opening of the 2006 commonwealth games

well, i'm sure you guys back at home watched it on tv in malaysia...but i was a whole lot closer!!! woohoo....well, not in the stadium but at federation square off flinders street. there's a really huge screen at fed square and they were screening the opening ceremony there. you guys shouldve seen the crowd. massive...thousand over ppl. its a good thing it was open air and melb is cold at night so you dont actually feel stuffy. the event started at 7.30 aussy time but i only got there at 9.45 reason being i was assigned kitchen duty tht night. *drat!!* by the time i finished one hr of scrubbing plates and cutleries my poor soft and smooth palm was blistered. my freind and i only left college abt 9 and by the time we caught the tram was 9.30 and the bloody tram stopped at lonsdale street which is abt 10 minutes walk from flinders. so yeah, we had to walk. melb city is so beautiful at night. i took pictures to put on my blog but im having some problem with the bloody software so its gonna take some time before you guys can see them. well, then connie and i found somewhere to sit and we enjoyed every minute of it. at the end we saw the fireworks....ah, truly splendid. quite upset though tht we didnt get to see the opening fireworks. i have to say the atmosphere at the square was great that night. so many diff ppl from all over the world were gathered at the square. "united by the moment." connie and i were so touched by delta goodrams song 'we are one' that all the way back, and trust me it was a long way back as we walked all the way from flinders to our college (45 minute walk), we were talking abt world peace. sigh, if only the world was a better place for all of us to live in. the morning after, we found out that the view from yarra river was so much more better, and they got to see the passing of the baton, the fishes and the queens tram. *curses* well, there's still the closing, so no worries there. oh and i found out tht one of my guy friend is gay as he was so making out with his bf at the opening ceremony! hmm...oh well, thts it for the melbourne 2006. before i leave let me just say this, ' malaysia won a gold for weightlifting 56 kg!! woohoo!!!!!!!!!' keep up the good work guys!! one proud malaysian cheering ya'll on in melbourne. yeah!