Posts from — August 2008

What do you think of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony? Spectacular, eh? The parade of nations went on and on and on but I don’t think we can blame anyone for that. I was planning to put up a poll to get your feedback on the opening ceremonies but Blogger went crappy once again and wouldn’t allow me to save the poll. Darn!

But here’s some media reviews on the opening ceremony:

The New York Times: Until now, the most memorable of the ceremonies I have seen was thrown by Sydney, where the Australian irreverent sense of humor and magnificent backdrop of a gorgeous city made it a terrific show.

But this one was mesmerizing on such a grand scale, with the meaning of this event to a huge, formerly closed country obvious in every minute.

And the culminating lighting of the cauldron was jaw-droppingly cool. In a word, wow.

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Let’s include Zara Phillips in our list of hot athletes. Actually, I’m tempted to include her in our list of Olympic hotties but she doesn’t belong there yet.

She qualified for the Athens Olympiad but she missed it because her horse was injured. She also qualified for the Beijing Games but she’s, again, not going because her horse sustained another injury. So Zara and her horse are kinda unlucky when it comes to the Olympics.

They have several equestrian titles though — they’re the reigning Eventing World Champion — so they’re still luckier than others. And if you’re a part of the British royalty [Zara as I mentioned in previous posts is the daughter of Princess Anne and the first granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth], you really can’t complain, no?

Anyways, since we won’t be seeing Zara in Beijing, we might as well enjoy her Land Rover commercial where we see her Horsing Around. Hopefully, we will finally see her in action four years from now during the 2012 London Olympics.