You like Australia?

More often than not, I wonder what sort of country Australia is, even though it's been nearly two years since I came to this country.

The Australian Open is now halfway undergoing in Melbourne and tonight I watched a Man's quarter final, Nadal vs Murray. It was after the second game of the second set had been finished that the match was interrupted by a fire works booming just around the stadium as a celebration of 'Australia day'. The umpire asked the players whether they wanted to continue to play or have a pause till the fire works to be finished and, under the agreements, the game stopped for a moment.

As you know, The Australian Open is one of the major international tennis tournaments and a lot of attentions are given on every match from not only this country but also the player's. So you might have been surprised how such a big game could be disrupted by a fire works and of course you would blame the promoter for not having prevented that fire works in advance.

However, I would have to say, to some extent, this scene shows an aspect of a country named Australia, most of whose people think they are living in the best country in the planet. They don't seem to much care about what other countries are thinking of them. You like Australia? We would be happy. If you don't, that's too bad.