Malaysian athlete Nur Davita lits the torch during the opening ceremony of the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Kuala Lumpur on August 19, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY
I OWE our country a very humble and contrite apology for wrongly prejudging that the SEA Games opening ceremony would be just another ho-hum affair.
Having watched numerous opening ceremonies before, including the Olympics, I asked myself (rather stupidly as it now turns out) what was there to see that I have not seen before.
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