Canada won gold against the Americans in men’s ice hockey yesterday. Even though I was all the way here in England, I still stood by my computer and watched the entire game from start to finish (via BBC Sports). Even though I knew by following the official Vancouver 2010 Ice Hockey page that Sidney Crosby had scored the OT goal before I actually saw it (because BBC Sports live streaming has about a minute’s lag), I was still filled with ecstasy when I saw the puck zoom into the net in front of my eyes. I think at that moment, all of Canada was at its peak of nationalism. I am proud to say that I am proud to be Canadian!
At the Winter 2010 games, Canada has also won more gold medals than any other nation in participation with 14 in total. I’m actually surprised China comes within the top 8 of medals won because they’re more of a summer sport country than winter sport. If you can remember from the Summer 2008 games in Beijing, China won something like 50+ gold medals.
Anyways, now that the Olympics are over… I can grab some Olympics gear (like that Quatchi plush I’ve been lemming over for the past like 3 years, or something with Mukmuk on it).
On a different note, I was in London again this weekend for a London Beauty Bloggers meetup! I met up with Liz, Eve, Yinnie and Jennifer at Eve’s place in West London for a nice hot pot dinner. I think that was probably the best meal I’ve had in a long time. Thank you so much Eve for hosting the event! Liz brought her famous Malteser cake and Yinnie bought some macarons from the Pierre Herme at Selfridges, and we all brought stuff to do a beauty swap for after dinner. I didn’t have much to swap out because I left most of my makeup in Canada, but I came back to res with tons of goodies. Thank you to everyone for being so generous! I had a ton of fun, and hope we can meet up again before I leave =)
Speaking of meetups, I’ve been increasingly aware of more and more beauty bloggers, or just bloggers in general from the Greater Vancouver region. I’ve been slightly oblivious of this before, but now that I know… I want to host a meetup when I get back in August. Its coincidentally the most beautiful time of the year in Vancouver as well so I’m sure everyone wants an excuse to get out some more before the rainy season hits us again in September. More information to come as the date creeps closer =)
