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| All praise for Beijing Olympics volunteers | | `Working with foreign journalists was quite fun’ | | Beijing | Aug 25
The Olympic Games have concluded but the spirit of service will live on in the hearts of many volunteers, who took great pride in their work looking at it as a contribution to history.
"When this Games ends, it's not ending, but a new beginning for many of us," said Li.
While Yao Tingting feels herself as one of the legacies of the dazzling Games.
Yao, a graduate student of human resources management had dreamed of serving as an Olympic volunteer ever since Beijing's won the bid for hosting the Games in 2001.
Her dream was realised when the organisers chose her from millions of applicants to be a volunteer of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
After undergoing some 160 hours of classes over five semesters, in subjects ranging from Olympic history to journalism, Yao and thousands of others at last got their chance to serve during the Beijing Olympics as a professional media volunteer.
Yao said here that her training improved her communication skills and gave her the confidence to interact with journalists from around the world, including India.
Yao was part of the volunteers who were attached to a media delegation from India and other Asian countries which toured Beijing coinciding with the August 8-24 Olympic Games.
"Working with foreign journalists was quite fun," she says.
"You can always offer somebody something, and this kind of giving can make you happy and at the same time there is a lot one can learn from others." |
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