Watching the Olympics on this side of the world is entirely different. Of course, at home there is all the background on the local athletes and why we can beat the Americans in whatever sport. You get the feeling that those profiled athletes are medal contenders. Here, we get a million 'rags to riches' stories that involve badminton, table tennis and other meaningless sports.
The problem I had during the Olympics was the medal count. Here we are, surrounded by Aussie's and Kiwi's and trying to explain how our athletes do not fair as well as there's.....or North Korea's....or Hungary's ......or friggin' Ethiopia's!!!
The kids were excited to see a Canadian flag on the TV screen but soon realized that the flag was near the bottom of the screen. We were unable to show them video of their anthem being played....except in TRAMPOLINE!
C'mon Canada! Stop being happy to simply 'be there'. WIN, dammit! Show our system works! Do you think there is Chinese or South Korean's questioning that their system works? Hell no.
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