Olympics over...

Was just watching the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Felt that its not as nice as the opening, probably I already have some kind of expectations. Its quite cheena at some parts but overall I think still quite impressive.

The ceremony started with big scale performance with welcoming fireworks, followed by introduction of the 204 countries' flags paraded out by each country's representative. The came all the athletics from all the participating countries into the fields. Its a touching moments as smiles can be seen on every face. It was then the last victory ceremony of the marathon race, the last event of the games.

Subsequently was some speeches from the IOC committee members then the handling of the Olympics flag to the next hosting city, London. Fireworks works of the Olympic logo was then played, which was quite impressive. Then, there was a short performance to introduce London and a flashback of the 16 days' events around the stadium walls. The torch was then officially put out, which was quite a sad moment. Imagine 16 days of activities over in just a flash and I believed the athletics themselves would feel sad too. Anyway, Beijing had done a great job which I dun think any other country can beat in years to come.

The performances after that were several songs (some really quite cheena) performed by singers (Jacky Chan, Andy Lau, Kelly Chen, Li Hom, Rain, Emil Chau, Rong Zhu-er etc.) from different countries like China, Hong Kong and Taiwan etc. with some other performances in the background and lots of fireworks. That ended the 2 hrs closing ceremony....

So long, till the 2012 Olympics in London!