Mood:  a-ok

The last few days have been truly enjoyable for me at the Vancouver Olympics. Despite the heartbreaking loss to Sweden in the women's curling final, the rest of the games have been amazing with stunning victories in speedskating, snowboarding and man's curling.

It should be noted that Canada's curling team skipped by Kevin Martin went through the whole tournament without a loss (10 games played). That's a record. Even if the Canadian hockey team wins gold, they can't boast of that. They lost to the U.S. in round robin play. 

Canada was very lucky to be in the final because of their defensive collapse in the last ten minutes against Slovakia. A puck bounced off the crossbar and another went across the goal crease during the last five minutes of the game. 

The 25 medals in Vancouver beats our total of 23 at the Turin Olympics in 2006. Canada also set a record for the most gold medals (13) by a host country at the winter games.

Most Canadians including myself would love to see our superstar hockey players win a gold medal too, but right now, the U.S. looks like a better team with a better goalie. Who knows? Maybe Canada will get lucky again.