beijing olympic high

I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now. ~ Michael Phelps

this weekend was basically spent watching whatever's left of the beijing 2008 olympic games. i'm so bummed that i missed most of the events that i usually enjoy watching. i would've wanted to catch the judo events, gymnastics, tennis, swimming, (of course who would wanna miss michael phelps making olympic history), and of course the opening ceremony. i did catch some of the gold medal events though. congratulations to matthew mitcham for grabbing the gold for the 10m dive even though everyone was expecting the two chinese divers to run away with it like they always do. hooray for the US men's volleyball team for winning against the defending champions brazil! twas a really exciting match and i was literally at the edge of my seat.

watching the closing ceremonies, i just can't help but be emotional. for the past 7 months, i've been in surrounded with olympic hype. and just 16 days have past since it began, it has officially ended. seeing all those athletes come together celebrating the olympic spirit just felt like they were in a world party. such a great sight. and being chinese, it just makes me so proud of how china executed everything. this is the olympics to beat. i believe it'll be a while before any other host could outdo what the chinese has done. bird's nest and the water cube alone will be very hard to surpass.

i hope i can get a hold of olympic highlights still. i feel like i'm going to have a hangover for quite a while after this weekend. and it sucks that i have to get back to work again. this whole s.a.d. thing hasn't completely left yet so i still dread going back to work...i guess i'll just have to roll with the dice.

oh before i forget, happy birthday to sir mel! he treated us to dinner last night with the rest of his family. such a great man haha! and great food! twas my first time to eat at tony roma's. absolutely delicious.