BJ 2008
Posted by John on August 9th, 2008
I usually don’t care about Olympics at all. In the past I never watched it on TV, and didn’t even follow the results. And I was dreading the start of this year’s Olympics, for the chaos that it would bring to China.
Then last night we all watched the opening ceremony. I wasn’t too impressed with the opening shows, just the usual fireworks (which I’ve come to hate after I moved here) and other performances that were certainly well done, I just didn’t care for them.
But then the representative of each country started to walk in and I really wanted to watch their clothes and attitudes, as well as learn about countries I’ve never heard before. That lasted 2 hours!!! I felt exhausted just watching that, I can’t imagine what the cheering girls by the side must have felt. Some notes:
- The only people I recognized were Roger Federer and Yao Ming. Nobody else!! I suck, I know.
- The Italians HAD to slow down and disturb the country walking after them!!
- Lots of pretty girls.
- The guy holding Denmark’s flag was huge, and he used one hand on a 90 degree angle. Impressive.
This morning I turn on the TV and start watching women’s weightlifting. I usually couldn’t care less, but I was somehow engaged. Up until my TV went dark a few minutes ago. Don’t know what’s going on, hope it’ll come back soon. Can’t believe I am feeling the Olympics spirit this year…