Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Totally astonished!
Yesterday I watched the Beijing 2008 opening ceremony.
I've never watched any Olympic opening ceremony before. However, this time I was so excited to watch. Maybe because this year's Olympic is held in Beijing, China. I did expect that it would be a really great show. But still, I was totally amazed.
I didn't manage to watch from the countdown... T_T I started watching from the entry of the Chinese National Flag. The whole performance was spectacular and fabulous. I was impressed by China's effort and hard-work in preparing everything. The performers, costumes, choreographs, properties, lighting, settings, effects, and especially the fireworks. It certainly took a lot of time, energy, and money. I heard that this was the most expensive Olympic opening ceremony in history. Well, I could understand why...
These are some photos from the opening ceremony...
splendid fireworks
"Starlight".
Performed by 1000 performers, with lots of small light bulbs on their costumes
The 1000 performers built a "bird's nest"
After the performances, was the parade of athletes...
USA delegation
The outfit they're wearing, were designed and sponsored by
Polo by Ralph Lauren
So stylish!
Climax of the ceremony: Light of Flame Cauldron
Gymnast Li Ning finished the last lap by 'running in the air'! How cool!
As the last torchbearer, he lighted the Cauldron
The parade of athletes took about 2 hours and was a bit boring. In the beginning, I only intended to wait for the delegation of Indonesia to appear. But it seemed so interesting to see all the athletes from all over the world gathering at the same place. Hence, I decided to watch the whole parade.
And this is how I saw him: Raphael Stacchiotti, the flag-bearer of Luxembourg. He is so cute, charming, attractive! And I believe I'm not the only one that think so. Many girls found him cute as well. I didn't expect that many would notice him, even asking about him on the net. Hahaha...
Later on, I found out that he is participating in the aquatics sport - swimming. Guess what? He's only 16 this year. Wow! Being able to participate in the Olympics in such a young age, even as the flag-bearer.. Impressive!
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