In 6 days’ time, Beijing will be having their opening ceremony of the Olympics 2008 in China.

Almost everybody in China is proud of hosting the Olympics and I must admit that during travel to Beijing this year, the attitude of the local Pekinese is really good and everyone that you greet are so jovial and so polite, unlike Beijing a few years ago.

I still remember that I was in Thailand in 2002 when they announced that Beijing has won the host for 2008 Olympics and you can see the elation of the people that got the news over the news channel. Since then, lots of work has commenced and I heard a commentary previously saying that the Olympics have not started but the design of the construction that China is building for the Olympics could be awarded some great awards and set some world records.

I was departing from the new Beijing Airport Terminal 3 in early July and I am amazed at the sheer size of the airport. The new airport is huge with more than 60 gates and I understand that the old Terminal 1 will be fully dedicated to flights departing for other cities that is co-hosting the Olympics.

The picture shown is what you see upon clearing the immigration and security check, impressive isn’t it?