China's coming out party!

I watched the Olympics 2008 opening ceremony with a great couple friends of ours. The whole event was just awe-inspiring. I envy the people who experienced this at the bird's nest stadium. First, the Chinese have waited too long for this coming out party and the preparation and the effort reflected that. One of the commentators said - "When it comes to opening ceremony trophy, after this ceremony, they should just retire the trophy" - Well said! Second, it is so much fun to share a great experience with friendsm- it just makes the whole experience a lot more memorable!

Considering Olympics is the superbowl of all sports, I was expecting a fiesta of great ads (I hate the football analogy especially when Olympics is much bigger for at least the sports that matter to the world!). It was little disappointing on that front. Other than the ton of unimaginative ads from car companies, there was not much to write about. In fact, the car companies never fail to amaze me by the lack of imagination of their ads and I guess the lack of imagination extends to car-designing too. Anyway, I should mention the following ads - at least these made an impression that lasted this far to make it to the blog
- The coke ad - the animated birds building the nest
- The GE dragon ad

The McDonald's ad and the Omega ad were also pretty decent.