6th

I would just like to quickly mention at how impressive my soccer team, VfB Stuttgart, has been since getting new coach Christian Gross. Since around December 9th the team has gone 9-1-1, and one of those games was a tie against Barcelona in the champions league. We should have won, but the refs blew the game.. what else is new, but a tie with the best team in the world is good. We play them again in 2 weeks away this time. It will not be an easy win, basically impossible, but I hope we can keep playing with our current intensity and passion and pull out a major upset.

The Olympics end today which is unfortunate since I enjoyed watching them. I love the Olympics because it is an event that brings the world together. People may try to find a winner or loser, but I feel that doing so goes against the spirit of the Olympics. Sure some countries get more medals than others, but the fact that some countries are even competing is astounding. The majority of the athletes that compete in the Olympics are not paid for their sport, but rather have to support themselves throughout the competition. This means that they are participating purely for the love of the sport and nation. They lose much more money than the gain for competing, but they still do. This isn't the case for all participants though, many of the major powers in the world support their athletes financially... perhaps that is why they do better, who knows.

However, I can return to my normal life now. I was basically dedicated to the Olympics for the past two and a half weeks. I let my work slip a little, but oh well, the Olympics doesn't happen every very often. On another note, we are almost half way done with this semester. I'm really looking forward to the end of this semester. I really don't like the classes I am taking right now and can't wait for them to end. I also finally get to move out of the dorms at the end of the semester which I am really looking forward to.