Olympic Games (Part 3)

So many events I haven't seen from these Olympic Games, even if Foxtel (cable) is transmitting events on at least six channels! Most events are shown first live and then recorded, as we are nine hours ahead of London. I cannot believe how spoiled, yet unpleased I can be with the fact that I have a huge number of opportunitites to see a lot of events. But I am unpleased with the fact that due to the time difference (nobody's fault!), I hear in the news who wins these events, which spoils the entire thing. I rarely keep the desire to see a match or a race whose result I already know. Yet, I would have been so grateful to have the chance to see at least live or recorded events thirty years ago, when I grew up watching a few events, and even those censored to fit the world of a dictator. I also don't understand why there is this hyper-reaction to the fact that Australia's count of medals is extremely low. Is it disapointment with athletes who are not performing at their level or with athletes who were expected to be at a higher level? Back to recorded events. They are shown during the day for those like me who do not wake up to watch medal ceremonies at 2-3AM. Instead, I record on Foxtel the live events. When I watch them the next morning and evening, I find that the recordings have pieces of other sports events than what I recorded, or for very long minutes they show a stadium filling up or a podium getting pulled in for a ceremony. I guess nobody found a better use of that TV time, but at least I can fast-forward (Bolt-style, up to 30x normal speed) and skip these slow times. In the mood for Olympic celebration now? Here is another picture of a blooming wattle tree. It seems more like fireworks than blooming tree to me...