fever
first, it was the world cup fever. then, euro fever. currently, it's the olympic fever. so what's next? dengue fever?
watched the olympic games opening ceremony the other day. i think that it is quite hypocritical that the olympic flame is being carried all over the globe, and then when the guy walks up the huge flight of steps to reach the big torch, he simply holds the flame towards it and some guy in the control room presses a button to light the big torch electronically.
i think it would make better sense for them to let people carry a remote control all over the globe, then climb the stairs and raise the remote control. then press the 'light' button to start the fire...
greece is not the most well-off country in the world, and yet they want to host the games, in hope of getting extra revenue through the many tourists going to watch the olympics. but before that, they have to spend billions to prepare the country. build beautiful (and expensive) stadiums and decorate the city. but they were so poor that they couldn't finish all the things in time, despite winning the hosting rights in 1992 (i think).
and all the money is spent without knowing whether there would actually be anyone visiting at all. and even if there were people, i do not believe that the numbers are great enough to earn something out of. they spent about 5 billion euros to prepare the place, and there are 1 million tourists visiting. counting revenue from television rights, sponsors, ticket sales and commercial use of the 2004 emblem, then each tourist would have to spend maybe 1,500 euros for the country to recover it's costs.
what if the people don't spend enough? then the greeks would be in deep shit and wish that the olympics were never part of their damn history. maybe they could host some friendly matches in their super-expensive stadiums with the european cup winning greek stars playing. but i don't think that people would bother, because the greeks just happen to play the most boring football ever.
the olympics is also somewhat of a big international farce. most of the competition is not even very important to the competitors. many feel that the individual competitions for their events are much more prestigious than the olympics. so the olympics turn out to be some sort of practice event for them. and there are countless doping cases, which spoil the "spirit of the games". i definitely think there would be many more to come. what's the damn point of winning through cheating anyway? it's like playing snake and ladders with dice that show "6" on every side.
so let's all look forward to the next olympics in the great people's republic of china in 2008 and see what kind of shit they manage to produce.
by the way, my hair was a great source of laughter today. not that i care, for i am just too damn self confident to bother with such trivial matters. suppose i would just have to let it grow out. i also found out that the area once covered my the sideburns are of a lighter shade than the rest of my head. i believe that this is caused by playing soccer during recess while i still had my hair. therefore, the area was covered with hair and were not tanned.
watched the olympic games opening ceremony the other day. i think that it is quite hypocritical that the olympic flame is being carried all over the globe, and then when the guy walks up the huge flight of steps to reach the big torch, he simply holds the flame towards it and some guy in the control room presses a button to light the big torch electronically.
i think it would make better sense for them to let people carry a remote control all over the globe, then climb the stairs and raise the remote control. then press the 'light' button to start the fire...
greece is not the most well-off country in the world, and yet they want to host the games, in hope of getting extra revenue through the many tourists going to watch the olympics. but before that, they have to spend billions to prepare the country. build beautiful (and expensive) stadiums and decorate the city. but they were so poor that they couldn't finish all the things in time, despite winning the hosting rights in 1992 (i think).
and all the money is spent without knowing whether there would actually be anyone visiting at all. and even if there were people, i do not believe that the numbers are great enough to earn something out of. they spent about 5 billion euros to prepare the place, and there are 1 million tourists visiting. counting revenue from television rights, sponsors, ticket sales and commercial use of the 2004 emblem, then each tourist would have to spend maybe 1,500 euros for the country to recover it's costs.
what if the people don't spend enough? then the greeks would be in deep shit and wish that the olympics were never part of their damn history. maybe they could host some friendly matches in their super-expensive stadiums with the european cup winning greek stars playing. but i don't think that people would bother, because the greeks just happen to play the most boring football ever.
the olympics is also somewhat of a big international farce. most of the competition is not even very important to the competitors. many feel that the individual competitions for their events are much more prestigious than the olympics. so the olympics turn out to be some sort of practice event for them. and there are countless doping cases, which spoil the "spirit of the games". i definitely think there would be many more to come. what's the damn point of winning through cheating anyway? it's like playing snake and ladders with dice that show "6" on every side.
so let's all look forward to the next olympics in the great people's republic of china in 2008 and see what kind of shit they manage to produce.
by the way, my hair was a great source of laughter today. not that i care, for i am just too damn self confident to bother with such trivial matters. suppose i would just have to let it grow out. i also found out that the area once covered my the sideburns are of a lighter shade than the rest of my head. i believe that this is caused by playing soccer during recess while i still had my hair. therefore, the area was covered with hair and were not tanned.
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