Wow, did anyone catch the opening for the Olympics that are being held in China right now?

My personal fave:

Their budget for the games was $45M and as you can see they made much use of it!

A touching story was when Yao Ming came in carrying the China flag with a little 9 year old boy:



The boy’s name is Lin Hao and he’s being touted as a hero for saving several of his classmates during the Wen Chuan earthquake. He ended up suffering multiple injuries and had to hike 7 hours with his young sisters to Dujiangyan. To top it off, both of his parents are deceased. That was really cool he got to have such a unique moment!

There’s been a lot of talk about the race for medals between the US and China so I thought this link was interesting and much more accurate. The ranking of # of medals taking into consideration the countries’ population. #1? Bahamas…and neither the US nor China made the top 10.

Anyways, if you want to know the schedule for the olympic games here is a handy schedule or if you use google calendar you can add the events you want to see onto your calendar with this. Just click on an event and there will be a link you can add to your calendar.