With everything that has happened recently, the one topic I barely covered during its progress was the 2012 London Summer Olympics. I wrote about it a year in advance and mentioned it briefly when it began, but beyond those instances I have not said anything about them even though they have been the largest event in the United Kingdom this year! I suppose it can be excused because I was busy during the Olympics; I didn't get to see much of the Olympics, and the parts I did watch were when I was in Nottingham.
As for my opinions on the Olympics, I am glad that they went by smoothly, with the worst part I'm aware of being a few athletes failing drug tests (unfortunate and disappointing, but at least not destructive to the Games themselves). Despite comments from certain individuals doubting the readiness of this country for the Olympics, it pleases me to say that they were proved wrong: the United Kingdom was not overwhelmed during the two weeks, and nothing tragic such as a terrorist attack, a deadly accident, or a shooting occurred. No major disruptions took place anywhere in the nation, so the preparations and security worked.
It was also good that the United Kingdom came third in the gold medal count (29, behind the United States and China) and fourth in overall medals (65, behind the United States, China and Russia). In the first few days of the Olympics I was worried that this country would have the dubious "honour" of being a host nation that was obliterated in the medal counts, but I'm glad those concerns were alleviated once British athletes started winning!
I think the Olympics were a success, and judging by the positive international response to them I'm not the only one with this view. Now that the 2012 London Summer Olympics are over we can look forward to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in Brazil.
As an aside, while this is a small thing, it does feel good knowing that this was the third time I've been resident in a country while it hosted the Olympics (the other two times were in the United States with the Atlanta and Salt Lake City games).
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Showing posts with label Atlanta. Show all posts
Friday, 24 August 2012
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Jordan Hill
Nearly two weeks ago I wrote about Jordan Hill meeting Jordan Hill. Since then, I thought it best to write a little about Jordan Hill - the singer, herself.
To be honest, I do not know a lot about her, as the information on the Internet about her is scarce. I became aware of Jordan Hill when I listened to Rhythm Of The Games: 1996 Olympic Games Album, as a song that she performed, "What Am I Doing Here", was included in the tracklist, and is my favorite song on the album together with "Reach" by Gloria Estefan. I assume she sang the song at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, but I have not been able to find anything to confirm this other than the album. I was also able to find out that another one of her songs, "Remember Me This Way", was used as part of the soundtrack for the film Casper.
Her eponymous debut album was released in 1996, but so far there has not been a follow-up to it. I have read in a few places that she is working on a second album, and has possibly been doing this as far back as 2004; for one source stated that she was working on it back then, though theoretically she could have been working on the album even further back than that year.
Jordan Hill definitely has great tracks on it, and Jordan Hill herself is a brilliant singer from what I have heard of her. It would be fantastic if the snippets of information saying she wants to release a second album and become more prominent again turn out to be true.
To be honest, I do not know a lot about her, as the information on the Internet about her is scarce. I became aware of Jordan Hill when I listened to Rhythm Of The Games: 1996 Olympic Games Album, as a song that she performed, "What Am I Doing Here", was included in the tracklist, and is my favorite song on the album together with "Reach" by Gloria Estefan. I assume she sang the song at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, but I have not been able to find anything to confirm this other than the album. I was also able to find out that another one of her songs, "Remember Me This Way", was used as part of the soundtrack for the film Casper.
Her eponymous debut album was released in 1996, but so far there has not been a follow-up to it. I have read in a few places that she is working on a second album, and has possibly been doing this as far back as 2004; for one source stated that she was working on it back then, though theoretically she could have been working on the album even further back than that year.
Jordan Hill definitely has great tracks on it, and Jordan Hill herself is a brilliant singer from what I have heard of her. It would be fantastic if the snippets of information saying she wants to release a second album and become more prominent again turn out to be true.
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
2012 Summer Olympics in a year
In exactly one year from today, the 2012 Summer Olympics will take place in London. I have not followed an Olympics since the 2008 one in Beijing, nor watched any since the one in Turin during 2006, but this one I might read about while they are ongoing, as they are being held here. This will be the third time that I have lived in a country while that country is holding the Olympics (Atlanta in 1996, Salt Lake City in 2002). If anything, I just hope the Olympics will be a success and go well for everyone.
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