3 Country Concert

After last session ended I received a phone call from one of my students asking me if I wanted to go to a concert at the birds nest with her. I had no plans, and it was at the birds nest, so of course I said yes. I didn't have any expectations because I had NO idea what the concert was, but headed out with Kara, my co-facilitator for the session and our student Jane.


Little by little we found out about the concert. It was called the 3 country concert and was sponsored by CCTV to foster friendship between Japan, Korea, and China. It was taped to be televised on National Day, October first (yes, I am very late with this post). There were popular singers from each of these 3 countries.

Kara and I, and Jane and her TIP roommates

I was pretty excited to be in the birds nest. Probably more excited than I thought I would be. I had been to the Olympic park several times, but never actually inside. Our seats were amazing. They were 3rd row and much to my excitement we were right in front of the long jump pits. I took a minute to imagine what it would have been like to sit there during the Olympics and just soaked the moment in. This just made me realize how incredibly blessed I am and how many amazing opportunities God has given me during my time in China.

The concert itself was actually pretty cool. I recognized a few of the songs and it was pretty hilarious to see Chinese going CRAZY about the groups. I was also introduced to Super Junior (from Korea) and Super Junior M (their counterpart from China) and let me tell you, they are a BIG deal. Girls anywhere from middle school to college age were going crazy. Think boy band from the 90's, but maybe about 100 times more crazy. Yeah, it was a lot of fun!

All in all it was a great night and just a remind how blessed I truly am!