Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony 2008

Beijing Olympics 2008 has finally started on the Aug 8, 8:08pm. I was truly impressed by the opening ceremony. It was a great show to showcase the culture of the Chinese.

Finally, the final torch bearer was out, it was Lee Ning. Wow, I am also impressed by the way that it was hoisted up around the stadium to show the world about the chinese kungfu.

Here’s a video about the final lap that Lee Ning ran in the air.

I was also truly shocked to see the amount of fireworks used in the opening ceremony. Though I would agree that the fireworks are spectacular. However, I had a feeling that it was overdone. Does it mean to tell the world that Chinese is the inventor of firework?

Also, I have been to some fireworks show before, the air was terribly bad after the fireworks as the smoke spreads. So, imagine many people has been complaining that Beijing had very bad air quality, and the use of big amount of fireworks will definitely make it worse.

Though it is magnificent and spectacular to see such big amount of fireworks in the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. I think Beijing should also show some actions on how they are doing to better protect our mother earth and they should use this golden opportunity to tell the world that it is committed to go green as well, I am just a bit disappointed that they did not do anything on that. It just left me a remembrance of such spectacular opening ceremony while it also reminds me of the cyclists competes on the roads with a bad haze at the backdrop.

Beijing Olympics 2008 Bird Nest Stadium

3 More days to go and it will be the openning ceremony of Beijing Olympics 2008.

Beijing had rehearsal on the opening ceremony but it has been keeping some details of the penning ceremony very secretive. Like how are they lighting up the Olympics frame, how is the last torch bearer to bring the frame into the stadium.

To me, I feel that this are marketing gimmick and they are doing that for more publicity. The more they said they like to keep it as secret, the more people like to know. We are all human, we have curiosity. Curiosity will pull all the people plus media attention of want to know more. As curiosity increase, the news or information will be perceived to be more valuable.

Look at what Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, they were playing the same trick as well. They tried to keep photos of their twin top secret, and finally, they sold photos of their twin for 14 millions. Wow, that’s big sum of money.

So, key learning, if you like people to perceive extra value: Keep it Secretive ;-)

Beijing Olympics 2008 Logo & Mascots

After years of preparation, Beijing Olympics 2008 will have its openning ceremony on the 8 August 2008. This symbolic date of ”888″ is also an auspicious start.

Here’s a song “We are Ready” that Beijing is showing the world that they are ready to present best game to the world.

There are many versions of this song, I particularly like this one recorded at Tian An Meng with the forbidden city as the backdrop.

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