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The Blue Goo makes me recall the beautiful time during the Paralympic Ceremony





I had heard that the sky of Athens and the Agean Sea are so blue and so many stories described that. However, the Olympic Games absorbed me with the ancient country.





In 2002 I started my training and I dreamed that one day my name would be printed on the Olympic athletes’ list . When the airplane to Athens took off with our national team my dream also took off. Everybody was so excited, however, we forgot that the trip was going to be so long and that there was a five hour time difference. We arrived in Athens eleven hours later. I heard a new kind of language and learned the word "Yasas" which means “Hello” in Greek. I met so many new people and they were so enthusiastic. The airplane landed and I felt that my dream had begun. Our national interpreter let me walk with a Greek girl who was a volunteer for the games. Though I couldn’t see, I could feel everything around me. After a short time, the bus stopped and we got off. Then we entered a door and our belongings were checked. My teammate told me: “This is the Olympic village”. "Olympic village" I thought that this was a dream come true. My guide runner accompanied me to a big building. An official gave me an athlete’s ID card and told me, "This is our competition permit and you need to show it everywhere you go during the Olympics." I was so proud of my ID card, I hung it around my neck. At last, my name was on an Olympic Games ID card and my dream had come true. I got my room key and I was staying in unit 12, next to the American team. The room was very basic and had two beds, one desk and one veranda. There were eight people staying on every floor sharing one public bathroom. The next thing that we did made me feel very emotional and it was the first time that I had felt so proud of my country because I was allowed to hang our national flag in our veranda. The veranda was so high and our flag could be seen by everybody. I was so excited.





The opening ceremony took place on September 17th and everybody attended, and so did I. The China team wore white pants, red jackets and carried red flags. There were 287 people and they looked so smart. Everybody knew that the ceremony ended at the Olympic main stadium. We were joining a historic time. We were so excited that we were shouting and jumping up and down. We were standing in line and proudly holding the national flag in our hand. The host was checking the countries and when he asked "Where is China?", 287 China national flag were held up and we answered very loudly "Here". My heart was pumping so hard. We had been waiting for the host to lead us to the main ceremony. I thought I heard someone say: “The People's Republic of China”, and I was correct because I then heard the host in main stadium repeat "China”. Then the whole Greek audience stood up clapping and shouting very loudly “China, China." Again my heart was pumping so hard. Hong Kong, Macao and Chinese Taipei entered the stadium and we stood up and shouted out their names. The Greek team were the first and last to enter the stadium. Everybody was shouting "Hellas, Hellas..." (which means “Greece” in Greek). Although I couldn’t see the Olympic flame burning and rising, I could feel it meant peace, fairplay, higher, faster and stronger. We stood up when they played the Greek national anthem. I didn't understand the lyrics but I thought the melody was so beautiful. At that moment, I felt so happy, lucky and so proud to be there. The first Olympic Games took place one hundred and eight years earlier and they had now returned. I sat there feeling the full meaning of the Games. I was sitting at this special ceremony with very special feelings because I was celebrating this special time with people from all over the world. I felt that the world had come together peacefully to play sport and that fighting and war had been forgotten. The Olympic flame would be burning here from tonight until September 27.





I now wish I could go back to that time, however, I also wish the time could go quicker so that I could experience this beautiful dream again in my own country. Let's look forward to the 2008 Olympic Games in China when the Olympic flame will be burning in our own country’s sky.





The Blue Goo helped me to relive and to remember the great Olympic ceremony. It was a very special time in my life and I have many beautiful memories. The Olympic spirit has helped me to persevere in my own life. It has also motivated and inspired me to success.