Friday night they showed the opening ceremony of the 2020 (in 2021) Summer Olympic games from Tokyo. It was long and boring. First hour they showed stuff I don't think anybody cared about. These tv people are in love with their own voices. They talk just for the sake of talking. Anyway, the ceremony was held in a totally empty stadium with no spectators except VIPs including the emperor of Japan and Lady Biden. The ceremony looked more like a rehearsal than the opening of the games.
The entertainment portion was something I did not understand. It was interesting but I think it was too Japanese. They probably did understand it. The only interesting part was the marching out of the various countries with their athletes. These athletes were young, vibrant, happy to be there and eager to get down to "business".
Interesting observation I made. With the exception of the Middle Eastern Muslim countries the racial mixture of the athletes were notable. Black African countries had white skinned participants while traditionally white European countries had black and oriental members. This proves that the world is shrinking, there are no distances any longer. Living and working in an other environment is becoming more and more popular.
Interesting facts. There is a soccer goalie for the Japanese national team by the name of Daniel Schmidt. Not a typical Japanese name. Was born in the Us toa German American father and Japanese mother and was raised in Japan. There is a Hungarian fencer by the name of Aida Mohamed. Not a typical Hungarian name. Was born in Hungary to a Syrian father and Hungarian mother and she was the flag bearer for the Hungarian team at the opening ceremonies. By the way she is married to a Canadian fencer. Their kids will have difficulties to figure out who they are.
Weird world we live in!
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