remembrance day 2009

today we had a remembrance day celebration in the IAHS (Instititute for Applied Health Sciences) building at Mac. it was short but sweet, and full of a lot of awkward moments:

- the audio kept skipping in and out during the last post.
- the MC kept slipping up words like "receipt" instead of "recite"
- "O Canada" was cut off because they forgot to ask everyone to stand.
- they then asked everyone to stand and started it over again.
- the audio player continued to skip during our national anthem
- one lady sang really loudly pretty much by herself.
- as the cd skipped she filled in the gaps. alone.
- after the national anthem was finished, there was scattered clapping.
- i think they were clapping for the singing lady.

despite the awkwardness, it was still nice that something was done to remember what was done and the lives that were lost in the process. i remembered, we all remembered, and that's what today was all about.

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