At last it has finally started, the 2008 Bejing Olympics. The whole ceremony was nothing short of spectacular. From bits of history to intensive drumming to hip hop dancing/calligraphy to Tai Chi performances to making different symbols with oars to cool mechanical tiles to a lot of other things. If you haven't seen it already, try and track it down somewhere. It makes you realise the effect that a large population can make in an Olympic ceremony like this one.

Photo from here:
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/08/08/beijing-cp-584-5292733.jpg