beijing olympic ROCKS!

080808..who says that the Year of the Rat spells catastrophe for China? china put on a spectacular, breathtaking and multicultural , never-seen-before opening ceremony that left all the spectators and audience around the world stunned and amazed by the beauty of the culture and historical elements itself in the opening ceremony..

even the commentators were impressed, they quipped that no one would be able to achieve this feat, yet alone better it..

the opening ceremony started with a bang at 8 pm and ended at 11.35..well , to be honest, i dozed off during the part where the different contingents of athletes are doing their march..haha, luckily malaysia was one of the first batch of athletes to come out..

here are some of the action during the opening ceremony..i wanted to get more pics but couldn't do so..


FIREWORKS! no olympic opening ceremony is complete without these!
the wonderful glittering olympic logo...being hoisted up..
lol..chinese ancient warriors! all of them look alike! take a closer look at their headgear..(lol i donno what's that thing called)...it resembles a chinese calligraphy brush!
a built-in replica of the famous chinese ancient palaces..

the opening ceremony kicked off to a start with the countdown to 8.00 pm..they counted down from 60 seconds..man, that was soo cool! from the top, it looks like a digitally-generated countdown timer..but in reality, if u look closely, the "so called digital countdown timer" is actually made up of men pounding on blocks of light! when they pound, the blocks emit white light...the whole thing is done very systematically and orderly..so that it looks shimmering and glittering from the top..

on the blocks are ancient chinese sun-dials if im not mistaken..the opening ceremony showcased lots of chinese inventions, art, culture, and history.

next, if im not mistaken, is a chinese little girl singing...omgod..she is soo brave! singing her heart out in front of millions of people..that must've taken alot of courage..

i couldn't really remember the sequence afterwards...i remembered them showing the art of calligraphy and chinese paintings..there was a GIANT scroll on the floor, and it kept churning out canvas depicting the cultural elements of china...whilst there were dancers(or more like acrobatic dancers) painting on the main canvas.using their hands and feet! they were cartwheeling over , jumping gracefully here and there, and their legs and hands were all the while painting a picture...it was a genius plan...kudos to the directors..one of which is zhang yimou..the critically-acclaimed director..

then there was a guy dressed up as an emperor holding an ancient chinese compass or something.. other than that, there was also a chinese opera performance...musical performances such as the gu zhen and the piano...

another nicely-crafted event was the tai chi performance..all the martial art sifus were organised and well-timed..so that from the top, it looked like a moving carpet..lol (from my mum's view)...

if there is anybody whom have not seen the opening ceremony, i urge u to watch it..u will regret if u dont...

am looking forward to next week..where all the real sporting action begin..^^