04th October, 2010 (CWG 2010 Delhi-Opening Ceremony)

So i visited the Grand Opening Ceremony of the 19th Commonwealth Games, being held-in a Royal Indian manner- in the country's capital, My Country's Capital-My City- Meri Dilli!! :)

N jz as i put it above.. Royal it was.. To the Core (had to b all the Grand n Royal..Afterall it was presented by INDIA n Indians :)

Before goin any further wit my post, lemme first take this opportunity to Thank all those who have shared this opportunity of makin me Witness this Historical event..Long list i mst say.. Firstly the Govt.s of India n of Delhi and the Organizing Committee of CWG fr makin all this possible (they deserve Spanking as well tho, bt tat comes Only After the Games;), the Delhi Metro Rail Corp. fr makin the commute to the venue So So Smooth, all the nice n helpful Volunteers n Police n Army men who were there helpin out ppl like me at All Points.

I guess that's All the people i'd like to mention(correct me if i missed Anyone, in the comment section below:)

oh..i Did miss the most important name..or you can say..I saved the Best fr the Last.. SNAPDEAL :) :) Firstly, I'd like to thank them fr the awesome support they showed towards CWG at times wen all it was gettin was a Bad publicity n then to Gimme a Ticket to the CWG Opening Ceremony fr doin the same through their facebook pages n contests :) :)

Thanx Snapdeal..You re really Awesome!! :) :)

NOW.. movin on to the Ceremony. Ok..leme clear out 1st..m NOT gonna tell ya wat happened n who did it.. you probably know that Already wit all the Media coverage(thankfully Positive)

N if you don't..Gosh!! You better start readin Newspapers n start watchin that stupid channel wit YouTube videos shown as Breaking News!!

That sed, lemme start recallin..Still leaves me Awestruck, watever i witnessed yesterday!! :)

Ok..So here i was, at the stadium, firm on My seat-1530hrs in the afternoon, with the ceremony to start at 1900hrs(IST)

Damn the ppl who insisted ppl shud leave at 1400hrs n b ready to face Looooong lines.. I finished all security checks n entered in bout 15-20 minutes.

Oh..that reminds me.. Super good security arragements, Huge list of Not Allowds n Utter confusion whether Still Camera were allowed or not, tho it dint stop ppl from gettin it anyways (Jz like it dint make me Take one from sm1;)

Oh yeah..Hw can i forget this part.. Stepped out of the Metro station at JLN stadium n walked fr a few minutes n what i saw was the gate i had to use fr entry.. Super-Luck :)

N ppl askin others for Spare tickets.. Wow!! I mean they jz wont resist tryin their Luck at the Last moments :D

Anywayz, once in i cudn't make out Wat to do or anythin, so i tried checkin the Merchandise store which had nt received its Rate-List, that was expected in an hr or so. So i had to return empty handed. N wit that returned my ideas of buyin a Vuvuzela. Dam..I still REGRET i dint buy it :x :x :x

Anywayz, sat on my seat without anythin to do fr hours.Gettin bored..Nothin at hand to do:(

Even tho i did find a unsecured Wi-fi connection on my celphone, i dint chance takin a risk wit the high security concerns. So i jz kept lukin Here n There n b4 i knew it, i had a bad pain in my neck..Darn its so susceptible these days:( :(

Saw ppl from All walks..Uncles Aunties Kids Boys n Girls..Everyone was there.. So different yet smthin similar.. INDIAN :)

Oh..there were a no. of foreigners too..n their actions, then, were hilarious. Each foreigner wud find his seat wit the help of volunteers, take out a napkin frm smwhere n wipe the seat thoroughly b4 sittin

One lady even used some Hand-Sanitizer kinda liquid wit the tissue.. I cud hv jz fallen off my seat laughin at that ;)

Anywayz, long aftr the wait, a small program started at 1700hrs with Shibani Kashyap singin sm of her songs, followed by Anand Raj Anand singin his CWG songs n then came the Shera song, all accompanied by the dancers.

