Faffing Around

Ladies and Gentlemen, forget the CCTV. For whatever you missed, pls, for Heaven sake, don't miss this.

The NBC version of the Beijing Olympic Opening.

It shows us an 100%, Uncomprimised, Real, Awesome, Fabulous, Glorious, Exquisite, Magnificent, Olympic Games Opening!!!

Following is a taster:

As the Windows Open~~~~~~

The footprints in their history stretch back 5,000 years, but for the worlds greatest wall-builders, makers of a Forbidden City, what happens tonight is not merely a small step but a great leap.

China is welcoming the world!

Who will they be when this is over? The clock of their lives has been beating with a screaming urgency. They have pushed themselves to be as shape as a razor's edge. For this summer, to be here now and nowhere else.

Beijing, the first ever Olympics for the world's most populous nation. 1.3 billion who frame the front-page story of the 21st century. A China both outside tie, and burst in every which way in a bewildering rush of transformation.

They have made themselves anew, relentlessly, devotedly, so they might, on these days, step into history. They've submitted to an uncompromising search for mastery, repetitive motion, technique polished torward an impossible ideal, fall, fail, get up.

It’s not the triumph, but the struggle.

It’s not the triumph, but the struggle.

It’s not the triumph, but the struggle.

It’s not the triumph, but the struggle.

Why did they begin, why do they endure?

晶晶: 零八年的奥运会在北京，在自己家门口，所以就会一直，一直继续坚持。

I compete, because I want to run faster than any man has ever run.

Flopping on a 4-inch beam, I like the dare-devil part of it.

Now it's to get the chance to try to defend the gold medal, I could not write a better story.

刘翔：中国男子运动员第一个拿到金牌，所以说我也才会吧，被大家记忆(妈的，刘翔这句我没听清）。

It is time for the colorful clash of a universe of shimmering, still to be written biographies.  

It is time to chase eternal youth.

Time to defy Public Heartbreak, Laws of Gravity, time for

a Jamaican Lightening Bolt -

California brilliance -

It’s the time for the sweetly engaging gymnasts from West Des Moines

and the poised daughter of a decorated Olympian:

It is time for the one who has endured the grinding burden of mind-blowing expectations.

Time for the Headliner of the Athens’s Games

To play Superman all over

Are We about to see the fastest race ever?! A dynasty confirmed?! A victory cheered by a billion voices?! They have pushed themselves to be as sharp as a razor’s edge. For the scintillating prospect of enduring accomplishment. To leave these Games as the greatest Olympic champion of all time, they have made themselves anew for this summer, for Beijing, for this, Now!!!

引用

Your Weakness...

        德国不出所料吃掉了没有牙的葡萄，Ballack四场下来跑了46274米。

        湖人也被Boston干掉了，第六场的比分差点就把大神当年还在位的时候，在98年总决赛带队创下的44分纪录给刷新掉。

        土耳其人踢球也像是从不看比赛时间，连续三场从悬崖上自救成功。

        输的，都输在什么地方了。飞侠在打爵士的时候随意变换自己的进攻模式，还赢了球。而Boston对老鹰七场涉险过关。葡萄牙前两战全胜，首名出线；德国却被格子军一轮闷棍打得头崩额裂。用脚趾头也能想到谁会在剩余的比赛里边更有欲望。至于土耳其人，现在都几乎可以在比赛前喊谁敢领先我们了。

        很多时候，比赛其实都很简单，技术都差不多么，那比的是谁更有Passion。

        而在场外，那些红蓝黄绿的球迷，也不遑多让，在球场外对着LCD屏幕连喊两三个小时也不容易。Just a bit more passion, they made the game so much sexier.

        在《体坛》看到，东道主也很热心，当五万名荷兰球迷涌入瑞士的时候，把Bern城里一下子刷成橙色，于是铁路部门平常穿的橙色反光背心都不能穿了，要不荷兰同学们盯着铁路工人以为是自己友，跟着走去球场的时候，都会走到铁轨上来。警方干脆全部改穿黄色，三场下来荷兰转战Basel，于是他们脱下黄衣，又紧急运往Basel的同行那里去了

        或者很多事情都一样，一如你案上的那份Data  chart，或者是一个计划，一盘生意，甚至是一个吹水电话，对于决定要做的事情，不妨多加一点，it would be the best seasoning in the world。

        想当年Morphis和Neo对练的时候也说了：Adaptation, Improvization, but your weakness, is not your technique.

        哦，对，中国队也输了，er，不过那跟Passion扯不上什么关系。。。