QA: Asi4n Games - Opening Ceremony

1st. December 2006 was a historic day for this small tiny jazirah - the show case to the world on the capability to host the world's second biggest game; Asian Games. The overall show was stunning. I bet all of you have read about it in the newspaper and also watched live on tv.

I was contemplating whether to "waste" my time outside the stadium or watch live on tv. Since our friend, KM has promised to join another friend Dom at the stadium, myself and Zals just followed him. However, for the first quarter of the ceremony, we watched on tv at KM's place. We joined Dom around 8.30pm at the Villagi0 (Shopping Center) carpark.

Standing outside under the light rain and strong wind was not worthwhile. There was no screen for us to see what happening inside the stadium and we could not hear anything in there except the cheers when the athletes paraded into the stadium. We only managed to see the half-sphere screen that shows the graphic. And of course the fireworks.

The most dissapointment was how the Torch Tower was lit up with the games flame. I was expecting something spectacular (in fact according to one Q4t4ri volunteer, the flame on the TorchTower should be lit up by the Sheikh M0hammad torch - however, since the wind was blowing between 15-20 knots, it was cancelled) - dont know how far this is true. It really was a dissapointment. Enjoy couple of photos here. You can also search for short video on the fireworks that I have uploaded in the YouTube. More photos are in my fotopages.

{thanks to Zals for this photo}

~ M T @ Q4t4r
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