how many countries have you watched the olympics in?
Posted by warona on August 10th, 2008 | Categorized as Fun and Games | 426 views and 11 Comments
i find that everytime the olympics or world cup or some such huge world sports event rolls around, i am living in a different country.
2008- canada
2004 - botswana
2000 - u.s.a
1996 - u.s.a
1992 - swaziland
1988 - botswana
1984 - ethiopia
i just thought it’d be fun to see how many countries you have watched the olympics from and does that influence who you cheer for once your own (or adopted) country is out, or if they are not participating. i watched the opening ceremony and i definitely felt a weird swell of pride when the canadian team came in. i was like “huh, guess i have been living here a while!”
uhm, let's see...born in botswana, lived in ethiopia til i was 8, repatriatede to botswana, hated it. moved to swaziland for high school (uwc! woohoo!) finished in 1995 (yes, i did IB), went back to botswana ofr about 8 months, then to the states (virginia) for the next 4 years of college, earned my BA in theatre arts, went on tour with the oldest classical touring company in the usa for 9 months, played in over 25 states, the lived in DC for about 6 months. went back to botswan (AGAIN!) was there for 5 years. half the time i was either in south africa or traveling.
been to, i don't know, i lot of countries.
so i am an actor/writer/director/all around thespian who just discovered she's also tck. awesome!
August 21st, 2008 at 10:11 am
1992 - England
1996 - Venezuela & England
2000 - USA
2004 - USA
2008 - Spain & USA
I also remember FIFA World Cup France 1998 really vividly. I remember the logo and everything and that France beat Brazil and everyone went crazy…I wasn’t even in France, I was in Venezuela and England.
I always support the country I’m in, my grandparent’s country of origin (Jamaica), and England (my home country primarily but I also golf clap for countries I’ve lived in or visited and loved.
This year, for example, I’m doing really well between Michael Phelps (USA), Usain Bolt (JAMAICA), Chris Hoy (ENGLAND), and well it doesn’t matter that Spain is in 14th place because they have been schooling Europe all year between Eurocup, Wimbledon, and the Tour du France.
In short I collect teams like a US boy collects baseball cards
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