I love Olympics mostly for Olymipics spirits and their delivering world messages as a large festival for nations as well as individuals. Still, it is always a good chance to have a close look at the host nation's most exciting, unique and passionate features of culture, arts, and sciences, presenting them with the most precious opportunities to show themselves to the world around. And I guess that's the reason why Olympics ceremonies are among the best in the world.
Four years ago, I was impressed about what Australians brought to us——tribes celebrations, creative customs, high-tech integration into arts, spectacular fireworks in the sky above Sydney. And then, I could only remember the big cheers at the moment when Peking was announced to be the host for 2008.
The year of 2004 belongs to Greece. When I went to Brazil for Imagine Cup talking with members from Greek SDI group, I can tell significant pride and anticipation of not only Olympics but European Cup as well. It's no surprise, especially for the home of Olympics. In fact, I was somewhat worried about their unpredictable extent of preparations of Olymipics, until finally things turn out to be the best anyone can imagine. Apart from the luxuriou arrangements for all body-models, sculptures, delicate ancient Greece myths representations, together with deep philosophy ideas delivered, we were seeing something unique in this land where
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Anytime, here, I will wish for our Chinese athletes. While I like the blue of Greece's national flag that are spread widely everywhere in Olympics fields and halls, and the very symbolic Oliver trigs, I indeed hope that our 2008 Beijing Olympics can succeed in showing the world the China's best and essentials.
Athen's Pathenon