Missed the first hour plus of the Opening Ceremony. Bummer! The Silk Air flight didn't arrive at Singapore from Chengdu until 8:45pm. So... Have to find it somewhere online - from some Chinese websites.
I was amazed how exciting it was to watch on TV here. Compared to when I was in North America, the atmosphere was not the same. Maybe it was because of the LIVE coverage on every channels here in Singapore in many different languages. The delayed taping and the limited LIVE feed with time zone different, really didn't make me "interested". But here in Singapore watching the first day of competition LIVE, really helped. And the close up shots from every different angles seeing the athlete's expressions, muscles, the strains, really made me appreciate the level of play. As I am writing this blog, I am watching the badminton playoffs in the 32. The Hong Kong against China's Lin D, the World #1 men's player. Very exciting. The Chinese guy looked so effortless. I believe I have seen him before in Shanghai Hilton working out in the pool.
The second amazement from this Olympics is my wife actually, yes ACTUALLY, looking for the TV remote in our room to turn the TV on! She wanted to watch; and spent the entire Saturday watching. It was funny to see. Seeing her glued to the TV in front of the couch. Yes, we had an upgraded room.
Tomorrow, heading back to Shanghai in the late afternoon. Already had our seats booked. Due to the load factor on the plane, Singapore Airline, we have reserved an entire row for ourselves. I asked for an upgrade to Biz class but the lady said not worth it; and proceeded getting me to the Check-in counter for this econo row of seats. That works for me; will have lots of room for me to set my work and my laptop out to work. And to boot, we have our Indian vegetarian meals.
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