13 January, 2005

BBC comes back

BBC has been back in my room. English started flowing again here. Before I went to Britain, I used to watch the BBC World by satellite for practicing English. Umm, I can see improvement in my listening skill. I can understand what they're saying. Good good. Now listening to BBC, I realise, although I knew this, I love British English after all.

By the way, two things about the Olympics from BBC news;
Greece paid nearly $12 billion for last year's massive sport event. It's said to be almost double the original estimate. And, to my surprise, every single Greek was to have paid $250 for it! Moreover, not surprisingly, the stadiums that were built for the game are not used. This happened in Nagano which hosted the winter Olympics. Ummm.

The other one is that Kenya is going to bid for the right to host the 2016 Olympics. Sounds very exciting.

No African country has ever staged an Olympics and only four nations outside Europe and North America have ever won the right to do so.

Four nations. Are they, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney and Beijing? I want to see the Olympics being held in Africa. Don't know to what extent Kenya is serious about it and Kenyan economy is going well. But look at South Africa. It will host the 2010 World Cup. I know, South Africa is, kind of, exceptional. But the Olympics can happen Kenya. This is really exciting news.

» BBC Sport | Kenya in shock bid for 2016 Games
12 January, 2005