One Day and two hours

It's not an understatement to call the chinese governement paranoid. They have gone to extremes to present their city to the rest of the world. What is hilarious is the instructions that the government has given to the people of China to abide by for the Olympics. They are as followed:

1) all cab drivers must wear matching yellow dress shirts, black and yellow striped ties are optional.
2) no public nose-picking
3) no spitting
4) no rolling up of shirts and displaying belly to cool off
5) line-up
6) cheer for when China wins
7) cheer for when other teams win as well
8) don't ask foreigners how much they make
9) be pleasant and helpful
10) learn the official Olympic clap
12) don't wear more than three colours at once
13) don't wear white socks with black shoes
14) don't wear pyjamas outside.......

These rules are posted on all the billboards and there are police officers everywhere monitoring that these rules are being put into place. Although, I have seen a few bare bellies around; and i can see the frustration in the faces of the oldies who love nothing more than to head out to the park in their pj's, with finger half way up their nose!

Today we received the information at a staff meeting that we will finish work at noon tomorrow as the government has added more Opening Ceremony restrictions. We have long known about the fact that there will be planes allowed to land at the airport during the three hour show but the rumors about traffic movement have proven true.

As of 11 tomorrow morning no traffic will be allowed inside the second and third ring roads. At 4pm that restriction will extend to include the 4th ring road. This is where I live. What that means if I have no way to get to the Olympic Opening Ceremonies Party I have been invitedto attend as I have no way there and no way home. So I will stay home and watch the Ceremonies on Chinese tv as that is all that they will show.

We have also been told that there will be no delivery service for food and a lotof restaurants will be closed.

So that is the update from the Olympic capital.More tomorrow probably.