What a day yesterday was. Complete Olympic fever. I went to three events and had the chance to walk around the Olympic Complex. The day started off at 11 in the morning as I went to watch some table tennis. I refer to this as Ping Pong, because that is what is was called throughout my life. Anyway it was pretty cool. Saw the Women’s Semifinals, which were pretty damn amazing, and the Chinese and Singaporian contingency were out in full force. These guys are mad for these athletes. I mean we’re talking autographs and photos and whatever else. They were organised with special T-shirts, it’s a good atmosphere.

Then saw the Men’s doubles Bronze medal final, which was pretty hardcore. The women were fast with spikes and reverses and whatnot, but seriously they had nothing on the men. It came to the stage where it was pretty hard to see the damn ball. Fantastic reflexes.

So I got back home around 3:30 had a bite to eat and I was ready to grab myself a siesta, when I get a ring from my buddy Stathi, I mentioned him earlier in the year in this post. Anyways, he’s the venue manager for the Velodrome. He managed to get some tickets and off I was to get to see what the big fuss about this Santiago Calatrava designed Velodrome was all about. Here are some photos so you can make up your mind about this Olympic Venue. I have one word for it, breathtaking.