bmwracer wrote:

LOL... That would be the swim team, I'll bet.

Lead by their fearless leader who protects all fishies, small and great

didn't get to watch the opening ceremony from the start but from what i've seen, i was really in awe of China's preparations for this..it was really amazing!! actually i was about to cry during the singing performance but then id feel it's stupid of me..
then the parade of nations, my butt was already aching from too much waiting for my country to arrive..
i thought that it's in alphabetical order but then it's said that their order of appearance is according to the number of strokes the country's written in Chinese..so much for randomness..
and whoa at the bird's nest!! damn big alright..wonder how many people were there all in all during that time..
be cheering for my country, Philippines!! and Japan..hehe..
and im most enthusiastic for is between USA and China!! goodluck!!

better check the game schedule..only interested in volleyball, some water sports, gymnastics, taekwondo, is there ice skating and i think synchronized swimming is included too??
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meoinkie2 wrote:

is there ice skating and i think synchronized swimming is included too??

Ice skating???????

Uh, what Olympics are YOU watching?


Synchronized swimming = BMW biking = Rhythmic Gymnastics =

Watched part of the Opening Ceremonies and what I saw was pretty darn awesome. Looking forward to watching basketball, track, swimming, gymnastics and wrestling, but I'll watch whatever else I can.

deseipher wrote:

Watched part of the Opening Ceremonies and what I saw was pretty darn awesome.

Part???

The U.S. and China haven't arrived yet.

bmwracer wrote:

Ice skating??????? Uh, what Olympics are YOU watching? Synchronized swimming = BMW biking = Rhythmic Gymnastics =

LOL..woops..there's no ice skating in there..
we have our preferences beem-sama..
im more unto the cool and graceful type of sports i think..

China already won a gold in the weightlifting division..
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meoinkie2 wrote:

LOL..woops..there's no ice skating in there..

Yup.

If you're waiting for that, it'll be another two years.

The U.S. has entered the stadium...

bmwracer wrote:

The U.S. has entered the stadium...

seen Bush already??
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meoinkie2 wrote:

seen Bush already??

Unfortunately.

bmwracer wrote:

Part??? The U.S. and China haven't arrived yet.

Yes, just part of it. I watched few of the countries enter, but that was all.

deseipher wrote:

Yes, just part of it. I watched few of the countries enter, but that was all.

Awwww...

The U.S. team is high-fiving some of the Chinese people lining the path along the track in the stadium...

bmwracer wrote:

I think Japan is the lone competitor.

I think Norway does a bit of Moby-bashing too.

thtl wrote:

I think Norway does a bit of Moby-bashing too.

I thought all they were interested in were sardines.

The opening ceremonies was really impressive just on sheer manpower alone: they must of had thousands of different performers.

And that giant video display at the center floor of the stadium was awesome.

bmwracer wrote:

And that giant video display at the center floor of the stadium was awesome.

Hai, that was real widescreen TV action

bmwracer wrote:

The opening ceremonies was really impressive just on sheer manpower alone: they must of had thousands of different performers.

I heard the total number of performers exceeded 10,000. Apparently a performer is only responsible for one part of the show, however long or short it may be. In some performances such as the opening drums there were 2008 performers on stage.

China has set a really high standard for the Brits to match in 4 years.

I'm up at 8 AM and I'm wathcing obscure sports such as team handball and badminton. I love these obscure events. I know badminton is really popular in other parts in the world, but not here.
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bmwracer wrote:

I thought all they were interested in were sardines.

You forgot the smoked salmon.

From Yahoo! News ( http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oly_china_american_killed )

Relative of US Olympic coach killed in Beijing


WTF?????

thtl wrote:

I heard the total number of performers exceeded 10,000. Apparently a performer is only responsible for one part of the show, however long or short it may be. In some performances such as the opening drums there were 2008 performers on stage.

The opening drum sequence I enjoyed the most ... seeing that everyone was so in sync. Most of the acts were very impressive as well.

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China has set a really high standard for the Brits to match in 4 years.

I doubt the Brits will be able to match the Beijing Opening Ceremonies ... as they probably won't be willing to dish out the oodles of money on such an event, as did the Chinese. Plus, China probably had more incentive to impress the outside world, but with England less so.