this is it!

august 8, 2008... a day of celebration (well, yes it includes birthday celebration of my bro and a couple of other people i know).

today's the opening ceremonies of the olympics! after 4 long years of waiting, finally it's here! too bad i don't have cable, i don't have pay per view. i don't even have a TV set for crying out loud! good thing i have a vpn connection to our chicago and dallas offices so i'm able to watch some olympic videos from nbcolympics.com.

olympics. who never dreamed of becoming an olympian as a kid? sad to say, i live in a country where athletes (except for some boxers, read: pacquiao, and basketball players, as in PBA folks) can't make "sporting" a living.

olympic protests. the hell! olympics is not a venue for political interest. dreams are ruined. even athletes who made some gestures of protests has found themselves as outcasts. look at what happened to Věra Čáslavská, Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Peter Norman.

today's a big day for all the athletes. celebrate humanity. celebrate life! cheers to our olympians. hmmm.. should i say, "break a leg"?