Wat i really loved, tho, were the Incredible INDIA videos that came after this :) :)

The main event started Right on Time, altho i'd expected there to be atleast some delay, as there always is(the Indian Stretchable Time;)

Loved n joined the shouts wen our Dearest Ex-President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam appeared on the screen..He is such a Gr8 man :)

Exactly opposite behaviour was meted out to Suresh Kalmadi, who was badly hooted everytime his name was taken;)

Cheers also went out wenever sm1 spoke smthin good about India:) :) Kalmadi was made2pause so many times during his speech cz of this:)

Prince Charles n the Indian President also had to pause once or twice fr the same reason:) :)

Oh..completely forgot to mention the lovely support tat Rehman's Anthem got everytime it was aired on the screen

Their were Vuvuzela sounds too..bt occasional. The South African team players carried their own Vuvuzelas wen they entered the stadium in their march-in wit their flag. Oh yes..they played it too..while walkin n infact, during the show, most of the vuvuzela snd came from them only

The Pakistani contingent received a nice n cheerful welcome..An Indian perspective-"ATITHI DEVO BHAVA"

It was the INDIAN team who received a Grand OSSUM!! entrance.. ALL the people present in the arena stood up n clapped, jz as soon as they saw the Indian Flag at the entrance of the stadium. Cudn't hear a single word of wat the announcer sed after that, cz we kept clappin till the Indian team reached their seats. N infact, the Indian Contingent was So So Huge, they covered more than Half of the track, that was their fr em to walk, all at once. Pretty Hugely Enormous!!

The lights, the sound, the graphics, the cultural program..everythin was jz superb n so well prepared. Special mention goes to the Aerostat..It was jz Mind-Blowing..The breathtaking pictures that it presented n everythin from pulling up the Kathputliyan to the Yoga figure made of lights..It made everythin..all the show..so so so much more entertaining :)

Oh..the Yoga section!! That too was an Awesome display- from the lovely formation of a leaf shape by the kids all to the huge light-guy emergin in b/w the stage with his 7 senses(indriyan).. It was amazing

Similar was the li'l boy playin Tabla..center stage. He was so cuuuuuuute n wit that sweeeety smile..He was lukin jz so amazing n confident too. Besides, wit his Curly hairs n Table skills, he luked nothin less than Ustaad Zakir Hussain :)

Loved the amazing display on the Aerostat during the Knowledge Tree segement.. It really gave the luk of a marvellous tree, wit all the drapes hangin below n the Green leaves projected to the Aerostat..WOW!!! AMAZING!!!!

So was the Indian Journey segement..It was like So realistic.. i guess it'd surely have included Eveythin tat you possibly can relate to India.. Dancin in the Train, Cycles, Bollywood, Dabbe-Wallas, Cycle- Rickshaws, Gas-Cylinders, Churi-wallahs, Auto, Auto-wallah, Tarbooz, Girls goin to fill water in the Matkas..Gosh. i can hardly recall more..Bt m sure m still missin a hell lot of wat i saw in there..in that Single segement

Particularly liked to Huge n Cute faced Auto-wallahs, comin from different religions n different cities, playin on the field, Running behind the Autos, goin here n there..doin Full Masti!!

The fireworks in the stadium..it was nothin short of an amazing display in itself.. Superb..international standards.

No discussion of the CWG Opening Ceremony can b complete without a mention of AR Rehman's performance..Electrifying!! Ppl present went Crazy jz on the mention of his name..No accolades fr guessin wat happened afterwards.

In simple words..He jz Rocked the entire arena..n he did it wit jz 2 of his Best songs.. The CWG Anthem n Jai Ho. n the effect..Entire crowd was bound to Move on their seats..claps n fireworks n crowd's chorus was jz another voices that joined in Rehman n his music.

All this while, the Foreigner ladies sittin one seat away from me were jz Awestruck, by the Mesmerising Environment, the Vibrant Colors, the Pulsating Music.. By jz Anythin n Everythin that was bein presented in front of them..In front of Us..in front of the Whole round WOrld.

Similar was the case with ALL the foreigners present in the Arena..Everyone was jz so excited..Bein there..witnessin it Live..Bein a part of History.. the Golden History :)

Who sed CWG wasn't gonna b successful..Who sed there'd be all sorts of problems..I say..jz KICk that Asshole n Kick em HARD!!

CWG rocked yesterday ..n CWG 2010 Delhi is gonna rock All the way to the Closing Ceremony, n even After that, in the minds n hearts of all the ppl :)

Guess India has already posted a huge task fr Glasgow-to match up to this level of an Opening ceremony, n ofcourse the entire CWG event wud follow suite. The Games Village has already been declared the Best Ever at ANY other Games Villages till date.

Really don't think any of the Magic, of yesterday, wud ever be recreated by any other country,for any event, anytime in the future.

cz IT HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA!! :)

Guess i shud end this post on this sweet note, jz like yesterday's ceremony ended sweeetly:)

Apologies fr the Hazy picture.. Unfortunately had to make do with my stupid Camera-mobile to click PiXXX here too:( :(

Can jz Hope to buy a nice Digital Camera with an awesome Zoom of more than 20X, soon (i gave away all major details of wat i need in my camera..is there Any good soul readin this?? ;)

Ciao folks..Love you all!! :) :) :)