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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

boggling

1-22 Germany
2-19 Austria
3-18 Canada
3-18 Norway
3-18 USA

how should i start? for starters, the good news first. canada picked up quite some medals today in different events, and the men curling team made it to the final gold-medal match after beating usa. yay for another guranteed medal! another step closer to the 25-medals target..
now for the bad news, team canada and usa men hockey are out of the game after losing their quarterfinals match. usa, the 2002 olympics silver medalist, lost to finland 4-3. canada, the 2002 olympics gold medalist, lost to russia. 2-0 again! the third time losing in this olympics with a 2-0 shutout! canada's men hockey team must be cursed to suffer such fate. just a shocker.. but it's a good thing as it shows the changing face of hockey domination, which used to be by the north american teams of canada and usa.
finally, for the not-too-good, not-too-bad news.. canada's women curling team lost in the semifinal round. so the shot for gold and silver is over. but hopefully they can rally back a win in the bronze-medal match.

in tv news, american idol saw the guys perform. i must say the guys this season is better overall, despite the girls having a few outstanding ones. it's a good thing, as a guy should seriously win this competition again, especially since ruben studdard seemed to have disappeared and there are awesome female winners like kelly clarkson and carrie underwood. this season is a total toss-up. i wanted to make my own prediction on who will win, but it's still early on in the competition and when i tried, i ended up with 8 names which is equivalent to making my top 12 predictions..

loving the reading week. i am studying, with constant breaks. i want to get my metropass (buss concessionary pass) from school tomorrow, but i'm so lazy to do that. in the evening, will be going to chinatown for dinner. finally i am going out! i need to stretch my legs and breathe outside (cold) air. but it also means less time to study. buck up me!!!