The 29th Olympic Games blast off in Beijing on 8th August 2008. It started off with the 2008 ancient drum countdown which blows everybody off, followed by the legendary Confucius’s (Kong zi) student poem, then to the contemporary dance with drawing capabilities and tonnes of many other performances combined with lots and lots of ancient cultures China had shown to the world.

China truly had opened the eyes of the whole world, by honest means of presenting the best Olympics openings. By being honest, they have crossed the line.

News around the whole world have been complaining about two things.

1. Fake fireworks and;
2. A Little girl’s singing performance

By being one of the most polluted city in the world, Beijing had took greater steps than any other city in the world to amuse both the spectators and the environment. Nearly everybody around the world had been fooled by the amazing fireworks that forces a ‘wow’ from our mouth. But unfortunately, it failed to fool some group of people as they noticed the sky was too clear during the fireworks from the helicopter.

That’s firework, what’s worse? China obviously (Yes you can hear it from the way she sang during the Olympics Opening) broadcasted the song sang by Yang Peiyi during the Olympics Opening for a more presentable and cuter girl named Lin Miaoke. Reason for this? Yang Peiyi is not as presentable as Lin Miaoke. This angered thousands of people around the world who think it’s unfair.

These two matters generated massive complaints, which eventually came to our ears in just a few days after the Opening. But …
Was it bad? No it wasn’t.
Was it fascinating? You bet it is.
Was it unfair to Yang Peiyi? Not really, not that I think so.
Did China gave in their best during the Olympics Opening? Put your life on it man.

Look, all I’m saying is, the 29th Olympics is China’s best opportunity to open themselves the world. By doing so, they are supposed to risk contaminating their air with fireworks again, which is not appropriate. But, they have the courage to impress us with an environment friendly way. Which is a good thing! Unless you want to live in a polluted world. That’s your business.

Oh and how about Lin Miaoke? That was a big scandal! Well, I don’t think we should put it like that. The Olympics Opening is always a big presentation, you are talking about a presentation to the whole world. Imagine you are in charge, would you put in a hypo to do the job? I don’t think so. Plus, in the competitive society of China, every bits of your body counts.
I personally think it was a good risk taken by the Chinese, but it was an unprofessional one.

These are all constructive complaints, I am not saying it is bad, but who are we to comment about others after they did their best?
Let’s not forget about the effort China had put into the Olympics Open Ceremony shall we?