China's Balancing Act

This is it! The FINAL post of the "month" long series, after showing you bit and pieces of my traveling experiences in China. The Beijing Olympics will be starting this Friday. I can't wait for the opening ceremony! It will definitely be something grand so I decided to post up something a little grand as well.

These Chinese ladies were just playing with these ribbons randomly on the park. I don't know the purpose. Perhaps its exercise of perhaps they just has a need to exhibit their ribbon twirling skills! It was fun watching them twirling the ribbons and occasionally getting stuck.

I took this at the Royal Beijing Circus in Beijing. Its one of the opening acts where the girls would be swinging around on a rope, holding on for dear life.

This was one of the more fun acts to watch. I admire their precision. I must've taken LOTS of time to get to this level of perfection. Hollywood persona Jacky Chan came from this background so perhaps you can get an idea of the "training" he got.

I feel like running to the producers and hug them! The stage was brightly lit during the whole performance thus enabling me to capture shots like this.

This girl here is REALLY good. She actually tossed a bowl into a bowl on her head with her feet. And you know what she tossed 3 bowls at once! Another girl dropped her bowl. I felt pity for her looking at the horror on her face. I wonder if they get punished for messing up on stage.

This is the finale! They cycled around on that small stage. One small mistake can be disastrous. I really enjoy watching them display such precision and skill in executing their stunts. Heck, I can barely juggle two balls!

Curtain is finally closing, and its time to go. And this marks the end of this month long post. I hope that you guys have enjoyed this thread as much as I had enjoyed doing it. I "met" so many people on the way. A new month beckons new things and I will be back with more pictures!

China was really and awesome place to travel to. You guys should travel to China if you ever get the opportunity.