olympic oh olympic part II

when you have no heart to write technical, and formulas, you should blogging. duh. here i am..

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michael phelps is no longer an athlete with low profile. he is being estimated to turn into billionaire in another 10 years (source american sports society). his achivement is not something we saw multipletimes in a decade, and the gold that he’ll bring back to america is not an easy reward that he got from his effort. phelps is only known after last athen’s olympic, but effort he took is far behind athens itself. his vistory came after years of courage, spirit and training that he had gone through. one say (i cannot remember who), an athlete compete in olympic sacrifice their age training and preparing for that few moment during the battle in olympic, thus lost is not an option, and victory is everything for them.

we should take this as an example, studying for years un university, spending tonnes of money, only for minutes of receiving a scroll from chancellor, and if we fail at the very last moment, it is a lost, and it is not an option we could dare have.

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lee chong wei, our country’s hope (not only him actually, the rest of the contingent as well), was one of the hero that should be credited because of his acheivement to match till that far. i could remember him as long as i watch badminton match in tv. malaysian rulers (government i mean) promise one million ringgit for gold. personally, i do think that money could be the major boosting reason for malaysian athlete to get gold, but after looking deep into the eyes of the athlete, the spirit to bring malaysia’s name to the top is beyond that. i can see during the final game between lindan and chongwei, the pressure to bring malaysia’s first gold if way heavier than the regret not to get the RM1mil. but he can endure it, fight to the end, and lost in style (haha). no worry, that is the best we can push, and we already proud of that silver you brought back.

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olympic will be over in few days. i keep on updating the news, but there is soo much names to be remembered. usain bolt (new 100m world record holder), tyson gay are some of the famous name. olympic is interesting and i will keep following it up (eventhough i cant write so much about it). hope to watch London olympic in 2012, when i am pursuing my degree there late 🙂 .

olympic oh olympic

i know that i always obsessed with sports, or to be specific games like olympic, asia games etc. and this year’s olympic is my current interest, since last few months, way before it torch was lighted up on the day of 080808.

ok lets talk busines. for the next few days, i’ll be posting a lot about the games, and just bare with me occay haha!!

The general concensus appears to be that it was a truely spectacular opening ceremony (the best ever opwning ceremony i ever watch in my life. deng~). Beijing 2008 was stunning, superb, marvelous event ever happen in this world. duh, i just dont know how to describe it, and i am craving to have the opening video and once i get it last 2 days, i am watching it repeatedly. below are some facts about the opening (credits to some blogger i don’t know who).

10 – The sea of printing blocks – representing the creation of printing in China – that moved in smooth waves as if computerised, but in fact powered by hundreds of men. A particularly nice touch at the end of the sequence when the men burst out and waved to the elated crowds.

9 – The moment when a group representing China’s different ethnic minorities entered the stadium with the national flag. Or to be more accurate, the moment that they handed over the flag to PLA soldiers – there has to be a metaphore in that!?

8 – The perfect execution of the mass drumming and recital of Confucius’s words. The synchronicity was astounding; if this is anything to go by expect China to take a clean sweep on synchronised swimming golds.

Symetry and Harmony – Olympic Drummers Recite Confucius

7 – When, during the procession of athletes, the camera panned to three top tennis players and summarised perfectly their contrasting personalities. Rafael Nada, looking sweaty and pumped; Roger Feder, immaculate; and Andy Murray, scruffy.

6 – Firewords with smiling faces. The country that invented fireworks combines it’s pyrotechnic heritage with the modern popularity of cute emoticons. (Apologies, can’t find a photo of this.)

5 – Team Japan waving both Japanese and Chinese flags. A small act but a big statement. This could potentially have been unpopular back home, but is a bold step in international relations. Who says the Olympics aren’t about politics!?

4 – Early on in the ceremony the Olympic rings appeared to be projected onto the stadium floor by spot lights. It was breath-taking then when the five rings rose up from the ground to hover vertically in midair. Goose-pimples!

Olympic Rings – The Light Appeared to Peal From the Floor

3 – The moment when Team China entered the stadium and the cowboy boot-wearing cheerleaders stepped up the tempo again, after having been dancing and cheering for over two hours by this stage. Olympic stamina!

2 – Li Ning executes the trademark Zhang Yimou slow-running-in-the-sky torch lighting. The image was straight out of films like Hero and Li Ning executed it perfectly.

1 – The electronic drum countdown. The coordination of the drummers was spectacular enough, and then they took it to another level with the countdown of scrolling numbers from 10 to 0 in both numerical and chinese .

Beijing Olympic Drummers Count Down Perfectly

there are more than 20000 people involve in the performance at the opening, and for the fireworks itself, the used 600 special staff to make the biggest firework show in the world. if i had the opportunities to be there!!