FeiWen - 3rd August - Sunday is Sunday.

Sunday is really Sunday, our work in the

Olympic Park Northern Area begins only on Monday,

so since the Welcome Volunteers event only starts at 4pm,

we decided to go out in the morning, but Jeanne Chicago,

my roommate, was not feeling well, so we went to a clinic,

a CHINESE clinic to be specific, where u can get chinese meds!

that's Helen Los Angeles in the Cap with her Fan,

i just realized they are both Americans & my roomies too!!!!

it was interesting to see the labeled drawers behind,

and a chinese medicinal practice doctor,

its just so interesting to watch, as he mix and match

since Jeanne Chicago needed to rest,

Kathy Michigan & I, went shopping with the

British, Canadian and European volunteers,

about 12 of us together in 3 cabs,

this is Kathy Michigan trying to buy a bag,

she manage to bargain from 95 to 50,

and she still thinks its EXPENSIVE????

tips from her when shopping in china

"speak mandarin, as perfect as you can,

so they wont think you're a foreigner,

and think you're rich!" hahahaha!

this is where we shopped, a WHOLESALE mall,

you can take a train/taxi to the Zoo, (near Xi Zhi Men)

walk the underground bridge to head to the opposite,

and you're right inside the mall already!

(MOVs, if u dunno how to go, call me!!!!)

we even bought matching black and white

CHEAP CHEONGSAM! 60yuan!

the traditional RED ones looks freaky on us anyway.

no changing rooms, we had to hide behind the cloth,

hold up by the sales lady, where people

is still passing & shopping around the shop,

about the size of my room in Malaysia! of all things we ate, we decided to go to McDonalds!

look! even their delivery is on a BICYCLE???? i didnt take a picture of Olivia Edmonton,Canada

we were both amused by the rows of shops all in chinese!

we were walking under the scorching hot summer sun,

towards a mall to get some Official Olympics Souvenirs
And it was really pretty!!! Huan Huan (the red one)

some of his items has already sold out!!!

so i better grabbed the super important ones!!!i think the bag itself is a souvenir already!

that cost me 510 yuan...... i only have about 400 left

for shopping..... im serious...... and this is only DAY 2!????!!!!

交通大学志愿者欢迎联谊会

This is Mr. Mao Ze Dong,

a brilliant statue shot in the university grounds

of Jiao Tong University, established 112 years ago,

funny enough thats when the modern olympics started,

so its really a meaningful study place,

walking in the schol ground, hot as it may be,

its beautiful ................there's lots of trees!

a big pond clean and serene in the middle of the college

that WAS our Welcome Dinner on upon our arrival,

we meet soooooooooooooooooo many people!

i came up with a solution to rmb their names & origin!

Like this......some i hardly even talk to!

from left is KK Malaysia, Singaporean Guy,

Vivian Panama and Jeanne Chicago, USA.

Today at 4pm,

there was a welcome ceremony with performances,

speeches, i remember clearly the lady said

"no matter how many languages there is in this world,

no language can ever describe this experience"

poem reading, cheerleading and

the PROUDEST moment for me as an MOV

was when they announce,

there are only 300 plus overseas volunteers from 24 countries!

about 200 plus of them consist of 黑龙江/陕西/香港volunteers!

and believe it or not the rest is 华人华侨, which is us!!!!

i was thinking how absolutely privelege is that???

we cheer super loud (with the help of the American volunteers)

YAYYYYYYYYYYYY when they announce MALAYSIA!!!

it would be perfect if they have all venues all volunteers

coming together, and perfect 10 can sit together and cheer

Malaysia Boleh!!!!~~~

the most MOVING experience for me was the Olympic Torch,

these are two volunteers from the provinces of China,

they share with us their moments and also motivate us,

and they pass the torch around the hall for each and everyone

to experience that very very significant moment

of holding a very important symbol of the Olympics!

i was so moved, i did not teared,

it was a very humbling moment for me personally.

Jeanne Chicago helped me with this pic.

for those who will wish the best for all volunteers

~feiwen wrote this~
Yes, together we are united
with the same volunteer dream!
As a person with passion to give,
we are indeed eager & trying,
say, if we have RM1000,
we can go this far,
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and if we have RM5000
we can go even further,
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and if we have more,
we can make the world go round!and even tho we're meant to suffice ourselves,
but with more support & faith & public help,
we will be able to carry & bring it along
together with our strength & skills,
knowledge, energy & patience,
and pass it on to someone
especially those who believe in us
it will really only take someone to understand GIVING,
to be able to GIVE to someone who will eventually GIVE.
you pass on your giving,
to one who will pass it on to another.
that's what i sincerely wish to say
and sincerely hope you do understand somehow.

