The Olympics

Its interesting how much preparation was said to be given towards the 2008 Beijing Olympics and how much anticipation everyone was having towards the 8th of August 2008. It so happen I flew to Vietnam on that day itself so I had access to cable TV to watch the opening ceremony. I read so much about the Olympics that even though I wasn't interested to anything involving sports, I was actually excited to watch it.

With all the controversies surrounding the Beijing Olympics, one wonders how magnificent the opening ceremony would be. China is known for its human rights violation and a lot of people are questioning if it was the right choice to choose China as the next host for the Olympic games. With all these scrutiny, what would China do to prove that they are indeed qualified to host the Olympic games?

What with the recent Tibetan and Darfur issue, China is not exactly in the international community's good books right now. So one wonders what China will do in their opening ceremony, which will be watched by over 1 billion people around the world, to win over the hearts of the people all over the world.

I was kinda disappointed though after watching the opening ceremony. Maybe because there were so much anticipation that people had incredibly high expectations for it, but I wasn't at all awed with the performance. It is undeniable that the costumes were extravagant, colourful, not to mention spectacular. And the scroll was absolutely beautiful, making one wonder how exactly did they do that.

But aside from all that, once you finish watching it, you forget about the whole thing in an instance. And if you notice, the audience were not exactly very responsive either. Most of them had a bored look on their faces busy fanning themselves with their golden fans.

Imagine the amount of money spent on the Olympics! A few million dollars just for that one day!

Though I must give the Chinese thumbs-up for the messages that they try to convey in almost all of their performances. Messages like peace, harmony and non-discrimination of all people were constantly being conveyed throughout the performance. Its kinda ironic though, one moment they are singing the song of peace, and the next they are aiding the Darfur genocide.

How ironical.

That was my personal opinion about the Opening ceremony. What did u think?