I’ve never been big into watching the Winter Olympics, but the chilly weather and foot of snow this past weekend pretty much sealed our fate and made TV our sole source of entertainment. The opening ceremony on Friday night was quite a show, though it was sad that the country had so little star power after Pavarotti and Sophia Loren that they had to resort to a Ferrari Formula One racer drifting on stage as one of the “performances”. So far, there haven’t been too many upsets in the events, perhaps except Michelle Kwan’s dropout. Otherwise, the weekend was quiet and cozy with steaming home-cooked Vietnamese bun rieu – one of those noodle dishes that makes winter snowstorms completely worthwhile.