Friday, August 22, 2008
I forgot to post about something. Remember I was studying with Sheryl on Thursday right? SHE GOT MICHAEL PHELPS' AUTOGRAPH!
Apparently she went to her club, where they were swimming (I didn't even KNOW that they were in Singapore), and asked for Ryan Lochte's signature. Then he asked her whether she wanted Michael Phelps' signature, and she went, "Oh, ok."
WHAT ON EARTH. If I had the chance I'd take a photo of him! Or a photo with him. How often do you get to see an Olympic athlete aiming for 8 gold medals? WHY am I never so fortunate? While she was there she ought to have looked for Dara Torres, Aaron Peirsol, Ian Thorpe and Jason Lezak too. Bah.
It's like meeting Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson, only more awesome! But the gymnasts are super cool as well. Those two on the beam are amazing. And He Kexin on the uneven bars, even though I think she's underaged?
I saw Yang Wei on the rings or something, and his muscles are scary. As he received his gold medal, he reached out for it and the muscle bulged, looked like a tumour! Scary...
I also think it's a pity Liu Xiang pulled out of his event due to his injury. It's great to have an Oriental representative at the running events. Otherwise people might think that yellow-skinned people can't run.
And I found the story of one of the gold medal winners in weightlifting very touching, the guy whose wife died some time while he was preparing for the Olympics here. He lifted some total 461 kg.
And I never got to watch Usain Bolt run, because of exams. Isn't it apt that his surname is Bolt? It's like one of the gymnasts is called Justin Spring. So he must be springy.
Anyway, I'm supposed to be studying math now. If I study all day today and tomorrow afternoon, then I can watch the Olympics closing ceremony!
Thanks to all the blogs i referred to (countless) for html code help :) (esp. cyn' and sixseven)
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