If you've missed the opening, here's a snapshot of the first burst of fireworks at exactly 8:08pm. We passed by the Bird's Nest at exactly then... on a cab, on the way to a friend's house party.
Last night, 99% of the chinese population were glued to their TV sets from 8:08pm onwards. It was very heartwarming peering into pple's apartments and seeing families hurdled together to witness this historical event.
The opening ceremony, particularly the lighting of the torch was awesome. China has some crazy people... Crazy Brilliant that is!
Medal tally for today...
China get's 2 golds.
Golden girl Chen Xiexia won the women's 48kg weightlifting champ title. She's splashed across all news here at the moment for getting the first gold medal for her country. For a virgin olympian, she did great. Not only was she ahead of the silver medalist by 13kgs, she also broke the Olympics Record without a drop of sweat.
Here's her winning shot. (Shot taken from China Daily)
My heart goes out to the fallen hero(ine) of china, Ms DuLi. She took the gold at 2004 Athens for 10m airgun with a breeze, so I'm guessing they put her event first and told her "no pressure"...
She tried her best but came in at 5th position. At a post-tournament interview, she tried her best (again) to appear positive but still broke down halfway through the interview. Funny thing was, the person interviewing her WAS ALSO CRYING and they hugged after the interview. wah lau so much for objective reporting.
Anyway, 2nd gold goes out to Pang Wei for Men's 10m airgun. click here to read more.
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Tomorrow les and i are going to the qualifiers for tennis!! CAN'T WAIT! I've never been to a professional tennis match before!
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