Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Tickets have been secured (finally!)!

I’VE GOT TICKETS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES BASKETBALL FINAL!
I’VE GOT TICKETS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES BASKETBALL FINAL!
I’VE GOT TICKETS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES BASKETBALL FINAL!
I’VE GOT TICKETS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES BASKETBALL FINAL!
I’VE GOT TICKETS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES BASKETBALL FINAL!
I’VE GOT TICKETS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES BASKETBALL FINAL!
I’VE GOT TICKETS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES BASKETBALL FINAL!
I’VE GOT TICKETS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES BASKETBALL FINAL!

My lord, I am so happy?! I looooove basketball, and the final?! It’s simply too good to be true!

Getting those tickets wasn’t painless. We ordered them in the beginning of February (from a Finnish ticket office as the Chinese ticket office seemed a bit messy and the procedure was so unclear) and were told we’d know whether we got them or not in March. March came. No news. April came. No news. By this point I lost my temper and although I am ashamed to admit it, I made a lot of nasty, complaining phone calls, demanding some news… (sorry ticket people!)

We had by that time already booked our flight tickets. So I was extra eager. (They should have understood!)

Last week I was told we’ve got 2 (free!) accommodation options: one is to stay with the Chinese guy who will work as a translator to the Chinese national basketball team (a friend of my Beijing friends!). Apparently his flat will be empty as he’ll be spending all his time with the national basketball team. Or, we can stay in the flat of my old boss. A friendly Chinese man, however, his flat is located quite far out, so let’s see what we decide on. Main point is: we don’t have to spend 1,500 kuai per night for some shitty motel room. Thank lord!

Yesterday we got an email saying we’ve got almost all the tickets we ordered! I mainly cared about the tickets to the basketball game, however, we also got tickets for one of the last days of track and field competitions, and I think during that day there will be 8 or 9 finals (?). Pretty cool! And then, to my bf’d delight, we also got tickets to the women’s beach volley final. I guess that’s the price I have to pay for dragging him to the bball. The only thing we didn’t get tix for was the swimming… Oh well. I am still over-the-top-happy! Olympic Games, here we come! Finally!

1 comment:

Lullun said...

GRATTIS!! Vad kul! Hårt slitande, men det löste sig ju. Också med boendet! Lite synd med simningen dock; byggnaden ser ju ut som något man vill inspektera om inte annat (eller ja, det kanske är min bakgrund som tidigare energi- och miljöingenjörsnörd som talar just i det tillfället ;-)). Men basketfinalen är ju stort! Själv kan jag fortfarande gräma mig över att jag aldrig kom iväg till Barcelona 1992 för att se Karl Malone och Larry Bird spela i samma lag. Japp, jag var riktig basketnörd som liten och KM & LB var av någon konstig anledning mina absoluta favoriter (på 80-talet). Två år senare drog jag dock till Barcelona för att läsa spanska, men då var det tyvär för sent... ;-)