The kaimushi was ok
by RaymondThe Olympic’s Opening ceremony, or 开幕式 (kai-mu-shi) was not bad. The opening bit with the drummers was cool. I admit that. But then it drifted in some obscure references of long gone eras that even the Chinese presenters and my Chinese companions were at times lost as to how to interprete. (For info, the 3 characters that came up in one section of the ceremony, they all represented 和 (he) which means peace). The modern era bit was completely wasted.
I was happy to see the Mauritian team coming out, and pointed it out to my friends. The opinion was that there were “a lot of black people” 
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Laughed with all the laowais (foreigners) and locals when we saw Mark Roswell (aka Dasha 大山, probably the most famous foreigner in China) in the Canadian team.
Initially planned to go and watch the ceremony in a pub, but by the time my friends got there, the place was already jam-packed and we ended up watching it in 4 Seasons’s Jazz bar. Nice place though expensive. Pre-opening ceremony we had a group of ladies singing, a tad too loud for my taste.
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