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Olympics Recap: Men's Curling

Monday, March 1, 2010
Gold Canada Gold!


Morris is second from the right.

We achieved one of the few golds that mattered: men's curling. My favourite player has to be John Morris. His ability to knock out the opponent's rocks out is drool worthy.

He is a team player...
"It's amazing what a team can accomplish when no one cares who gets the credit." -Morris (Slam Sports, 04 Dec 2005)

and cute...
"He started curling at age of five." (CP, 23 Mar 2008)

and bad-ass.
"Morris was known as the bad boy of curling, regularly breaking brooms during games and ripping his shirt off after losing." (thestar.com, 09 Mar 2009)

Hot stuff! Wait, did I mention he's a firefighter too?

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Valentine's Day & Chinese New Year

Sunday, February 14, 2010
I can go on and on about my thoughts on Valentines Day. However, I have a paper to write so my post will be condensed. Valentines day, in a nutshell, is a cute holiday that has been hegemonized by our consumerism society.

Anyway, despite this, I enjoyed a simple day with him. He picked me up early (my kind of early) in the morning to go out for breakfast. When I walked out to his car, he surprised me with handmade roses in a vase. I love presents that don't die. Plus, he actually surprised me. Yay! Then we head down to our usual breakfast place and enjoyed a yummy meal to start off our day. Prior to the hockey game, we made a detour to purchase some pastries for dessert tonight. After the game we had just enough time to grab decent seats to watch Valentine's Day (the movie). Yes, it's corny to watch Valentine's Day on February 14th, but I like corny. He dropped me home after the movie for my Chinese New Year dinner with my family. We enjoyed a delicious hot pot dinner while watching the Olympics. Okay, it's not good to watch television while eating dinner with the family. However, we didn't let the television distract us from carrying on conversations! Watching Canada receive her first gold metal on home soil was amazing.

Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, and Vancouver 2010 Olympics happening at the same time? Sure, that's great, but spending time with my family and him? Now that's golden. I don't need a designated day to love the people in my life.

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Olympics Opening Ceremony Rehearsal

Monday, February 8, 2010
Worked at the first rehearsal today. Although my shift was from 12pm to 9.30pm, the sore feet was worth it. I had a chance to watch some of it in the lower bowl and it was amazing. I can't wait to watch the whole thing (on tv) on Friday. It was honestly a once in a lifetime opportunity. When else would we have another Olympics and would I ever be able to afford the tickets (hopefully someday...)? It was breath-taking and I appreciated every second of it.

My job is uninspiring. My pay is minimal. My uniform is two sizes too big.

...but I am excited to be part of the Olympics.

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