Believe it or not, I caught the London Olympics Opening Ceremony Live at 3.55am in the wee hours of the morning! Many thanks to Mediacorp's Channel 5 Free-to-Air Broadcasting Channel on Television.

I didn't think I would be able to stay up that late to catch the ceremony. Went to bed at 3, but couldn't fall asleep. I think it was because all the time while I was on the bed, I was thinking... How could I miss such an important and world-wide spectacle!?!?! It's not something to be missed!!!!! What's more, you can't watch it as a re-run! The feeling is just not THERE you know!? You HAVE to watch it LIVE. And I'm so glad I did. I couldn't keep my eyes opened once the different nations' sporting contingents started trooping out and I stopped at Czech Republic, once the letter 'C' ended.

I have to say, I thought the beginning of the Opening Ceremony was a joy to watch. I really did enjoy the historical narrative of the ceremony. Utterly English. I like everything that has a historical element to it. Theatrics were in it and it was good. Love all these high budget performances.

I particularly like the fact that they introduced and singled out specific people who made a great impact in the world. For example, J.K. Rowling and the man who created the World Wide Web as well as many others. I like the fact that they showcased these individuals by allowing them to perform different roles that were input into the ceremony. Like J.K. Rowling reading a passage from a story.

What I also like was their way of making the Opening Ceremony uniquely theirs... and that was by inserting British Humour. It was so, quintessentially British.

I really liked the part on Queen Elizabeth and Daniel Craig starring in their own lil scene and then jumping off the helicopter which then led to the actual introduction of The Queen, herself. Sucha funny sequence.

And best of all, Mr. Bean was in it. How could you EVER leave him out. I found him UTTERLY Hilarious.


I used to not laugh at his antics, but I DONT KNOW WHY BUT HE WAS SO DAMN FUNNY DURING HIS PERFORMANCE!!!!! Love Rowan Atkinson. Can never see how he was able to sink into depression before. I think I was delightfully surprised to see him and felt happy to see an 'old friend' doing something he is best known for and good at. :')

These parts of the Opening Ceremony were good. Because the rest were something that looked very NDP. Like I think Singapore would've been able to pull off as well hahaha.

To me, The Beijing Olympics was really grandeur and splendour at its best. I think nothing could beat the Chinese in terms of the visual spectacle and the whole MAGNIFICENCE of the performance. I can still remember certain parts of what I watched 4 years ago. Incredibly heart-racing. This year's can never beat that.

But I guess, every nation has a bit of IT in all of their Opening Ceremonies and I liked how the Brits had their humour going. There were also parts of this year's ceremony that were very moving as well. I swear my chest tightened in those moments.

Ahhh, I love these world-wide spectacles. It felt like the whole world was connected in those particular moments and I like that feeling. Like, everyone's doing something together, at the same time. I get very emotional when I think about these things. Haha. In that moment, everything seemed to have stopped and everyone was fixated on watching one thing together. I really am very amazed by how Sport is able to bring every nation, the world over, together, even if it's in one short moment in time. Brilliant.