A few of us outside the arena stadium (see inflatable teletubby-look-alike behind us?)

Dear friends,
Yesterday I went to the opening ceremony of the Taiwan National Athletic Event. It was very interesting because the mascots for the Athletic Event look like teletubbies. These inflatable teletubbies were hilarious. They bounced around, bumped into each other, and if they fell on the floor, they flailed their arms and couldn't get back up. Although the dancers during the ceremony were pretty cool, I  think the highlight of the event was just watching these little teletubbies bounce around. Some couldn't get through the arena doors and some even deflated! And of course, the event wouldn't be complete without flying teletubbies...

Yep...flying teletubbies that seemed to only be held by their costumes

The National Athletic Event was a little bit like the Olympics because these teletubby-like things escorted the athletes into the stadium and then they all lined up in the middle like so:

And then, there were fireworks:

The Kaohsiung Arena Stadium

You can find more pictures in this album here. After the opening ceremony ended, all of us went to eat and dance at a Mexican restaurant in Taiwan.

By the way, I got my hair cut. You'll notice in the pictures that my hair is much shorter. I will say more about my hair cut in another post =D.

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