Such a Social Sochi, Thanks Again Russia

Was able to imagine what is was like inside the Opening and Closing Ceremonies almost as if I was there, perhaps because I was fortunate enough to attend so many in the past.  The format quite similar to past Olympics, the content so diverse. Always SPECTACULAR.  (The ability to demonstrate a sense of humor made me think of Vancouver 2010.)

Here are a few “tweets” from watching, listening and computing:

Olympics go even more...mobile

Thousands of selfies

Whimsical uniforms

A visual fantasia, what a kick off

Shooting stars and classical visions 

Famous Russian authors’ flying pages

Terabites of pics per second

Segways

Halfpipe glory

Nail biter endings
Timing booths precision

Canada IS ice hockey

Super excited Russians, RUSHEEYA!
Team USA, stars were shining

A bit of blurry fog, mostly sunshiny days

Scott Hamilton’s got global appeal

I feel delight when smaller countries sparkle

Logog, sogog...rogog

Jellied meats and yah, McDonalds

Gotta love the geeky details
Athlete's tweets, everybody's tweets...so neat.

Was it an electric fan keeping those two flags looking pretty?

Heaps of sweeps

Holland so small, medals so many, evening celebration vibes could be felt everywhere

All athletes on all teams are winners

What a wonderful buzz it was. Thank you Russia, thank you world. 

More seeds for GLOBAL PEACE planted on our sacred earth.

Arrival to Beijing

Having attended Hong Kong International School's 40th Reunion in 2007, "da spirit" led me north to Beijing. In Beijing, the "bod" was too hot so the mind said "basta"...enough. Back in Dana Point, CA for many months I kept from opening the boxes of memorabilia from the last nine olympics in hopes that the olympic fever would not surface. Although when I gave a negative answer when I was asked, "Are you going to Beijing?" I could still feel an incredibly tiny but quite powerful olympic flame inside that eventually overpowered my body and yup, my mind!!

If I really get into this blog, I'll reread this back in California and will write details that are quite interesting later. But because of an extended family wedding on August 2nd at UCI and a few other important family and household matters, I didn't give time or attention to the tiny flame within. Quite simply, at the last minute, Asiana Airlines had a great price and I arrived in Beijing on August 7th.

I had a lot of learning, walking and experiencing the everchanging logistics before I entered The Bird's Nest for the SPECTACULAR OPENING CEREMONY! HOW was I able to get into this spectacular event?

It was the olympic spirit...: )