Olympic Torch Relay 2008

Well, wrote this blog on April 21, 2008 when the Olympic torch relay is in Malaysia. The last time it was in this country was 44 years ago. One of my colleagues called it a "once-in-40-years-not-to-be-missed" event. Since our office overlook a portion of the torch relay route, we saw it from the office when itwent past. Someone came prepared and recorded it on her camera.
When looking down at it, we see people waving flags lining the route, noise, anticipation, police escort, vans, more anticipation, siren, police outriders, more homo sapiens, a flamed torch goes by, end of story. I guess a person has to be standing among the crowd to get the "olympic" feel.
After that, someone asked "what happens to the flame when it rains, won't it go out?". The answer - it is known that the flame will remain lighted even in the rain. Not later after that, as if to show us that it is true, it started to rain, and Yes, the flame did not go out.

The excitement among my colleagues died down and it is time to be ready for "going-home-late" as some roads are closed for the relay. Me? - I took the train today to avoid the traffic jam. Only disadvantage is having to walk in the rain.