nobase2010

I like the paralympic mascots, very different. The Olympic mascots reminds me of the Salt lake mascots (Bear, fox & rabbit). The Polare bear looks like an albino version of Moscow's Olympic mascot, Misha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYd7jXDLq-c&feature=feedu

1st anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympic games.

They have to save money. I alot of this things were changed or completely abandoned. Thanks for the pics.

Apparently a family member has passed away.

When David Atkins was designing the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Olympics, he crafted what he thought would be a spectacular segment around the Quebec anthem Mon pays. Written in 1964 by Gilles Vigneault, Mon pays became an anthem, of sorts, for Quebec independence. Mr. Vigneault was a prominent separatist. But Mr. Atkins and John Furlong, CEO of the Games, thought including the song in the opening ceremonies would send a powerful message to Quebec that the Winter Olympics included everyone in the country, even those who saw Canada as two solitudes. Mr. Atkins had to get every piece of mu

Took some more pictures of the cauldron.

I wasn't even born in this country but yet I see Canada in that Opening ceremony. The Orca whale, the totem pole, emily carr from the west coast. The first nations from different parts of Canada, the Prairies where the young man was flying, the group of seven's painting that was projected on the mountain section. The celtic influence....etc.

Quebec city will never host the Winter Olympic. They are pissed off after this report http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Quebec+mountain+dashes+city+Olympic+dreams+again/3971641/story.html. & now they are taking their anger toward Vancouver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvTQRL7AAt8

It was fun:) Paralympic.

Anyway I end up buying one of the toy. It comes in the white or red jersey. I used my team Canada jersey as a background.

With the snow, it looks more like the fortress of solitude from Superman. Superman lives here ("Passion lives here" Torino)

I wish the flame was on during the snow fall. Wishful thinking.

I think it was -10 celsius. But it was a beautiful day.

One thing that I didn't like about the ceremony were the singers. Can't stand their voices.

I just watched it in Youtube. WOW!!!!!

Another cauldron with four legs:)

A very early Remembrance day ceremony at Jack Poole Plaza. The cauldron was re-lit for three hours.

The cauldron will be re-lit again this Thursady for Remembrance day 8:30AM-12:30PM. Is not even a year yet, but the cauldron has been re-lit many times already.

Watch as they test how the roof closes & open. http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/#clip371234