Happy 08-08-08 everyone!
This date comes around but once a century so isn’t it pretty awesome that we are seeing it in our lifetime? 
Little things to be happy about…
… because I was pissed off this morning at the fact that I might have to miss the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics tonight!
Life’s simple when you have Astro. But for someone like me who does not believe in paying for satellite tv when I barely watch terrestrial tv, I am at the mercy of the terrestrial tv stations as to the shows they want to show, and the coverage of the Olympic Games.
I had been looking forward to tonight, to see the Opening Ceremony of the first Olympic Games ever to be held in Asia. (Edit: I’m stupid. I forgot about the Seoul Games) If I know China, we can expect a lot of pomp and ceremony and lots and lots of color - red and gold I bet.
So, imagine my horror when I checked the online TV stations (I always start with NTV7, 8TV then TV3) and found that NONE OF THEM ARE SHOWING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES!! Panicking, I ran and checked RTM and *gasp* nothing!!!
Calming down a little, I pulled myself together and decided to check the newspapers (online of course) and finally, I had a leeetle bit of good news on The Star:-
Whew! Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games at 8.30pm on RTM1! It is my personal policy never to watch RTM1 - see the programme line up and you’ll know why. But I will make an exception for something as momentous as this… unless by some fluke it appears on the private tv stations later tonight.
I just hope that there will be no unnecessary chatter over the international commentators tonight. I remember one year when our local commentators introduced all the wrong countries during the march past, having to hastily correct himself when he finally saw the sign boards carried. Our local commentators are embarrassing, and ill-informed and they think that incessent chattering makes up for lack of information and inaccurate reporting. But I guess its too much to hope for them to leave the international commentators alone.
Unfortunately, as I’m kiamsiap I will have to live with it. Maybe I’ll just turn down the volume and enjoy the pagentry of the Opening Ceremony. I’m sure it will be exciting!
Have a happy 08-08-08 and enjoy the Opening Ceremony tonight!
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- The Torch is lit and the Games begin!
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- Olympic Fever
- Enough of the Bashing - its the Olympics!
- Boycott Esso Mobil at Jalan Ipoh!!
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Well….if you want to be slightly less kiamsiap (but more squashed!), a lot of places are screening the opening ceremony tonight ala Euro2008 - at McDonalds, TGIF, Chilis…hehe…but might cost more to eat there than actually going to get Astro!
Beetrice: I was going to do that until I discovered the RTM1 thing. I’d rather watch it in pjs at home lol…
Good for you! I think a lot of people are going to watch it tonight. I hope we can watch it too.
Even the mamak shop where I had my dinner also was showing the opening ceremony. LOL.
definitely more comfy in pjs at home!