Hey!

Weeks are passing by so quickly...
I have had a "special week" where I wanted to learn more about spinal cord injuries and how it works for disabled persons to have active life. It was reallt intresting and Im glad I picked it. I'm quite good dealing with wheel chair...I have to admit it was quite hard in the beginning...

First day was quite demanding...because elevator didin't work me and Sara had to take the other way...outside around the house. It was raining so we had big problems to get around and it was up the will all the way.
Some other activities we tryed...We played wheel chair basketball, wheel chair rugby and watched a movie called "Murderball". Movie was one of the best sports movies I've ever seen. The eye-opening documentary Murderball takes an intriguing idea of introducing people to the sport of quad rugby, only to find even more drama and action taking place off the court.The players are quick to dispel a somewhat popular misconception of quadriplegics as people with no use of their limbs. They all have sustained neck and/or spinal cord fractures, but with varying degrees of limb disabilities, with those serving as ratings for the purpose of the sport. For example, someone who has little impairment in their limbs would rate a 3.0, while a 0.5 would be given to a player with little or next to no use of their limbs. Those ratings are then applied during the game, with no team allowed to have the players exceed 8.0 on the court at one time.
Away from the competition, the film largely focuses on the U.S. quad rugby team, as they compete in a pair of world championships (yes, this sport has participants from many countries) and the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, Greece. It also looks at the life of one of the team's former players, Joe Soares, who, bitter at being cut from the U.S. squad, decides to coach the Canadian national team. Soares, a fiercely competitive man, is seen by the U.S. team as a traitor, but is clearly a driving force in making the Canadian team a serious threat to the Americans longtime dominance in the sport. The fact that U.S. team leader Mark Zupan and Soares clearly dislike each other is played up to good dramatic and comic effect by the film.
Enough about the movie...I got pissed off once and a while. Few guys acted like they were in 5th grade.I mean talk about lack of respect..something my mom taught me when I was 6:D well well...I guess everybody needs time to grow up and we all now it takes longer time for boys=)

This week we have had vacation...Our teachers had left us some homework to do so I was quite busy with my studies for a few days.
3 more days and then back in school. It's not so long time till Xmas so I'm actually looking forward to it:P

Yesterday I met my ex classmates and it was great to meet them again.We met at O'Learys and was gonna watch footie...not the best game I've seen but I guess you can't expect more when two swedish teames face each other. After that they showed Curling Cup between Arsenal and Liverpool. We missed the beginning coz the waitress was a bit stressed out. We left the place after first halftime and I got home when they had 20 minutes left to play. Great game by Gunners who finally managed to win. Senderos looser no 1 was lucky that the ref didn't blew for penalty. I don't get how he still gets to play. According to me he is totally useless...
Tomorrow I'll just take it easy..don't have any plans at the moment=)
Alright that's all for me!!!
Ciao
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