amazing, all the way to the final lighting of the torch and the runner in the sky. This opening ceremony must have been especially inspiring to the Chinese to know that they have joined with the world and can even excel in ways that a few years ago were unthinkable.
We read on the internet that NBC edited it and changed the order of the athletes entry so that the Americans came later in the sequence in order to keep the audience. I hope they didn’t break the power of the artistry by interrupting too much with commercials. The nice thing about watching on Thai TV is that we didn’t have to listen to the commentary. Since it was in Thai, we just turned the sound down. You might try watching sometime with no sound at all. It is a relief not to have the constant prattle of the announcers.
One advantage of being on this side of the world was that we got to see the Olympic ceremonies when they happened—at night. But a disadvantage was that the selection of events was limited. Or maybe—your selection was limited. For example: Did you get to see Prapawadee Jaroenratta-natarakoon win the gold medal in weight lifting? She has rock star status in Thailand. WE got to see her lift that weight hundreds of times, over and over. And then there was Buttree Puedpong, the teenage taekwondo star who got silver. And Manus Boonjumnong who got into the semi-finals of light weight boxing. I bet that all you got to see was Michael Phelps swim one race after another when we got such endless variety.
Sunday churchWe went to church with Jim and Martina—it was the most diverse congregation I’ve ever seen. The MC was from Singapore, the speaker from Switzerland, and I lost track of everyone else. But everyone was warm and friendly and glad to see Martina and Jim back
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