a round of soccer and the archery ranking rounds have already taken place, but the games are now officially underway.... the opening ceremony failed to keep me awake the entire time.... but mary poppins, mr bean, and 007 skydiving with the queen.... they were awesome.... (yes.... i like mary poppins~~)
then came the athletes... the aussies as usual were all hyped up, lots of jumping, screaming and waving in front of the camera..... then came korea.... the usual under control, happy but bottling all their excitement inside.... then came north korea.... u could say they were exactly the opposite to the aussies...
lighting the flame was a bit of a bummer for me.... it was all good.... until they passed it onto 7 next generation athletes.... it was also good when they did a lap around the stadium... but when they continued on to proceed in lighting the flame... YES, IT WAS A SURPRISE... but not a good surprise.....
during the build up to the opening ceremony, there was constant speculation as to who would light the flame... beckham's name was thrown in there, but his biggest minus was that he was not an olympian.... well... these 7 next generation athletes should also not be considered then.... im sure they will be great athletes, and im sure they will be successful too.... but there are so many heroes, legends, idols.... i think it could have been done better than this.....
ah wells.... no medals involved in ceremonies anyways... if there were medals, sydney still has my vote for gold... ^^
