London


It´s official, the baton was handed over to London and now all eyes are on her! and trust me, the pressure is on...

On Sunday, everything came to a standstill as everyone dropped everything and gathered together before the giant screens erected all over London to witness the live Olympic closing ceremony. Reason: there was an 8-minute segment on London being the next host.

It was a fantacular show, i will give beijing that, the chinese had hosted a good games in the midst of major controversy attack and they pulled it off beautifully. The crowds around me were quick to agree as everyone cheered on the flawless artistic performance, a somewhat toned-down version of its opening counterpart. Such discipline, such precision, such determination and such an effort that only the chinese can muster. And as the commentator came up with an opinion that all these are the results of totalitarianism, i must confess that im on the same page with her...

the people there have always been obedient, they have always been told what to do and what not to do, how to do it right and only right, and i can only imagine the tremendous pressure of being one of the performers. The chinese are perfectionist.

patriotism was strong as everyone cheered jubilantly at the sight of Boris (the mayor of london) and when ´God save the Queen´was sung. The irony didnt escape me: most people hated the mayor and almost 70 per cent of the londoners are foreign immigrants!

but when Beckham and Lewis were on stage on a somewhat cheesy cameo, the people just went mad! Gosh, they are not even on british soil anymore, both have sought out greener pastures at the states...

nevertheless, the count down is on, the people are psyched that the games are gonna be held here in 2012 since 1948 and they are gonna do everything to make it right, no, they want to surpass the chinese and hold the best games ever!

one thing im sure the brits are definitely capable of doing, they will make Olympic festive with non-stop parties and everyone will be able to attend the sporting events, an area in which beijing has failed miserably with its sombre moods and unlimited restrictions and empty stadiums.

afterall, it´s all about having a good time, dont u think?

London


what with the games going at full force and have been somewhat successful, i too have been following the events steadfastly, paying close attention to the likes of Badminton, Diving, Swimming, and Gymnastic.

Bravo to Malaysia for grabbing a silver medal in the Games, it´s been long overdue since we last claimed any medals...despite the badminton final match was clearly a ´no match´, i felt inclined to cheer on for our home country.

Team GB in the past weekend have been hauling the medals frenziedly, putting them in third place after USA and China. And considering their size (as compared to the giants), i cant say im not impressed. The press have reasonably gone mad and pictures of gold medalists are made front-page material.

And with London being the next host, i can say the brits are a lil´on the paranoid side, they are dying to perform and to show the world what they are made of! and one way of doing that is to put the current host down...

bad press have been circulating over how the chinese are hosting the games. We all know of the criticism sparked over the opening ceremony where they claimed the fireworks were computer generated, we also know that the sweet lil´girl with the voice of an angel werent actually hers, and so on and so forth over the millions spent to make the event ´spectacular´when the money could have been better spent on the poor...

gosh, bloody poms, why dont they just get a grip? i know the pressure is on but that´s only gonna make London2012 something to look forward to, the bar has been set high! it´s disheartening to listen to biased commentators on BBC and the cruel remarks over how the chinese are training their human robots in an inhumane fashion.
Which athlete wasnt trained young? and tough, for that matter...

Michael Phelps is awesome, how can anyone swim that fast is just beyond my comprehension, he´s clearly out of everyone´s league! inspired somewhat by this great olympian, Ivan and I have been visiting the swimming pool near our house alot lately...just for this Olympic period! everyone feels that a little sport is really something we should incorporate into our daily lifestyle...

i know for a fact that this health consciousness wont last, summer is coming to an end and before long it will be too cold to do anything, let alone stripping bare and exercise!

im so gonna freeze to death in the scandinavia...