Occupation, Volunteer Area Assigned & University Accomodation.

01. MS LEONG WEI YUE JOANNE 梁慧钰 01AUG-26AUG
(AUDIT SENIOR) ; National Swimming Centre - Competition (Tsing Hua University)

02. MR TAN SHEE WAN 陈栩原 01AUG-26AUG
(Marketing Director) Olympic Village - Image & Identity ( Ren Min University)

03. MR LOKE CHEE HOONG 志雄 01AUG-26AUG
(IT CONSULTANT) National Swimming Centre – Guest Service (Tsing Hua University)

04. MS TEOH SI-YUN 赵思韵 01AUG-31AUG
(Undergraduate Student) Wu Ke Song Stadium, Guest Service (Li Gong University)

05. MS LEE SU CHIN JOYCE 李姝静 01AUG-31AUG
(Graduate student) National Swimming Centre - Technical (Tsing Hua University)

06. MS CHONG KWANG YEN 张广元 01AUG-30SEP
(Teacher/Undergraduate Student), National Swimming Center - Sport/Competition (Tsing Hua University)

07. MS HENG YEN LIN 王彦林 02AUG-25AUG
(Doctor) Main stadium – guest service ( Ren Min University)

08. MR LIM CHOON HAI 林春海 02AUG-25AUG
(Doctor) Olympic village- guest service ( Ren Min University)

09. MS LING FEI WEN 林慧雯 02AUG-17AUG
(Media Sales) OLYMPIC PARK NORTH ZONE, GUEST SERVICE (Jiao Tong University)

10. MR TANG KOK KHAU 邓国球 02AUG-17AUG
(TOURIST GUIDE) OLYMPIC PARK NORTH ZONE GUEST SERVICE (Jiao Tong University)

2008年大马赴中国北京奥运会志工名单公布

[Thanks to Mr. Chong Yen Yoon from Sunshine Youth for preparing this with his team.]

（吉隆坡29日讯）“同一个世界，同一个梦想”集中体现了2008年中国承办奥林匹克的精神。另端大马十名华裔子弟的梦想能实现，是因他们成功当选为中国北京奥运的大马义工，他们以此为荣。

去年11月，来自全马各地数百名有意前往中国担任北京志工的优秀青年，集聚经多轮的面试与中国官方的核准后，成绩最终出炉。十名志工正式成为大马赴北京奥运的志工。这个消息是可庆可贺的，据知2008年北京奥运赛会志愿者需求约为7万人。而全球志工申请者已突破70万名，当时中国官方都没有海外志工的需求，过后才决定开放小部分给海外志工们，所以只有最杰出与最适合的竞争者才能脱颖而出为赛会付出。

马青总团青年事务局属下的《阳光青年》肯定派出最有资格的自愿工作者参与其盛。《阳光青年》是个举办健康和富有建设性的青年康乐活动为主的非政治组织，提供青年一个交流与学习的平台，大力提升面对各种新时代挑战的能力，并将青年活动范围逐步扩展至教育、文化、经济等范围。这一次的北京赛会志愿者都是通过了特定的严格考验，主要包括：申请书阶段、材料审核、测试、面试、岗位分配、背景审核、录用事项等步骤。大马华裔其实是非常具足条件的人选，因为无论国情、语言、文字、文化、等背景因素都非常适合担任北京的工作。因此中国答应特别优先给予十个志工位子于大马华裔。而大马华裔代表就由《阳光青年》与马来西亚八大华青一同办理这个选拔过程，从大马所有的华裔志工报名者中，与中国方面配合最终选出合格的十名正式志工。

当前大马赴京的十名志工队伍名单是：第一位、某企业有限公司总执行长陈栩原先生, 他也是2008年十大杰出青年奖筹委会主席。第二位是审计师梁慧钰小姐，也是很多公益社团的自愿工作者。第三位、运动生理学家赵思韵小姐, 曾任大马奥林匹克及国家体委年度研讨会、记录员和前大马羽球国手。第四位是体育专员林慧雯小姐, 多次参与如世界宣明会、东南亚赛事与妇女援助中心的活动。第五位则是王彦琳医生, 不但能文能医也能艺。第六位是出版专业硕士生李姝静小姐, 她曾代表马来西亚前往中国北京参与马中文化与运动交流之旅的公关助长。第七位是商业发展经理陸志雄先生, 拥有丰富的急救知识，也曾受过大马志愿军后备队的培训。第八位是著名的专业领队与导游邓国球先生, 在体坛上有篮球与武术的出赛经验，也曾在1998年共和联邦运动会担任义工。第九位是主修运动科学学士生张广元，她是一名小学教师，也是马来亚大学海军军官候补生，无论武道、海上还是球类运动都属顶尖。以及最后来自吉兰丹州的林春海医生，是醒师队教练，曾协助中国驻巴基斯坦领事馆举办春节晚会并组织与训练醒狮团，他的资格胜任代表大马与中国作醒师文化上的交流。

