Day 6 - Sun Aug 10

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SUN AUG 10 (Day 6)
Got to sleep in again today because there was nothing scheduled in the morning. I got up about 930 and had some baked goods for breakfast. Then I watched some Olympic badminton coverage on tv and spent some time on the computer. Then at around 1230 I had some honey congee for lunch. Just after 1, I left the apartment to go to the subway station. I met Denise at Sanyuanqiao station around 2pm. Then we went to the Silk Market till around 4. I ended up bargaining with this lady for over 15min and ended up paying 20% of original price. It was very stressful and I got so thirsty. So we went to a cafe and had a ham sandwich + Sprite. Then it was around 5 so we headed to the subway station and then caught a bus (in the rain) which took us to the Beijing University of Technology. We took a few pictures outside and then the CBC cameraman asked me to cheer Canada on video! We got inside around 6pm and it began at 630. The seats were up in B section but we got a good view of the important court. Anna Rice won her game on it. As well, we saw #1 WS seed win from China and the #3 WD team also from China on that court. So it was a pretty good evening. The concessions were sold out of most of their food by 1/2 way through which was disappointing although they charged very little for an athletic event. However afterwards in the rain, they were giving out free rain covers so that was good service. We had to fight our way onto a bus but once we got on things were ok. But then we had to walk 15min to get to the closest subway station. From there it was easy again until Denise needed to find a taxi and no one would drive her home =S But she finally managed to get one and then I couldn't get back "home" bcuz the side gate was locked so I had to do a 15min walk around the interchange to the front entrace to finally get in. Saw the last 5min of the USA vs. China Men's bball game and then came up to the computer and it was already past 12. Gonna sleep 130ish!