I have made an entry about the tail of Panda Jingjing, one of the five Olympic mascots. But I have never put any evidence in my blog to back up it. Last month, my fiance and I went to watch Women's Softball. Outside the field, there was a display area for the five "Friendlies" and they were of a big size - all reached my waist. So here comes a good chance to have a look at Jingjing's tail! As you can see in the photo, its tail is black without doubt.
Some people excuse for this disgraceful mistake:"it¡'s just an animation instead of a real panda; therefore, the designer can do any change." Yes, the fish has left its water and lost its beauty - the mascot Beibei is in disgusting blue with very bloody lips, the swallow misses its wings and the mascot Nini has got green skin; the Tibetan anteloope is in an ugly form and the mascot Yingying looks like a carrot; the emblem "fire" has been turned into a red-lipped creature Huanhuan. I never intend to buy them due to their ugliness, poor-quality materials and ridiculously high prices. But I may buy some when the Olympic Games finish in Beijing and the prices go down in the name of remembrance.
As for the Beijing Olympic Games, I always have a question in my head - why Beijing and other cities in China have to hold so many useless concerts in the name of the event? Heaps and heaps of concerts, mostly involving Chinese pop music singers and some Olympic athletes, are being held here a lot earlier than the actual event comes out. I don't oppose entertainment but I feel disgusted at commercial entertaining events in the disguise of patriotism and sports spirits, especially the songs at those concerts are hardly beautiful to the ears. Even Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province is even gonna hold a concert for Beijing Olympic Games' sake. Gees! I am glad to see that the Shaanxi people are celebrating the coming event but just don't make it too far since the province is not that rich and very far from Beijing.
With the amount of money of holding such concerts and paying a lot to famous singers and hosts, China could have invented its own ideas of stadiums, built good and economical houses for its people and secured Beijing instead of asking the residents living surrounding the second and third ring roads to replace their iron window fences with some better-looking windows for fear that foreign guests would think that Beijing is an insecure city at seeing those iron things. I don't know how fake the government can be, how ridiculous the city can become, how miserable the Beijingers can turn. The only thing we can do is convert into Christians and pray!
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