Go Beijing Olympics!

finally I got to watch the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony at my friends place last night...
There weren't many songs... somehow, I expected to listen to more singing than just instrumental and dances...
The theme was great... very Chinese... but Dir. Zhang has done a good job in squeezing the 5000 year history in the 2-3 hour programs at the opening ceremony... the great four inventions....
the Chinese volume (roll) has planted seeds deeply in the heart of the audience in China and from the rest of the world... fantastic! really awesome!

Ning LI has done such a fabulous job 'flying and walking' around the bird nest stadium and finally lit up the Olympic Fire... We watched a special program introducing the story about Li's though training and exercise behind the few minute world-wide attention.

I thnk what really impressed me was the painting... very focused... it was so nicely done in every single chapter of the programs. the most impressive program, i think, was "movable type“ performance... nice! pretty!