Day 2!

Yesterday was a very long day - over 12 hours of work! I met the camera operator that I will be assisting, named Al, and I think that it will be a good working relationship. He told me that just before he arrived here, he was visiting his newborn grandchild - and is expecting another grandchild by the time he gets back! He's from Salt Lake City, where our director and several others in the crew are from.

Jo (pronounced "yo"), the man from Belgium who has been working with us since yetserday, is absolutely hilarious! He knows 7 languages and has had some really interesting experiences. He claims to be a world traveler - a description that fits him more than anyone else I have ever met! We had a conversation last night about languages and culture, which related exactly to what we had been discussing in linguistics! We talked about learning French compared to learning Japanese. He told us that before you can even begin speaking Japanese, you should study the language and culture first. Ex: water is holy, so if you have a bottle filled with water, you call it water, not a bottle.

Today, I have a very short day (maybe a couple hours to make sure everything is working properly) and then I will watch the opening ceremonies (not from BC place down in Vancouver, but in a hotel room with as many Asburians as we can fit)! Now, I'm getting ready to go explore Whistler for the first time since getting here. It's a good day :)

Until next time, eh!