Olympics talk

Hey there.

So I don't update this blog that often, but sometimes it's just about posting the right thing at the right time (or maybe that's just an excuse for being lazy). Anyways, sometimes, you have to post something to fit the current mood of the audience I guess, and I think a lot of people has been hit by Olympic fever.

The 2012 Olympics just begin last Friday. Unfortunately I did not watch the opening ceremony live since there is a 7 hour time difference between Malaysia and London, and I don't really feel like waking up at 4 a.m. I heard there's a pretty big hype about all that's going on in the ceremony, like James Bond, Marry Poppins, Peter Pan and even Lord Voldemort appearing, heck even Sir Paul Mccartney and Rowan Atkinson (as Mr. Bean) performed.

While I do not know how good the opening ceremony is since I did not even watch it, I'm sure it's a pretty good show (though I don't think it's better or even close to being as good as the Beijing one since that one is pretty stellar). What I did notice was some over exaggeration of the ceremony by British Prime Minister, David Cameron.

When I was watching the Olympic highlights on Youtube, there came a point where they asked the crowd on what they thought of the performance. Of course the PM is part of the people watching the show too, so they also have to ask him right? Well, yea. But the praises that he said were a bit too much. In my opinion, complimenting something/someone is good. But when done excessively, it sounds like butt-fucking. Again, I do apologize to anyone I've offended by this statement but that's just my thoughts.

If you listen carefully of his statement he mentions the words 'brilliant', and 'beautiful' or any of its synonyms a tad too much (or maybe that's just me). In my honest opinion, I short and simple comment praising the ceremony would suffice from a person like his ranks. But that's just me, cuz I think that he knew what is going to happen in the ceremony (for the most parts). Feel free to correct me though, cuz I might be wrong. Don't flame me.

Back to Olympic talk, with the Olympics, we'll have plenty of countries coming and hoping to get gold and make their country proud. Personally, I would love to have my country get gold on something. Unfortunately, despite having the Women's World No.1 player in squash, the Olympics don't play that sport. So we only have badminton to depend on, and that means we'll rely on Lee Chong Wei to get the gold.

All us Malaysians can do is hope that this time, he defeats his adversary Lin Dan.