Now just to remind you, this blog began 2 months ago. The first post was written January 20 and there were just 2 views that day. Announcements were made, links were posted on Facebook, and by the end of the week there were 93 views. Since then the blog has exploded with over 2000 views one week and an average of over 100 views each day! 71 posts from our excellent moderator team and 460 comments from you our awesome and much appreciated blog followers! Business cards were printed, posters were posted and over $1500 of Olympic and Paralympic Prizes were given away!

There have been a lot of ups and downs throughout the Winter Games and this blog. There were lots of concerns when we first started up this blog but the team rose to the challenge and met them! Doris, Jessie, Bianca, Jane Lynn, Liz, and Sam have all done an excellent job covering the games from their points of view. After all has been said and done, it really is all about the experience. The experiences shared by the moderators and the experiences shared through all your great comments. This blog truly enhanced my Vancouver 2010 experience and I hope it did the same for you!

This is the last post of this blog but that doesn’t mean you can’t comment! We’ve loved reading your thoughts and opinions and we’d love to see some more as the blog comes to a close! You’ve heard the closing thoughts of our moderator team, so please share with us yours! Let us know what you think, for old time’s sake!!

It has been a pleasure to work on this blog and I thank you all for helping make it such a great 2010 Student Experience (I just had to throw that in somewhere!)

I know I haven’t blogged as much as I should, tiredness from post Olympic/Paralympic partying. But start to finish, it has been wonderful to share my experiences. Many memorable souvenirs have been gained, both in material goods and in memories. Stuffies and t-shirts may wear down over time, but that feeling of excitement and fire of pride and passion will keep on burning.

I started this blog with my first blog post as the Olympics coming to my doorstep with Vancouver as host, and I’ll finish my time here with the Paralympics departing and all the winter games slowly being deconstructed. It was a fun party while it lasted and life is finally beginning to return to normal. 2010 bliss, however, will always remain our glowing hearts.

Preparations to welcome the world Vancouver, photo from my first blog post, Olympics at your DoorstepPost party clean up after the world has departed

The 2010 Games are officially over. Remember starting 4 years ago, when all the construction began taking place? How for some of us walking to school meant getting our ear drums blasted out by jack hammers drilling away, running across   because cars were swerving to miss the big, concrete slabs of temporary road block?

It seems just like yesterday that the Canada Line was being built, the most obvious sign of the Olympics for me.

I had the good luck to be in Korea when the World Cups took place in 2002 in Seoul, co-hosted by Tokyo. The buzz there was incredible. Even though I was only 10 back then, I can still remember strangers hugging each other at every goal, cheering, and basically subdued anarchy everywhere. That was probably a once in a lifetime opportunity.

then I had the good fortune to move to Vancouver, host city of the Winter Olympics / Paralympic Games. I had the good luck to be in what’s probably a once-in-a-lifetime situation 2 times; having such a major and global event happen in their city.

In turns of cheering and fan support, I’ve got to say, Canadians were AWESOME. Don’t try to tell me otherwise; if you’ve been downtown at anytime during the Olympics (not as much during the Paralympics S:) you know what i’m talking about.

The unusual amount of red / white on the streets?

Random guys singing the national anthem?

FLAG CAPES?

and people wearing Olympic merchandise.

It was truly amazing experience… even though school essentially ruined most of it for most of us public school students.

I urge you to get your hands on a souvenir – it’s not too late. Most places still sell Olympic merchandise. This is a memory that you’ll keep forever – so perhaps start a journal or a diary, too! Maybe you can do what we bloggers are doing here; let the world know what you think!

guys, do you still remember them?! Miga, Quatchi, Sumi; our 2010 olympic mascots.

They have been around us so often in the past few weeks, perhaps they need to go home now. But, let’s tell them, “we will remember them forever. “

although we are leaving them, and the 2010 winter olympic, don’t be so sad. I hope that Canada is going to hold another olympic soon. >_<

I just found a funny little contest on mascots, check it out and make it as our last memory of these cute little creature: http://www.vancouver2010.com/mascot/en/game_mascotquiz.php

*remember to leave a comment and share “which mascot are you like”. Let’s see which mascot we have the most in here~~Enjoy!

We had an opportunity to watch the Alpine Skiing and Wheelchair Curling in person last week. It was great fun and changed my mind.

Usually people pay more attention to the Olympic Games than the Paralympics, though we do know that the athletes participating in both of them are hardworking and have great persistence.

I can remember that during the Alpine Skiing, people were all cheering their favourites on. Athletes were guided by another person who gave them instructions with words. But once we were required to be quiet a little bit, because the athletes who was having the game is not only visually impaired but also has difficulty in hearing. Before I went to watch the Paralympic events, I felt it was a pity that I couldn’t get a chance to watch Olympic Games in person. But after watching the Paralympic Games, I started to feel sad and regret. It was really a sorrow to see those paralympians fall down and some of them even couldn’t stand up by themselves.

Vancouver has bid farewell to the tenth Winter Paralympics yesterday night. People have started to look forward to the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi.

Thanks Canada, thanks Vancouver and Whistler, thanks all the athletes, thanks for giving us the best ever Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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BTW I’m gonna share some photos and video I took during the Wheelchair Curling games with you guys. Hope you like them..

I think for many of us, the past few weeks have been a roller coaster of emotions. From Patrick Chan coming in 5^th to both women’s and men’s hockey team winning gold. Everyone must admit that at one point during the games, you’ve had one of the most fun, memorable, exciting times of your life. Even if you hated the Olympics at the start, it was sure to of converted you over to loving it. I will never forget going downtown at night to scream down the road “GO CANADA”, high five random people along the way, and sing the national anthem with everyone on the sky train. It was a once in a life time experience and a memory that we can all cherish from beginning to end.

Well as for the blog, I’m going to miss it and I must give my thanks to Janelynn for dragging me into the meeting and getting me to sign up for it. If it wasn’t for her and the blog, my opinion and experience on the Olympics wouldn’t have turned out the way it has.

Finally, thank you to all of you guys for taking the time out of your day to read up the blog and comment on the things we have posted. I hope you have enjoyed our blog and had the time of your life during the Olympic and Paralympic games.

Till next time… Liz Biz is outta here. Peace. =)

time goes so fast, that we can’t even catch it. But, camera can capture our memories. Now, let’s review the exciting moments for canada in the paralympic games.

photos are from CTVolympics.ca

Here are the videos and photos that I took in Whistler.

hope you guys like them!