Former Senator Ping Lacson was so impressed and inspired by the Opening Ceremonies of the Paris Olympics that he shared his vision of the quadrennial sports event 40 years from now.

Citing the unique Olympic parade along the Seine River with the iconic Eiffel Tower in the background, he says Manila can easily replicate or surpass Paris’ Opening Ceremonies.

Lacson says, “a startling Olympic parade along the clean and scenic Pasig River from Manila Bay to Laguna de Bay” would surely put the Philippines on the Olympic map.

He is also confident that the country can also beat the controversial “Last Supper” tableau with its own “Ama Namin”-type grand performance, with drag artist Pura Luca Vega as the model and inspiration.

Finally, Lacson is hoping that the lighting of the Olympic flame could be technologically induced — simultaneously— at the craters of Taal and Mayon volcanoes for a truly nature-oriented blast for the opening ceremony.