Tuesday, July 05, 2005
The hype about IOC

I was in town today with the girlfriends and while walking Lydia to her shop at the Esplanade, the three of us couldn't help but bumping into heaps of people of various nationalities. Westin did not look like a hotel. It looked like the Istana.

No wait, I think the security was even tighter than that in the istana.

Policemen were guarding every single entry into the lobby or carpark. It was a really bad case of paranoia. Well, better be safe than sorry.

The esplanade was no different. Roads were cordoned off thus me and Baba had to walk that extra mile to the other bus stop where we took separate buses home. Soooooo troublesome. And hot. And tiring.

But walking past those Japanese reporters with their huge cameras and whatnots actually made me feel proud to be a Singaporean. Haha, I don't know why. I think it makes me feel proud that we're hosting the IOC.

It doesn't really matter that we could never in our wildest dreams host the Olympics or the World Cup even if we reclaim more land. At least we're hosting the IOC. At least we're doing something related to something as prestigious as the Olympics. Haha. If you can't get the steak at least you get a whiff of it right?

Hah.

And Lydia actually saw Raul Gonzalez AND the Queen of Spain dining at some restaurant in the Esplanade. I also want!

Well, she wanted Becks. And Baba wanted Muhammad Ali.

Haha.

Watch the results 'Live' tomorrow at 730 on Channel News Asia!