这一群出众、有理想且伟大的志工都是各自拥有固定的专业工作，有者是医生，有者是体育研究所的精英，更不乏从商者。各个在各领域上表现出色，又富有一种奉献的伟大情操，在自费的前提下，愿意停下满整个月的工作无条件般的成为自愿工作者，令人赞赏。他们不但代表国家前赴北京奥运担任志工，也有机会在这世界最大的运动会中与世界顶尖的运动员作近距离的接触并藉此机会见证2008北京奥运会开幕盛典。甚至可以肯定的是他们的志工经验对大马来说非常有价值的，因为有朝一日大马举办国际性赛会时，他们的宝贵经验一定能为国作出贡献。

“舞动的北京”是座奥林匹克的里程碑。活力的北京期待着2008年的狂欢，也期待着大马华裔志工队伍，奥林匹克更期待着全人类与之共舞。马青中委青年事务局主任兼《阳光青年》总执行长罗秋俊先生受访时表示，非常感谢中国大使馆一直所给予的配合，而且同意将这个大马华裔志工选拔的机会给予《阳光青年》，让全国青年通过这个遴选会派出十名代表参加北京奥运志工工作。除此之外也感谢八大华青在筛选过程中的协助与配合。

另外，罗秋俊先生为所有志愿工作者借助媒体向读者寻求赞助，他强调这群义工都是在暂停工作、主动与自愿情况下参与的，他们自备机票和承担一切费用。因此非常欢迎读者或赞助商的财力支助，无论多少或哪方面提供，有意者请联络：03-21618044 (阳光青年)或成绩名单请上网游览:www.themalaysianolympicvolunteers.blogspot.com。

最后罗秋俊先生当然不忘衷心为中国打气，表示中国一定能：排除万难迎四洲，坚勇跨步前迈进；他预祝北京这场盛大的赛会能顺利且成功举行，并向来自世界各地的朋友展示中国改革开放之后，朝气蓬勃、日新月异的新形象和新面貌。

To be attached later is our group photo:
照片（从左到右）：王彦琳医生、邓国球、梁慧钰、林春海医生、局主任罗秋俊、陸志雄、林慧雯、赵思韵、李姝静。(中选缺席者：张广元、陈栩原)

Journey to be ONE of the 70,000 Olympic Volunteers

It has been a long journey until I received the letter of confirmation from BOCOG on 12 June 2008 that I am being selected as a Volunteer for the 29th Olympics Games in Beijing. YAY!

It started all the way back last year in March 2007 which my mum spotted a small advertisement in the local newspaper that BOCOG will be taking in volunteers from overseas. A simple question raised : "Are you interested?" without any doubt, i answered "YES!".

From there, i searched through the internet, enquiring some friends related to KBS, OCM... I registered through the general website of Beijing, and within a few months, the registration grew to an enormous number of applications from people all around the world. The chances of getting selected is smaller and smaller each and everyday...

I did not give up as this could be once in a lifetime opportunity to join and experience the biggest sports event in the world. Until i got to know that there will be a selection held in KL which I took a day off from my work to go for it. It was all worthwhile after a whole day of test and interview and hours of waiting... which I got selected!

However, this selection was only a preliminary one held locally, afterall it is all up to the decision from BOCOG, which everyone of us waited for months and months... with emails received from BOCOG requesting for information and more information... but not a final decisive answer on whether we are on the flight to Beijing.

At last, on 12th June 2008, the long awaited email arrived. Yes, 10 of us, the Olympic Volunteers from Malaysia are confirmed a ticket to Beijing!

I do hope that the 10 of us will do Malaysia proud and bring back all the sweet memories from (maybe) a once in a lifetime opportunity as an Olympic Volunteer.

We will carry the spirit of "Malaysia Boleh!" and "One World One Dream"

See you in Beijing, with 32 days to go...

- Joanne -