelis, or Iraq march next to Iran, later followed by the United States. It’s simply amazing that for sixteen short days, the world can symbolically put aside its differences.

I am going to work a bit harder on my Chinese. After all, my husband is fluent and literate in two dialects, Mandarin and Cantonese, and he’s a white guy. As an American-born China doll, I can barely scrape by in Mandarin. Now is the time to start studying. Because, tong yi ge shijie, tong yi ge mengxiang. One world, one dream.