Saturday, August 9, 2008

Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures

As many of you know, the Olympics is not being televised live. I was able to watch the USA Norway game on the internet, but it definitely wasn't as exciting as watching it on TV. I was planning on watching it again on the internet until I got a call from Brenda....

I guess Patty Coleman and Brenda watched some Olympic games in the past in Garapan because many shops had Chinese satelite. Brenda said that we may be able to find a place that would allow us to watch the game. Of course, I said I would go, and put on my USA gear.

Thank you to Amber for writing USA on my cheek. I literally couldn't have done it without you. :)

So, we were off. Brenda, Patty, Amber, Maddie, and I, on a quest to find the USA vs. Japan game. We searched everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE. We went to Chinese markets,massage places, restaurants, even a shooting range. But, no such luck.

Us entering the shooting range. :)

We walked down many streets, searching...but couldn't find it. We realized that our hopes of watching the game were over and that we would have to try and watch it over the internet. So, Brenda called up Rob and asked him to bring down some laptops. We then walk over to the Hyatt and wait.






The computers finally arrived and we went to work. We tried hard to get the game on the internet, but we had to settle for matchtracker.




When we got on to matchtracker, we see that the USA leads Japan 1-0!! We were relieved, but nervous that Japan would score and tie it up.


While we were watching the game, some of Brenda's students came over and joined in on the fun! :)




Thankfully the USA won the game and got 3 points. All they need to advance is a win over New Zealand, which they should be able to pull off.

Go USA!



Happy after USA won

1 comment:

Shazam said...

That was fun. We couldn't watch it at home because there was a huge power outage across most the island if not all. We'll figure out a way for the New Zealand game!!!! That's a big one.