Olympic Closing Ceremony 2008

"It's almost 8pm!" and we hurried ourselves across the street to the Ong family house. Throwing ourselves onto the sofas, chairs and carpeted floor, we awaited the Beijing Olympic closing ceremony, while nibbling onto chunks of chocolates.


When it started, we were awed by the really beautiful performances. With so many manpower in China, it's amazing how they can be this patriotic, dedicated and are well, you can say, perfectionists. They can dance for two hours with such a big smile that freezes in their faces. Haha, the fireworks just went on and on like crazy!

One thing about being Hazel's family, we seem so different yet so the same. It's a good thing. Another thing about neighbours, we share juicy information about anything and almost everything.

DID YOU KNOW?

• The little hero who saved two of his classmates during the earthquake was given a special honour for his bravery---he walked beside Yao Ming at the opening ceremony.
• China won the most gold medals at the Beijing Games. Then again, it isn't about how many medals won, right?
• Apparently the firework supply went low that month. Hehe...guess why.
• London will be cracking their heads to surpass this one in 2012.
• 8 years to prepare this sort of event is not a long time.
  

As the '8 minute preview' of 2012's Olympic went on, we were wondering which London icons were going to pop up. David Beckham (he did turn up)...Mary Poppins (do the black umbrellas have anything to do with it?)...Harry Potter...?

But unlike the happiness in the opening ceremony, it was a little sad to see it end, especially with the Olympic theme song playing melancholically in the background.

我和你，心连心,

同住地球村，

为梦想，千里行，

相会在北京。

来吧！朋友，

伸出你的手，

我和你，心连心，

永远一家人。