080808, that's the Chinese way of August 8th, 2008. Awesome numbers, awesome date.

8 means "lucky" in Chinese Culture, it stands for fortune. In order to alternate the "luck", opening ceremony of Olympic Games in Beijing started at this special moment: 8:08:08pm of the day. People were also crowding into restaurants and hospitals to get married or to get their children born on this day.

To share this unique event with geeks around Shanghai, we held this BBQ in the front of our office (since it seems that we don't have a yard). We spreaded out the buzz in forums and emailed to some friends to gather together for this greate moment.