through the eyes of the a70

Since the Olympics are in town, and it’s probably once-in-a-lifetime that it will be so close to me, I had to attend at least one event! I lucked out and bought tickets in time to see the Ladies Figure Skating Free Program on Thursday, and it was amazing! Seeing the top athletes in the world compete for gold, silver, and bronze live, now that’s priceless! Although you get all the commentary and replays and close-up angles, I found that seeing a sporting event live is more about the atmosphere and seeing the overall picture.

At the end of the night, “Queen” Yu-Na Kim of Korea got the gold with a world record score (surprise!), Mao Asada of Japan taking silver, and Joannie Rochette of Canada winning bronze! Here are some photos from the upper level!

International Broadcast Centre – where all the television magic happen for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

The Olympic rings on Burrard Inlet turns golden for the 6th time. Ashleigh McIvor wins the first Olympic Ski-cross medal ever, since apparently she wrote an essay for her English class on why ski cross should be in the Winter Games when she was in her undergrad at UBC, then got an approval from the IOC in 2006 to have it included in the Winter Games! How wicked is that?!

Team Canada Medal Count: 6 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze

The Canada vs. USA Men’s Hockey Game is set to start in less than 2 hours, it will definitely be a big match and you bet there will be lots of people watching the game! Go Maple Leafs!