Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay, Malaysia Leg: Part 3

PART 1: Red Army of Passion
PART 2: Flame of Passion

After the opening ceremony, the relay starts with running around the field of Dataran Merdeka. Then, I started to pack up my camera to proceed to my next stop when I saw a bunch of photographers gathered in one spot. So, me too went to see what really happened there and I saw Dato' Mohd Yasin Mohd Salleh holding his torch posing for the photographers...

PART 3: Relay of Passion


The torch...


Dato' Mohd Yasin Mohd Salleh happily waiting for his turn...


KL Mayor passing the flame to Dato' Mohd Yasin Mohd Salleh...


Before I moved to my second stop, I managed to take a shot of Samsung Promo-girls...


Red Army marching to their next stop...

At my second stop, Jalan Hang Tuah...


List of torchbearers...


Special bicycle...


The matured Samsung Promo-girls...


And Lenovo Promo-girls...


Mr. Jalani Sidek getting ready for the relay...


Mr. Jalani Sidek starts his relay after Mr. Fu Chee Cheng successfully passed the flame to him...


Lim Yee Chung (林宇中), Malaysian famous artist, waiting for his turn...


Lim Yee Chung (林宇中) responding to his fans...


The Protector of Flame guy turns on Lim Yee Chung (林宇中)'s torch...


Mr. Jalani Sidek passing the flame to Lim Yee Chung (林宇中)...

Then I moved to my last stop, KLCC park. The sky started to rain when I reached there. The place was so crowded and cannot take good photos here :( ...


Crowded KLCC...


H. E. Cheng Yonghua running in the rain with his torch to the closing ceremony stage...


Balloons released mark the end of the torch relay...


China supporter getting ready for a photo session...


China babe...


Closing ceremony performance...


Interviewing OCM Secretary General, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, toughman in Malaysian sports...


The Protector of Flame team leaving with the Olympic flame (Can you see the flame?)...

I had some thoughts (sorry for my poor English :) )...

After observing what happened during this event, I can see that people of one country can become real strong and patriotic when their country became the target of world's criticism. What triggered the Chinese (mostly students) to come out so strongly in the countries which host the later stage of the torch relay, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Japan and South Korea, is from the aftermath of what happened in London, San Francisco and especially Paris. The demonstrations and protests by Pro-Tibet and Pro-human rights groups in these cities had forced the Chinese in foreign country to come out to 'protect' the Olympic flame from being disturbed by the groups.

I asked myself...Why the Pro-Tibet and Pro-human rights groups had to go to the extend of putting off the Olympic flame?.. Why can't they hold a peaceful demonstration?.. Is Tibet getting anything from the demonstration held by the groups?.. What's wrong if China have bad records of human rights, while other so called democratic countries have same bad records of human rights?.. Is attacking a country (by so called democratic country) with lame reasons, not violating human rights?.. Why other people need to be so busybody of one country's human rights record, when one country have their own law system in determining what's correct and wrong?.. Why can't China have a peaceful Olympic Games?...and the questions go on...But frankly, there's don't have any obvious answers...

I know, you knows and hopefully everyone knows that China and Chinese people, openhearted-ly and sincerely, welcomes the World to Beijing. Let's all just put aside the 'Politics Games'...and let's enjoy the upcoming Olympic Games...BEIJING 2008