Tuesday, August 17, 2010
YOG opening ceremony was on last saturday 14th august 2010! (:
wonderful times spent there. even though sometimes we feel very tired and irritated by it, it's still a good memory and i really enjoyed my time there. met some nice ppl from other jcs and also not forgetting from tj! (: still can't really believe that the opening ceremony's over. it felt more like another rehearsal. ahh so fast. ):
anw so last saturday was a very long day for us. gathered in sch at 8.30 in the morning and our bus ic, tan how, came to pick us up. reached the f1 pit area but couldnt go in to put our things yet cos it wasnt opened. so we walked to the floating platform with all our barang barang. so heavy and perspired a lot. ): anw so we had our component training and there were a bit more changes. train train train and then walked back to f1 pit. had lunch and then the trainers came to talk to us. then after that we slacked around. jiahui, enci, sijie and i went to the singapore flyer there, bought slurpee and walked around and talked! (: nicenice. after that it rained quite heavily so we continued staying there. then went back, did a bit of work and then it was time for us to get ready. super rushed. :X then at abt 6, we went to a room to meet our athlete, which is the flagbearer. my athlete took a very long time to come. he only came after most of the ppl went down. :X was quite worried that he would not come at all. thankfully he appeared. so he's called abdourahman or something like that, from djibouti. heh. he's a swimmer! but we didnt really talk much cos he couldnt speak english, only french, so it was really quite tough to communicate. :X so we went down and rushed to put on some make up. then after that, we started our journey to the floating platform. perspired a lot. :X ahh. met our athletes again at the floating platform and waited for our turn to go in.
so finally, at about 9.15, our segment, the parade of nations, started! started off with greece, then afghanistan onwards, in alphabetical order. so finally it was my turn. nervous. heard my country's name being called in french so i walked onto the stage, smiled and ta-da, my 3 seconds of glory was gone. haha. then it was the torturous standing in our positions for super long. :X back and legs ached after that. the speeches were so long and draggy! D: anw when the president of the republic of singapore, aka, mr nathan, declared the games open, we exited from the stage and ran up to our containers! i'm in container 2! haha. (: then it was the oath taking. and then the torch came into the marina floating platform. watched the cauldron being lit up. quite cool. :D and we rmbed to sway our flags! our container leader shouted "5,6,7,8!" very loudly. yay. i was quite afraid that there would be ppl who forget abt the swaying. okay all these details are actually just for my memory. :D then we stayed up there for a super long time. ahh so tired. then we finally went down. (: took photos with the others and also the officers! (: ahahaha. then we walked back to the f1 pit and packed up. then waited for our bus. reached home at 12 plus. considered quite early le. heh.
slept till 1 plus the next day! super tired. heh.
okay i'm looking forward to the closing ceremony practice now! sadly, there's only one practice and then the actual thing. i want more! ): nvm, at least there still is! haha.
okay now to go do bio. ahhhhhhh. ):
