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Beijing farewells to Olympic, London gets ready!

It was a happy closing ceremony. It was spectacular! The closing ceremony opened with torrents of fireworks and included a pulsating show-within-a-show by London, host of the 2012 Games. From a stage formed from a red double-decker bus, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page played classic rock hit “Whole Lotta Love” and soccer icon David Beckham booted a ball into the surrounding throng of athletes on the stadium floor. I love it!

It was a symbolic London theater scene included the ironic images of England - umbrellas, weather, double-decker bus, soccer, Jimmy Page and of course Beckham. Many love Beckham in Hong Kong, included my mum. Haha! I felt so moved to see the rising of British national flag. I do have certain sense of belonging about England that comes from the great time I spent in there. Five years of living in England, it does mean a lot to me. No wonder I don’t have much sense of nationality when the controversial topic of medal counts raised between China and the U.S. as I grew up from various cultural backgrounds.

It was a great game. Over 25 world records broke. The U.S. won the most medals overall. Medals of gold, silver and bronze are all in average quantity. China won gold medals the most. China did a great job as a host though many controversial issues raised. China can take this chance as their internal improvements and external assessments. Outsiders can gain better insight into China through the Olympic. China invested more than $40 billion in the games, which it viewed as a chance to show the world its dramatic economic progress. Hope that they will also spend significant amount on the poor. Overall, visitors did give positive comments about Beijing so far for what I heard.

Hope that various advantages can be brought to everyone throughout the Olympic.

1) It can provoke Chinese leaders to think throughout various controversial issues raised during the games.

2) Westerners can make fair judgment on Chinese politic throughout the observation of games.

3) One of the best advantages is………….everyone could take this chance to stay at home, and spend good time in front of T.V with your love ones!

BTW, the fireworks this time are real! lol