Day Nine - Speeeed Skating!

Last night was a great night for Canadian speed-skaters. First of all, in the Ladies' Short Track 1500m Heat 3, Valerie Maltais qualified by a mere one thousandth of a second! A photo finish that was very exciting to watch. Maltais went on to the semi-finals, but missed qualifing by 2 seconds. Secondly, the Hamelin brothers, Francois Hamelin and Charles Hamelin both represented Canada in the Men's 1000m finals! They just missed the podium, placing 4th and 5th, but had terrific races.

Today at 4:40pm the long awaited USA vs. Canada men's hockey game will take place. It is going to be an incredible game, and I think the world is definitely going to be watching this one. On the topic of hockey, the women's hockey this year has been incredible, if I say so myself. I'm not just talking about the infamous 18-0 game, I'm talking about the quality of hockey these ladies are playing. I have actually enjoyed watching women's Olympic hockey more than men's Olympic hockey.

Also tonight I will be heading to The Scent Of Spring, put on by the National Dance Company of Korea, which should be amazing.

There is only a week left in the Olympics, which is sad because I am having such an incredible time with Students Live, and just the feel of the city right now. Yes, there are anti-Olympic organizations and people who are negative about the Games, but at this point most have accepted that the Games are here and all you can do is enjoy them.

Day Eight - CBC, Cauldron

Today I went to see the Cauldron, again, but this time with fellow reporters Emily, Veronika, and Lisa being followed by 2 lovely people from CBC. It is a unique experience having someone run ahead of you, film you walking towards and then away from them, and then running in front again. They also gave us complimentary CBC pins. Feeling like a superstar, check! Once we were at the Cauldron we went around and asked people about their thought about the flame, and we got some interesting answers, which you can see at Emily, Veronika, or Lisa's blogs. I then went on to accompany Emily while she asked people in a lot of Team Canada gear what it meant to be to them to be Canadian, a question which also had some interesting answers. I'll write more soon!

Short And Sweet

Hey everyone!

I got this week's playlist up, sorry it was late. Also, I know there has been a Said The Whale song on there these last few weeks, but they are just so great, I have to post them up. I am also thinking about doing starting a theme to the songs.

The Students Live meeting on Monday went really well, we got a whole lot done, so you should see some of that on the website (www.studentslive.ca). We got a tour of the Main Media Centre at Canada Place, and it is looking great! The journalists and photographers are going to have an amazing experience there.

Also at that meeting, we found out what events we get to go to. I got 2 wheelchair curling events, 2 sledge hockey events, and 1 super g event. I'm really excited with what I got and can't wait for March!

Just on a side note, does anyone watch Lie To Me? It's a fictional show about Dr. Lightman, who can tell what people's emotions are by looking at their faces, hands, posture, and by listening to their words. It's a pretty awesome show, and is really interesting.

I'm going to wrap that up there, I'll write again later in the week! Peace.