no more cute google banners. no more nights filled with awe. and no medal for the philippines, no, not a single one.

for the past two weeks, i'd drop by each day at google just to look at their banner, been loyal to only one channel on cable (BS1-TV Japan), and each morning ask my dad while he's reading the newspaper: may nanalo na from us?

watching the olympics is fun (or any sports event for that matter) for me 'cause i need not be an athlete to enjoy it. i most enjoyed watching rythmic gymnastics and diving (failed to catch catch the synchronized swimming though). but watching the olympics is also disappointing, especially for someone coming from a third world country. in fact, i am disappointed on two things, us not getting even a bronze medal ( thailand had 3 golds and hongkong, imagine, was able to acquire a medal ). second, that US eventually ranked number 1 overall. I was rooting for China to get it of course, the reason mainly being political. I wanted a country from Asia to make a statement and for more than a week, China was showing signs they could do that (on that note, check out tonight's The Correspondents. it's true what Philip Juico said).

that's over and done with anyway and the 2 weeks of seeing world class athletes worked good enough for me.