Being @ Urban Seed has me also acknowledging that the Commonwealth Games is not all glamour and fun - a lot of the street people are being hastled by police, and all indications are, contrary to the official line, that they aren't welcome in Melbourne during the games.
But I went down with amoi to the Yarra this evening to see some big dancing fish, and wow...
We followed the baton down the river until it got to Ron Barassi and his little walk on water, and all the way through, the amount of people the lights/sound/stuff was pretty amazing.
And when we thought we'd had enough, and decided to start walking back down a road that we thought would be quieter and away from the river, the closing fireworks happened EVERYWHERE... and it turns out we were in the best place to see them all - we were right in the middle of the Yarra, the MCG and the city, surrounded by explosions of light and sound coming from each place, with not many people around us.
Was awfully, spontaneously romantic - not a bad way to end a Wednesday night :)
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how good was the opening ceremony? i was inside the mcg so all the fireworks we saw were the ones coming off the roof (where we had a glimpse of) and the bigscreen for all the ariel views.
i saw the fish too!! my they're so pretty!
my gosh. i think i was there!? i dont remember a spectacular night!? i remember CLINKY IRON fishes that didnt much but LIT, and speakers blahing music!? wat more? fireworks only to impress ppls that couldnt afford to go sit in the MCG?!
maybe i should just read ur blog instead of going out, u seem to make the event more fun. either that or my imagination is far greater than reality can offer me.
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