It Was a Beautiful Event

The 2008 Summer Olympics officially came to an end today a year ago. I was glued to the tv almost the entire day. I watched mostly swimming and gymnastics and a little bit of athletics.

Was rooting for team USA and team Australia. Yeah right ! NO MALAYSIA ! There is no fun if i were to root for team Malaysia because i'll be so lonely ... cheering like a moron for a team that practically has no chance to shine in any sport event. Alright, maybe except badminton but i am over the badminton-phase. Swimming is my newfound love since Athens 2004. LOL ! It is such adrenaline rush sporting event. It starts so quickly and ends just as quick. We'll get to know the results in no time. Congrats to Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian of all time who competed in 8 different events and won gold for all last year. And not to forget my my favorites Aussie pairs (no longer together) Eamon Sullivan and Stephanie Rice. You guys rock !!!!

Some good memories from last year :

The fastest man on earth, Micheal Phelps. An inspiration to many young swimmers.

Michael Phelps

Stephanie Rice. The best 2008 Summer Olympian from down under. Picture taken back home in Australia. She won 3 Golds last year.

Stephanie Rice in her endorsed underwear, Davenport.

Stephanie Rice in a Davenport signing campaign

Stephanie Rice and her fellow 400m relay teammates

Stephanie Rice & Eamon Sullivan

Eamon Sullivan & Stephanie Rice

Eamon Sullivan. He took 2 Silvers and 1 Bronze home last year.

Eamon Sullivan and his 400m relay teammates

Eamon Sullivan and Micheal Phelps in the very last medal ceremony for the swimming event last year

And by the way, well done Astro. It was the best live telecast for Olympic games, ever ! Astro had 12 channels dedicated for the 2008 Summer Olympics last year. Unlike the 2004 Olympics in Athens, which then Astro had 6 or 7 channels only. I managed to watch my favorite sports in real-time. Astro also showed the entire medal ceremony too which is also my favorite part of the Olympics. The Beijing Olympics had good medal ceremony music titled : "茉 莉 花".

Below is the Beijing 2008 Olympics medal ceremony song. A very good modernized traditional Chinese music.