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Google searches show lack of interest in YOG game action
As the Youth Olympic Games draw to a close tonight, Singaporeans appear to have been more interested in everything surrounding the YOG game action
Spectators at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
According to Google, Singaporeans have shown more interest in things surrounding, but not actually a part of, the actual YOG game action. We're not judging (okay, maybe just a little) but according to Google, who’ve shortlisted the top 10 fastest-rising YOG terms, these are the YOG things you really cared about.
1. yog food poisoning -- As a nation of food lovers we were really interested in the fate of the 21 YOG volunteers who reported cases of food poisoning on the 15 August.
2. yog tickets -- Naturally, our kiasu (scared to lose) nature came out to play. Apparently members of the local public have been in a flurry since tickets to the YOG were said to have sold out last week.
3. yog soccer -- Singaporeans love football, why exactly, well that’s another topic for speculation. In this case, we showed our support (via web searches) for the under-15 football team who reached the semi-finals when they beat Montenegro. Unfortunately, we lost the silver when Haiti beat us 2-0.
4. yog closing ceremony -- It’s happening tonight at The Float@Marina Bay and we’re expecting massive fireworks, don’t disappoint us!
5. sean kingston -- Do we not have enough beautiful girls in Singapore to entice the reggae singer to show up for the opening ceremony?
6. yog road closure -- Singaporeans hate being inconvenienced so it is no surprise they were more concerned about temporary road closures than say, our first silver medal (see point 8) -- sorry Rainer!
7. yog flame -- Who doesn’t love an Olympic flame?
8. rainer ng -- You’ve got to give it to the 17-year-old who clinched the country’s first silver medal. All it took was 26.45 seconds. And no, we’re not going to bring up what a difference .09 of a second could have made.
9. yog village -- The largest ‘hotel’ for the YOG, Nanyang Technological University transformed itself into a home for over 5,000 local and foreign athletes and team officials.
10. watch yog online -- Why watch it in a stadium or on television when you can catch all the action from your trusty laptop? http://www.youtholympicgames.org has been one busy site for the past week.
