Missoula man in the running to be a torch-bearer in the Beijing Olympics
Hi, I am a native of Missoula, Montana. I went to grade school at St. Joseph's Elementary and went to Loyola High School. Graduated in 1992. After graduating from the Univ. of Washington and working in LA for a few years, I moved to Beijing, China. Here I have lived for a year and a half, learning Chinese, being a host on TV commercials, and many other interesting activities. Lately, I was entered in a contest sponsored by CHina Daily that will select 8 foreigners to carry the torch next year in the Beijing Olympics. I hope that a couple of fellow Missoulians or readers of this website can give me a vote and improve my chances of carrying the torch. I will carry the torch in honor of Missoula and my proud upbringing there. The votes can be submitted through the end of October. Please see the following web link:
http://pub1.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/torch/members.shtml?mid=91
Thanks for everyone's support!
David A. Williams
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COOL!
Was this real?
I know I saw the results page at this site ..... but, since the voting was over long ago ... I can't tell if this is really real.
The results at chinadaily.com
.... but the site root is an English classifieds site on a Chinese server.
Odd.
Yes, it is real
As you can see, I posted this like two months ago when there was still time to vote. I only ended up getting 155 votes, and the winners all had over 2,000. They all had lots of hometown support.