Today has been the best day yet! I met Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, and we shook hands and he asked me "what's your name?" as he looked deep into my proudly Canadian eyes. I responded "Julian, Sir." The thoughts running through my mind as I shook his hand were "I will never wash my hand again!" Rick Hansen arrived shortly after the Prime Minister did and they shook hands (someone walked in front of my camera as I had a good shot of them shaking hands!) and they had small talk about their sons and what they're doing. Hansen's sons are playing volleyball and rugby.
Shortly before that, the Prince of England Edward attended the Czech Republic v.s. Korea game and he came out back to his bodyguard filled car. We waived at him but he didn't waive back. Douche bag. He's a balding chap. We waited 30 minutes outside his car for him to show up. The Princess of Norway was in the house for the Canada v.s. Norway game.
The Premier of BC was there too, but I have no idea who he is so I didn't bother hunting him down. John Furlong (President of VANOC) did tap me on the back (as I was trying to get a photo of the game) as he walked by, congratulating us for our hard (okay I'm lying) work.
The game sucked as Canada completed a mastery in choking. Up 1-0 in the third period, they took 3 penalties in a row (and a 5 on 3 or over 1:30) and then a penalty shot (that tied the game). The penalty shot was awarded due to a Canadian player putting his glove on the puck in the crease, which Rosen was furious about as he claims to have had the puck and he almost attacked the referee. Canada let the Norwegians win it with 3.6 seconds left, as Bridges deflected a puck with his gloves over his head and over the goaltender Rosen. Disappointing and heartbreaking, but the crowd was nervous for most of the third period and it was felt, despite my best efforts to make some noise!
I also tried out the Biathlon rifle today (trying to decide which sport I will compete in in the future :P), and the rifle's quite heavy! They give you headphones to simulate the blind shooters. They beep rapidly as you near the target. The target is incredibly small and the scope is narrow so it's tough to see, and then taking the shot is tough because as you pull the trigger, your arm tenses up so you lose your shot! I will never be able to kill anyone as I went oh for five.
After my shift, me and my supervisor Carson went downtown to check out the IBC building (much like the Palais de Congres except nice) and we got up close to the Olympic flame at night and took some pics. Little did we know, we locked ourselves out of the complex!! Lucky enough there was another volunteer, much like us, wandering around the venue and she let us back in, as we took some photos with her. I also stole poster after my shift :D (which can be seen in the pictures).
Finally, I've got a bunch of gifts to give away so if you want to take a look at what's available and put a claim on it, just check this link here.
Pictures of all the names I just dropped are here
No comments:
Post a Comment