Watch out! That panda's got a gun!

[locker_monster]

On occasion, my Chinese class can actually be kind of amusing. We've been learning sports words this week and my prof brought up the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She showed us the mascots for Beijing and I have to admit they are the cutest things ever. Just look:

From left to right they are: a fish, a panda, fire, a Tibetan antelope, and a swallow. The fish one is a little creepy, but the others are cute. :-D

And each Fuwa, I think they're being called Friendlies in English, is shown performing a summer sport here. My personal favourite is this one:

I'm reminded of Eat, Shoots, and Leaves. This one's pretty good, too:

There's a whole bunch of these. I'm so tempted to make some icons out of them, just for my own enjoyment. :-D

ETA: Damn, the link changed. It doesn't show you the Fuwa acting out the sports anymore. And they were so cute, too.

Comments

[kefira.livejournal.com]

Do you have a link with more info? I like these :)

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

It seems the links have changed on me over night, but this looks to be the same page:

http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/beijing2008/graphic/n214068254.shtml

And for more cuteness, here's the promo video about the mascots:

http://en.beijing2008.cn/video/promotional/fuwa/