Comments on: Vancouver 2010

By: andhari

andhari — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:26:28 +0000

That’s it! I wanna visit your city. Heard so many good things about it. Be my tour guide?:D

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:41:01 +0000

kudos for being proud! =]

By: Amy W.

Amy W. — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:58:30 +0000

“Beijing made me proud to be Chinese and Vancouver made me proud to be Canadian.”

Exactly how I feel! I’m so envious of everyone in Vancouver right now.. can’t wait to go home ! At least I have my Canadian water bottle :blush:

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:15:44 +0000

Can’t believe you were there!! My mom’s half Canadian and still has tons of family in the Vancouver area so it was kinda cool for me to watch.

By: Thao

Thao — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:20:35 +0000

Thanks for the link. And I just realized my typo. “My” home soil should be “your” home soil. -__-;

By: Katy

Katy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:40:27 +0000

You’re going to have sooo much fun at the London Olymipcs!! Make sure you get some tickets to Olympic events even if you’re not into the sports… the atmosphere is amazing!

By: Katy

Katy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:39:19 +0000

That’s awesome to hear!

By: Katy

Katy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:38:06 +0000

Watch here: http://www.ctvolympics.ca/video/collections/collectionid=40427/index.html

Aw I hope you feel better soon!

By: Katy

Katy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:36:40 +0000

I can’t wait to see if people will still be wearing their Canada gear even after the Olympics are over.

I thought the ceremony was good but boring at times so my mind wandered during the slower performances. I prefer fast-paced and lots of action.

By: Katy

Katy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:34:51 +0000

You should! Well our downtown is nice… the suburbs aren’t really but there is a lot of good restaurants here and tons of stuff to do especially in the summer with the mountains and the ocean all around.

By: Yinnie

Yinnie — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:58:11 +0000

awesome photos, i’ve been following the winter olympics a little, it looks amazing. I couldn’t do the things they do- totally out of ordinary.

The london olympics is next! =D My city. [logo was not promising at all...]

By: xxlivelovelaugh

xxlivelovelaugh — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:22:23 +0000

I have never been more proud to be canadian either.
I am so glad the world gets to visit our city.

My co-worker told me that when he was out for dim sum with his family, he over heard some of the Chinese athletes and they said that they don’t want to leave our beautiful city. Wow.

Vancouver is the best city to live in.

By: xxlivelovelaugh

xxlivelovelaugh — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:19:09 +0000

I have never been more proud to be canadian either. I agree with what you are saying. Every word. =)

By: Kailyn

Kailyn — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:41:54 +0000

Love our city to bits! Great post and tribute to Vancouver.

I think everything about the Olympics just highlights how proud we should be about our city!

It’s also such a privilege for BC to be able to host the games and have the world come over. This weekend for me has been amazing!

By: Thao

Thao — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:15:23 +0000

I sadly missed the opening ceremony but I have been watching the winter olympics lately since I’ve been sick in bed. I was so happy for Canada when you guys got your first gold metal on my home soil. The guy was so sweet about how he works hard for his brother who has cerebral palsy.

By: kym

kym — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:46:09 +0000

aahhh, i love our city you’re right though.. funny how everyone would ignore canada shirts or even places like Roots but now…they’re all sold out! haha! I also know a lot of people who were anti-Olympics but now, seeing everyone come together has changed their minds!

You’re right as well that we’ll never compare to Beijings opening… our little blooper at the end made it worse. hahaha! and it sucks too that everyone was lip-syncing… even the orchestra was pretend playing!

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:51:09 +0000

I’ve never been to Vancouver but it looks amazing!

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:49:48 +0000

If you’re still interested:
http://www.ctvolympics.ca/video/collections/collectionid=40427/index.html

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:38:54 +0000

Hey Izzy and welcome! I love it when my readers “come out of the closet.”

Yes, our opening ceremony definitely felt “Canadian.” I loved how we gave tribute the First Nation tribes because I grew up with a lot of them back in Saskatchewan and we studied them extensively in school. My favorite parts were the snowboarder, the punk fiddlers and the slam poet.

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:32:16 +0000

Thanks! Check out the other Bay locations. I went to the Metrotown location on Saturday and they still had a lot of merchandise left (although probably not as much variety)… I can’t justify lining up that long for anything!

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:09:29 +0000

There were a lot of things I didn’t touch on about the opening ceremony that bugged me because that wasn’t what my entry was about and I wanted to keep the wording to a minimum. I noticed the French thing too and was quite puzzled about it.

I know it’s not the girl’s fault that she sang our national anthem like that (I tweeted, whose idea was it?!) because VANOC probably made her. I know it didn’t sound like that in my blog, but it’s just for humor and effect since I never take my blog seriously. No doubt her voice was amazing though!

But anyway, I’m really proud for all Canadians and I’ve never seen so much patriotism in the city before, especially displayed by young people and I hope it lasts even way after the Olympics!

By: Tessa

Tessa — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:03:45 +0000

awesome pictures katy! i just went out to buy the olympic gear today…. man the bay is hella busy.

By: Shrek

Shrek — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:15:58 +0000

what an amazing place!

By: Sally

Sally — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:43:39 +0000

I loved our ceremony! It embraced the First Nations and all the cultures of the settlers. I too hate what that girl did the anthem – I think the original one would have been much better. I wish I attended so I could get that drum… =D

I still have to buy my Canadian sweater! So far, all I bought was a Mukmuk keychain for $10 (holy, they’re making a profit!)

By: yumiko

yumiko — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:52:00 +0000

wow, it really looks amazing in canada!

By: Nicolah

Nicolah — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:36:35 +0000

I haven’t been watching anything with the Olympics, but you make me want to come visit. The city is really pretty!

By: Izzy

Izzy — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:40:20 +0000

Long time reader, first time to comment. But I definitely agree with the opening ceremony. In my totally unbiased opinion, I think our opening ceremony had more heart to it. Sure it may not have been as incredible as Beijing, but there’s just something so special about the opening ceremony where you just feel so PROUD to be a Canadian.

By: Jessica Mai

Jessica Mai — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:21:37 +0000

Its amazing! Usually, people are so closed off & angry towards eachother. We just keep to ourselves, listen to our I-pods, and avoid eye-contact.
But, with this contagious excitement and spirit, strangers are socializing, smiling and even dancing.

I just bought my “Canada” sweater today, & Im wearing it with pride!! =)

-Jess Mai

By: Lady

Lady — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:25:46 +0000

I wish I was in Canada for the olympics!!!!

By: MizzJ

MizzJ — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:05:10 +0000

I totally know what you mean! I’ve never felt prouder to be a Canadian and a Vancouverite than now. Downtown is electric and even now I can hear roars of people cheering (from where and about what) through my apt. window. It’s such a great time to be in the city!