my 2-cents worth on Beijing 2008

i noe i noe.. Beijing Olympics is over a long time le (well, a week only lah) Since now i'm watching the encore telecast of the Closing Ceremony, so i guess i shall giv my 2 cents worth on my take for this Olympics Games..

Juz a Simple note to the athletes:

Micheal Phelps:
Wat can i say? this guy is a legend man.. I mean, who can ever predict that he is going to win gold medal for every event that he's involved.. I mean, no one will ever bet that heavily, well at least not for me.. I admire not only his guts, but his impressive mind power, the "oom" to wanna make it first everytime.. Although i dun really agree with 1 event where he seemed to hav touch the second to his competitor.. But since Omega uses their reputation "to bet"and support their findings and timings, wat can ordinary folks like us say?

Jason Lezak:
He helped Phelps clinched 2 golds.. So some credit needs to be given to him also mah.. Dun only look at Phelps.. Looks like Phelps shld share some endorsements with him man.. But i guess he need to vie for popularity with Phelps. He has gained in his own ways.. (Looking at wat i juz type, i cant believe i type "Phelps" more than "Lezak/ Him")

Usain Bolt:
Ok, this fella is another one.. He's a legend.. Who can ever imagine someone on this earth being able to run this fast.. The only person i thot could run were frens fr Ethopia, Kenya and some other African countries (but i got my facts right now, they run long distance) Bolt really bring Jamaica to another level.. Now is the time we can try to get used to Jamaica coming up with fast runners, so fast, they seem to beat the speed of light. However, in ur 100m race, i juz gotta say, u can score if u didn do all those have-nots.. I'm sure more pple will wanna c ur power on the running tracks instead of in ur dance moves.

Liu Xiang:
Wat can we say??? He;s the surprise of the entire Games.. His sudden pulling out from the race even before it started.. It juz stunned the whole world.. Actually, it isn't bad.. I mean, the whole world now noe Liu Xiang as the one with the Achellies prob during his race.. Not a bad way to be known, although i dunno if it;s worth it, being popular in the wrong way, and risk losing all ur endorsements.. How practical is this world..

Park Taehwan:
He;s the champion of Korea and Asia, i guess.. Him being the first Asian to break world record, I salute him.. And he's so shuai.. Super "add points" man!!!

He Kexin:
Seriously, u can slap me or kick me, but i seriously seriously dun think she's older than 16.. She's too young to be 16 le.. and so r the other girls fr the China's Gymnastic team.. And when all of us get too debated over US' findings of He Kexin being younger than 16, Shawn Johnson really dun look like she juz hit 16 and is of the "legal" age.. But then, as audience, we can juz accept watever is given to us.. Ultimately, putting cruelty/ child abuse aside, it's the skills and performance of the gymnasts that count in their judgements.

Guo Jing Jing:
I can never noe how judges judge and giv scores for synchronise diving or juz plain diving, COS EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE GOOD. But then i;m not here to judge or challenge the judge. I juz wanna say, she's really the queen.. But with the news that she's facing retina probs and having trouble seeing even the diving board, i guess this is the price u hav to pay for being the queen. After all, fame and glory doesn come tt easily..

and who can forget the gaga that was going home right at our backyard..

Gao Ning:
Becos he had to play without coach assistance which result in the loss of his chance into the semi, i cant help but think.. Is the presence of a coach really impt? Does having a coach means half the battle won? perhaps ba.. cos it;s the coach who has to be there, using his skills and ability and experience to giv u a more judgemental way of playing the game and opposing ur opponent. Thus, with all that crying and hoo-ha-ing, Singapore is once again, popular in the wrong way.. Perhaps the world didn giv a damn of wat is happening to us, (cos whether or not, we wun be able to make it into top 3, having our flag raised again) but it juz reflected how the entire organisation is ran.. Is it too coporate le, too business-liked le? And that it has lost the entire meaning to sports? We, well at least for me, I will never noe, cos it;s not up to me to judge..

but still, kudos to Beijing for bringing such a wonderful show to the world.. All ur effort for the last 5-6 yrs hav not gone to waste.. Fr all the planning to the opening to the closing ceremony, ur efforts r amazing to the world.. Thanks for bringing pride to Asia/ Chinese.. Thru this Game, it has relive and shown to the world ur capabilities and abilities..