YOGAYUGA

I do feel proud as a Chinese for what China did for the Olympic ceremony. One World One Dream is really a dream of Chinese in 100 years. Today is the day to show national power of China. 21st century is in China.

The whole ceremony is about history, culture and the civilisation process of China. All these ideas were shown in visual form focusing on the theme of Chinese philosophy - The Sky is in round shape and The earth is in square. It was the biggest Olympic ceremony in the history with 15,000 performers. It was also the most expensive on record. China had been preparing it up to seven years. The whole performance was absolutely amazing. It’s such a spectacular show of the century. China does make a great improvement and a big step forward towards the world being opened and welcomed. Yao Ming was holding the national flag in front of the whole Chinese team with a little kid accompanied him. The kid was the survivor of Sichuen earthquake who saved lives of his mates during the tragedy. He is only few years old. A little kid can be allowed to walk with the person who carried the national flag in the ceremony that shows the significance of Chinese attitude towards the new age. It means China is willing to accept the new thought with open minded.

Former gymnast, Li Ning was lifted with the torch to light the Olympic Flame in the last part of ceremony. It was brilliant. He was running against the wall of Bird Nest in the air. I was so touched and moved by seeing this scene. It was such a heartfelt feeling. I believe many of Chinese would feel the same as the way I did. It’s the scene of showing future of China towards the brightness and the glory. This scene was directed by a Hong Kong movie director.

The whole performance was organised and directed by Zhang Yimou. He is a great director of many international movies. You certainly feel like watching his films while you are watching the open ceremony. The ceremony was full of his typical movie elements such as elegance costumes, colourful lighting, artistic ornaments and Chinese philosophy. The major idea of the whole ceremony is to make Beijing unforgettable, and to express the new of China, not the backward.

I watched the live broadcast “China welcomes world leaders” in the morning. When Bush walked close to Hu Jintao for handshaking, he naturally put his left arm around shoulders of Hu Jintao acting very FRIENDLY but the rest of Presidents didn’t. He posted for photo section immediately in front of all the cameras. All the cameras kept flashing. All the camera men were just waiting for this photo I persume. I was waiting for it too. It’s so typical of Bush by acting friendly in many ways he can.

One more interesting news about Olympic! Chinese of Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong are always looking for special days of getting married or having child born. It’s no exception for Beijing Olympic. Wedding and having babies born on 888!

For those who want to watch the open ceremony earlier, then you may go to CCTV. I mean for those who don’t live in Asia. Due to the time difference, some of you probably need to see it in the next day if your country doesn’t do live broadcast. CCTV did live broadcast for the open ceremony on internet. I think they will do live broadcast for all the events in the rest of days.