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Today at 08.08.08pm 08/08/08, the millions around the world witnessed the opening ceremony of what is slated to be the most spectacular Olympic there can be. Only I was not one of the millions; instead i spent that hour in my class studying... :(

But it's all right..reached home in time to watch the lighting of the Olympic torch and caught the rest of the highlights on the news channel later on.
Here are some neat pictures of the opening cermony.

The Olympic rings were raised in the stadium

Performers walked around a floating sphere while the Chinese singer Liu Huan and the British singer Sarah Brightman sang the official theme song for the Games

Performers created a spectacluar light show

The former Chinese gymnast Li Ning carries the Olympic flame around the top of the stadium
Li Ning lights the Olympic flame

Fireworks explode over the Bird's Nest stadium

Soldiers stood to attention as fireworks went off

The number 8 is believed to be lucky by the Chinese...but in India some consider it to be unlucky as well!!Hope this Olympics turns out to be lucky for Indians..keeping my fingers crossed