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8/8/8 8:08 - post olympics report!
2008-08-09 1:57AM / 標準BLOG / Hong Kong / 會員可以看
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for those of you living in the western hemisphere, i am talking about THE FUTURE...

the olympics opening ceremony is now over on this side of the world... i just got home a few minutes ago, i watched it at Eddie's place after work.

I was running late, but i still stopped at Central station to snap a picture!

a crowd was forming... people snapping pictures...

oh snap! 30 minutes to go!

I tried to snap a more meaningful time than 30:14... BUT...

this stupid BIZNATCH had to go and pose in front of the clock... so selfish... :-P

anyway, the opening ceremonies are pretty impressive on a technical and human logistics point of view. the march of the countries was WAAAAY too long though. :-P

there is a performance by many singers after the torch is lit, but they cut it off on the TVB Pearl (english) broadcast. the regular TVB broadcast showed some of Jackie singing before switching to their talking heads... i also saw Vincent hosting on ATV. it was cool. ;-)

here's a picture i took during the finale... LOTS of fireworks..

to my tape delayed friends in America - do you want me to tell you who lights the flame?
:-P

(don't worry, its not Jet... )

PS - if you don't mind spoilers, go look at Scottie's blog, he has tons of frame grabs...

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jasmineT
留言於2008-08-11 5:54AM [举报]

here is a popular slang "KY(kuuki ga yomenai hito)": person who can not see how matters stand/how others think;-p
AsianChick100
留言於2008-08-10 1:39PM [举报]

hahahaha....

her pose is so funny!
JoanneSanderson
留言於2008-08-09 4:56PM [举报]

yep the opening was quite special but the athletes march is always too long, and I believe it's my own country who first brought that aspect in...sorry :(. I was waiting for the singers, and BBC cut it off, went to the commentators that never shut their mouth' long enough for us to hear anything going on.
Etchy
留言於2008-08-09 12:58PM

justkelly - trust me i know! i have complained about their coverage for decades... :-P

the other thing they do is that they always use those cheesy prepared background stories about how someone's mother has cancer and they had to train in a shack in the woods... they always distort the foreign guys... in the case of the chinese, they used to (probably still do) make some stuff up about how they're like modern samurais fighting for the honor of their country...
JustKelly
留言於2008-08-09 6:26AM [举报]

Thaks for the cool pics Etchy! :)
What really sucks about being in America, is that NBC has sole coverage of the olympics. They always show the events in which Americans are favored to win, and this causes us to miss many events because of it. Also, the other major networks, upset over NBC sole coverage, report it as it happens, so we already know the outcome before we see the event. Its almost like reading the last chapter first of a new book.
Etchy
留言於2008-08-09 4:34AM

moochacn - check scottie's blog!
moochacn
留言於2008-08-09 4:25AM [举报]

i def missed out on something lol thanks for putting up the pics!
casara
留言於2008-08-09 3:53AM [举报]

haha.. insane!
Ana Souza
留言於2008-08-09 2:44AM [举报]

wow my dream picture to make was 1 minute hahahaha
my nearest was 18 hours =(
hey what r u up to?
havent seen for so long!
xibanyae
留言於2008-08-09 2:44AM [举报]

yeah. lots of random US athletes and US president! ;)
wow, that thing was amazing and majestic! grandiose! had friends outside of the stadium, even that was an amazing experience too!
許懷谷
留言於2008-08-09 2:42AM [举报]

I didn't even know there were performances after the torch!?! I saw Vincet too...poor fella looked hot in that suit. I felt his pain.
Etchy
留言於2008-08-09 2:33AM

scottie - yes exactly! where the hell is dominica!!?
Amy So
留言於2008-08-09 2:31AM [举报]

oh man.. yeah what a biznatch. I woudlve took her down for you AHAHAHAHA
許懷谷
留言於2008-08-09 2:29AM [举报]

The commentary was kinda funny...kinda clueless what was going on and who was who. I was ashamed to find myself not knowing several countries even existed!
Pedro Chaves
留言於2008-08-09 2:27AM [举报]

they showed it live on tv here!

it was really long, specially the countries! but the show was a blast!
janechu
留言於2008-08-09 2:18AM [举报]

dang it... in another 8 hours, we'll get to see it on NBC... hahaa...
Etchy
留言於2008-08-09 2:18AM

whole thing is more than 3.5 hours... maybe 4...

there's a lot that can be cut... the countries take up a good 2+ hours of that... lots of random south pacific islands, etc.
Flagday
留言於2008-08-09 2:09AM [举报]

How long is the procession of athletes? How long did the whole thing take? OMG, add time for commercials here in the US and I might as well sleep over my mom's.

Woo hoo, let the games begin.

P.S Jet said in a recent interview that he'd be at the Opening Ceremonies so maybe NBC will show a clip of him.