It is the first time since I came to Melbourne that I was glued to the TV, I was glued to the Olympics, a couch potato....I have to clarify that I am not a fan of sports, I don't play a lot of sports; but definitely a fan of watching them, especially the swimming, diving and gymnastic!

I noticed that they have been playing again and again the winning scenes : The scene where Ian Thorpe won his 200m freestyle and had his fist in the air when he saw the score board; Also showing was the event where Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett swept the gold and silver medal in the 400m freestyle; the other scene being repeated is the women swimmers from 4x100m freestyle, they were roaring and celebrating their victory of winning the gold medal and breaking the record ;and they keep repeating the race where Sara Carrigan crossed the finishing line in road cycling.... These are the events that made the Aussie proud, the atheletes are the real Australian Idols!

However, it is human nature to boast about the best and keep quiet about the bad. There are very little, very very little coverage on the 4x100m freestyle relay, both in TV and newspaper. The Australian team finished off at the 6th place, way behind what they expected. They didn't even win a medal which shocked the whole nation. Even the Americans, which were suppose to have fast swimmers collected bronze medal. It was the event of the South Africans, in which they also broke the world record set by the Australians in Sydney 2000. I want to see this event sooo badly, want to see how the Aussie was defeated, want to see how the South African smashed the record, but sitting in front of the TV almost the whole day didn't help.

I understand the feelings of being defeated, being smashed out badly. The team has the fatest swimmer: Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett, but yet ended up 6th. It is definitely hard for the team to swallow the defeat, what more the nation. But the irony is that, they keep showing the basketball match. The match which the American "Dream Team" was beaten by Puerto Rico: 92-73. I watched it last night, and again, they were showing it this morning! Yes, this was a very shocking match, and it still is! This is the 1st time NBA team lost since they started playing in the Olympics at Barcelona 1992. The humilating part is that, they even beaten Puerto Rico two weeks ago in Florida with 96-71....and the TV Channels are showing the match again and again...and I started to get bored of the rewinding. Irony, irony, irony! How could they, repeat the nightmare of the Dream Team, where the Americans are feeling the pain; and not showing their own nightmare...it is like adding the salt to the wound of the Americans and wearing a mask on the injured Kangaroos..

I guess this is what life is all about...be proud of your achievement, never show your weaknesses and also looking and evaluate your opponents' mistake. But I think we should have and always, look into our own faults brightly, laugh at our own mistake and learn from them...

Getting back to my TV: Women Beach Volleyball - The ex-2000-olympic host vs the current host!