Thursday, June 17, 2010

World Cup



It's actually kind of interesting being in another country for the World Cup, especially since America is well known for its apathy regarding "the Beautiful Game."  People in China are very mixed about it and I do find a significant number of people that are genuinely interested in watching it and will stay up all night watching their favorite teams.

Qingdao also has more Europeans than it does Americans, so all the bars are constantly playing the matches.  The timing ends up being at 10PM, 12AM, and 2AM so it really works out for the bars here.  I've actually ended up watching a lot of games by simply being out during the weekend.

This is the theme song that you may (or may not) have heard, but I hear it all the time: on the radio, on the bus, on the TV, etc.  It's pretty catchy so listen away!

3 comments:

mark y. goh said...

yea the timing works out better for you. we get it in the mornings

jacques du'loque said...

Wait, you don't know K'naan? You should check out his other stuff, it's pretty good.

jacques du'loque said...

Apparently there's even a Chinese version?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruK4I8YxDCM