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Friday, February 17, 2006
the weird and wonderful
news headlines #1: WEIRD WEATHER.
yes, this morning i was awoken by the loud bangings (even though it was closed) of my room's windows. when i was walking to the subway, the wind was blowing so strongly behind me that i couldn't even stand still and wait for the wind to stop. i had to run with the wind, and i believe if i actually tried jumping, the wind could have picked me up and i could fly. i'm dead serious..
all the pathways are covered with a layer of slippery ice, and snow remains accumulated over the week in piles everywhere. visibility is bad, since all the snow is swirling around. this is causing many accidents on highways, and even some roads have been closed.. it's not just in toronto, currently at -13 degrees celsius with windchills, but across canada too. winnipeg for example is -39 with windchills. gawd. and it won't be getting any better over the weekends. this feels like winter, but it should be the close arrival of spring. has the winter season shifted a few months back?
i was chatting with my friend in school. she told me she was waiting at those shelterless bus-stop. the wind started blowing and she had to hold on to the post, otherwise she would have been blown away. i laughed hard..
news headlines #2: WONDERFUL OLYMPIC DAY.
this is the current medal standings (position-medals):
1-13 Norway
2-11 Canada
2-11 Germany
2-11 Russia
5-10 USA
woohoo! canada picked up another 3 medals of each colour today. 2 of them are from the same category, where canada got gold and silver. also watched an olympics broadcast as i had lunch just now. it was women's hockey: canada vs finland, the semi-finals round. this match was to determine who would play against sweden (who upset usa in a shootout) in the gold-medal match. and canada won!!! i was so freaked out at the first 10 minutes of the game as finland was strong and was afraid of an upset. but then canada started scoring and ended with 6-0! awesome. an adrenaline rush.. i was sitting at the edge of my seat and jumping about through the game.
talking about sweden's upset win, i'm going 'nanny-nanny-boo-boo' to the usa women's hockey. canada won all her round-robins (preliminaries) with big defeats (16-0 with italy, 12-0 with russia, 8-1 with sweden). a usa team member criticized canada, saying that they were raking in the scores. but this is a sport, so you always have to do your best and have good sportsmanship. see what that (playing strongly) didn't get the american team to now..
i'm so cheering for the canucks to get more wins and meet their 25-medals target. with 9 days and 14 medals (13, since women's hockey are now guranteed a medal- gold or silver) to go, i hope they, or we, do. yay!
yes, this morning i was awoken by the loud bangings (even though it was closed) of my room's windows. when i was walking to the subway, the wind was blowing so strongly behind me that i couldn't even stand still and wait for the wind to stop. i had to run with the wind, and i believe if i actually tried jumping, the wind could have picked me up and i could fly. i'm dead serious..
all the pathways are covered with a layer of slippery ice, and snow remains accumulated over the week in piles everywhere. visibility is bad, since all the snow is swirling around. this is causing many accidents on highways, and even some roads have been closed.. it's not just in toronto, currently at -13 degrees celsius with windchills, but across canada too. winnipeg for example is -39 with windchills. gawd. and it won't be getting any better over the weekends. this feels like winter, but it should be the close arrival of spring. has the winter season shifted a few months back?
i was chatting with my friend in school. she told me she was waiting at those shelterless bus-stop. the wind started blowing and she had to hold on to the post, otherwise she would have been blown away. i laughed hard..
news headlines #2: WONDERFUL OLYMPIC DAY.
this is the current medal standings (position-medals):
1-13 Norway
2-11 Canada
2-11 Germany
2-11 Russia
5-10 USA
woohoo! canada picked up another 3 medals of each colour today. 2 of them are from the same category, where canada got gold and silver. also watched an olympics broadcast as i had lunch just now. it was women's hockey: canada vs finland, the semi-finals round. this match was to determine who would play against sweden (who upset usa in a shootout) in the gold-medal match. and canada won!!! i was so freaked out at the first 10 minutes of the game as finland was strong and was afraid of an upset. but then canada started scoring and ended with 6-0! awesome. an adrenaline rush.. i was sitting at the edge of my seat and jumping about through the game.
talking about sweden's upset win, i'm going 'nanny-nanny-boo-boo' to the usa women's hockey. canada won all her round-robins (preliminaries) with big defeats (16-0 with italy, 12-0 with russia, 8-1 with sweden). a usa team member criticized canada, saying that they were raking in the scores. but this is a sport, so you always have to do your best and have good sportsmanship. see what that (playing strongly) didn't get the american team to now..
i'm so cheering for the canucks to get more wins and meet their 25-medals target. with 9 days and 14 medals (13, since women's hockey are now guranteed a medal- gold or silver) to go, i hope they, or we, do. yay!