Did anyone watch the clips after the closing ceremony shown on Sports Extra channel from TVNZ? I particularly find that really enjoying. It re-lived all the moments leading up to the games and during the games. The tears of winning, the tears of missing out (I don't want to call them losers, because I think they did a great job)
The clips are so meaningful. Accompanied by really good music as an effect to the entire games.
29th Olympic 2008 in Beijing, China has finally come to an end.
One world, One Dream
I hadn't really paid much attention to the international games before, simply because I was young and ignorant, and that I wasn't that into sports anyway. But this year, I realised I've learnt a lot from watching these sports. I've actually watched a couple of matches entirely without feeling bored, and those matches really brought such a great feeling, the pride and joy that everyone feels.
The final clips that I watched just then was really good. I can't describe it more. It portrays all the exact emotions, and feelings that every single person who witnessed the games would have felt. The images, the movements, everything just fits so perfectly together.
I'd really have to agree that sports unite people. We all knew that as fact. There is never a loser. Everyone is a winner for showing such good sportsmanship. They've done well.
Even for a couch potato like me, who just watches the games on the screen, can feel the intensity of the games, and all that emotions that comes with it. I just have to mention how much it affects me as well.
No matter what China has done to make themselves look good, I don't care, because they did, after all do such an amazing job to convince us.
All that mean opinions about China is just not right.
So what if China had "simulated" the fireworks during the opening ceremony, we all enjoyed watching it. No one really cares even if it's not real. (Can you do a better job in "enhancing" the fireworks to make them look that convincing?)
So what if the little girl hadn't really sung the anthem, but lip-synched. It doesn't matter, because I'm sure the one who did actually sing is proud to do her country the honour.
The arts expressed by China is just wonderful. Did anyone see the sand art shown on the Chinese TV during the past week? It was about five to ten minute long clip of a person performing sand art. He can just draw anything, literally, with sand. He drew everything that was related to the Olympic games. I just managed to video the last minute or so from the tv onto my phone. I'll post it up some time when I find out how.
I like the human sculptures. The fact that China managed to get all these thousands of people corporating with such unity is just the amazing. It's not always about technology, but what's living. Human lifeforms are so much livelier than having technology/robots do the job. The human movements can never be replaced by any technology and have the same effect. I really do admire all those people who took part in the opening and closing ceremony. There is so many of them, but can never miss one.
The next games will be held in London. Somehow I think I'm really going to miss the China one. China has done such a great job to show the world what they can do. I should really record something down from the past week's events as something memorable.
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I can't believe I just typed a whole page long about the Olympics. Some might not make any sense as I'm just typing it randomly. Just thoughts that's flowing out to my fingers. Sentences might not connect, but it doesn't matter.
Oxford University Press: Fish is the usual plural form. The older form, fishes, can be used to refer to different kinds of fish.
However, there isn't such word as "machineries" unfortunately.
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I'm tired.
Goodnight.
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