some thoughts about Olympic at this moment. Olympic, moment, thoughts

prelude318is

Before winter Olympic started,  I hated it.   I hated it causes the rising price of real estate, the overbudget of the entire thing,  the road closure and inconvinence,  the ugly design of the medal..... etcetc.....

I dont' know why i started to like it very much at this moment.  It brings us Canada Line, extra job opportunity in the last couple of years, the pride of being a Canadian.. etcetc....  Even the medal looks so much nicer to me now than they first announced it.

I am not a big hockey fan but I will spare my 2.5 hour to watch the game and I feel bad when Canada lost to USA.  I actually have a country to support because i am Canadian. I never have this feeling before. I didn't support China in the previous Olympics because I used to think i am a Honger,  not mainland Chinese.  I have never seen there is so many Canadian flags in the city in my entire life.  I used to think it is only Americans like to put the flags out to show their patriotism.  We Canadian actually have more flags than Americans, we just didn't like to put it out all the time.

I guess patriotism is what we benefit from this Winter Games.

Any one has some similar feeling?

B仔

PROUD TO BE CANADIAN!!!

fibbi

最初我對冬奧都沒有太多好感，雖然我沒有反對。但我最初看到的只是冬奧帶給我的不便，如改道，封路等等，唯一的好處是canada line，至少我都坐過幾次。我甚至覺得在冬奧其間應該避之則吉（ie。遠行），免得它帶來我生活上的不便。

冬奧開始時，我在香港，看見Facebook上一個又一個朋友post冬奧有關的照片時，我突然覺得，我好像錯過了些甚麼。全市的氣氛是這樣的好，很多朋友甚至去請假去做volunteer，連天氣都很幫忙，開幕的幾天都是天朗氣清，照片中的vancouver，是這樣的美。

我回到vancouver後，冬奧沒剩餘太多日子。我在深夜坐了canada line去waterfront 看看火炬，街上還有很多跟我一樣去拍照的人。真的很難得在這個時間有這麼多人在街上，更難得這個時份的downtown可以給人這樣安全的感覺。這都是冬奧帶給我們的體驗。還有，市內不同的場館，真正給了市民去享受，去體驗。不止是運動員，而是所有市民都可以參與，所以我真的覺得這次冬奧舉辦得很成功。

錢，是花了。至少，它用得其所。

更高興的是，Canada在對運動員的資源是這樣有限，都能拿到最多金牌，獎牌榜都是第三名。真的很值得驕傲。不論是奧運，還是對加拿大的肯定，都從來沒有這樣濃烈過，這也是冬奧帶給我的得着，帶給我的感動。這種體驗，可一不可再，因為冬奧再不會在同一城市舉行。下次Vancouver舉行大型活動，又不知是何年何日。

(sorry for the long post...being a bit too sentimental...especially I did stick to the TV watching Man's hockey...I usually don't care about hockey at all)

prelude318is

8# 快樂牛郎

其實呢班人係用我地納緊既稅培養出黎 - 億億聲呀大佬
yungfourfour 發表於 2010-2-28 04:25

very true,  Canadian athelete's success is partially from the taxpayers support.   

Money is already spent.  What I hope is they perform well in the winter games and now they did it.  The athelete's hard work have united our country and the feeling i have at this moment is priceless.....

yungfourfour

8# 快樂牛郎

其實呢班人係用我地納緊既稅培養出黎 - 億億聲呀大佬

peter236

Locally here the Olympics atmosphere is very strong, but in other Canadian cities not as good. Many unsold Olympics merchandise were tranported from other provinces to here. In the past, some people felt only Hong Kong people like lineups, but we now know this is not true.

ricrick

其實講到尾咪又係當為一個感情寄託

人地拎金牌係人地一生努力
其實關你咩事呢

將人地成就當係自己成就
呢個係咩邏輯呢
快樂牛郎 發表於 2010-2-28 01:05

講咩邏輯？that's just a feeling .. it's all emotional
just the same when u watch the world cup, NHL or NBA
but the only different is that, the feeling is 1000x stronger then any others
since the events is happening here where i live
although i gain nothing... i feel happy, i feel proud.. simply is it
i can now come to you and shout "I AM CANADIAN" loudly and proudly right in your face

快樂牛郎

其實講到尾咪又係當為一個感情寄託

人地拎金牌係人地一生努力
其實關你咩事呢

將人地成就當係自己成就
呢個係咩邏輯呢

Catpiano

raima

it's exciting to see how people cheer for our fellow canadian athletes when they bring medals home. winning feels good and definitely brings up the spirit. every athlete wants to win a medal and make their country proud.

i respect each athlete for their dedication towards sports. many tourists had a good time here and respect us for our hospitality during this period. they will leave with an impression of vancouver. definitely will respect canada if they had a pleasant experience.

i think this game definitely changed vancouver because it took place right here. it's a once in a life time experience and especially memorable for those who participated. they will share this experience with others and their next generation.

so proud!