The Whateverlah Blog

because election news is urgh.

- USC can beat up the rest of their opponents like they way they thrashed UDub and they still won’t climb high enough in the BCS to play the championship game, not to mention OREGON STATE can still win out and beat USC to the Rose Bowl game.

- but that’s okay because I LOVED the way the Texas Tech RED RAIDERS rallied to beat TEXAS (!!!) in the final second of the game.

- but on the final turn of the final race of formula one my heart stopped… and TIMO GLOCK is now my least favorite person in the world for not being to hold on and keep LEWIS HAMILTON from a fifth-place finish and securing the world championship.

- but seriously, how awesome was that drive by SEBASTIEN VETTEL eh?

- on a final note: VOTE or STFU

- have a great Monday.

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LOL @ UCLA… they’re getting beat by the Ducks.

Upsets are what makes college football awesome. But Michigan WTF? Losing to Toledo is phail. Even more fail than last year Appalachian State fiasco.

You know else makes me horny? The red paint on that Ferrari car on track right now. It’s so effing hot.

The Chicago Cubbies are probably the saddest baseball team ever.

This Hull City team in EPL is for reals then?

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The LPGA, according to The New York Times, is requiring its members to be able to speak English by 2009 or possibly face suspension.

Deputy commissioner Libba Galloway reportedly said: “Being a U.S.-based tour, and with the majority of our fan base, pro-am contestants, sponsors and participants being English speaking, we think it is important for our players to effectively communicate in English.”

This decision is, at best, ill-advised and at worst, a un-fucking-believably racist and classless move. It’s one thing to encourage your players to learn a language and it’s a whole other thing to threaten them with suspension for failing to speak the language.

I don’t even watch this sport and now I’ll feel even less inclined to follow it. Anybody else pissed off or is it just me and my saturday-football-induced-fervor for sports?

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Former world number ones to square off in Malaysia

But that’s ok. I’ll live with that in hopes that one day I’ll be able to attend the Slams - all four are almost doable in one lifetime.

Hey did I mention while at the Olympics Dad saw Venus Williams play? He was chuffed.

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10:03 am EDT - The medal ceremony. And that’s my flag up there. I’m still proud. Chong Wei looked like he could cry. Burdened with the knowledge that the whole country went “Aiyooo” and knowing that he could’ve definitely done better, I suppose that’s normal. Anyway.

9:46 am EDT - um, so randomly.. the mascots came out and one of them fell… and the rest started to kick him. no idea if it’s part of the act but i’m laughing my ass off here. Then they had the volunteers come pick him back up. Oh.. comic relief.

9:41 am EDT - Lin Dan wins. 21-12, 21-8. Thanks for playing. Lin Dan salutes the crowd and… throws his shoes to adoring fans. yea, thats rite, i said shoes.

9:39 am EDT - Chong Wei’s slumped shoulders tells it all at 19-6.

9:36 am EDT - at 18-4, you’d need a deal with the devil to come back. this is just humiliating.

9:32 am EDT - WTF. That shot looked in!!! We need instant replay in badminton! 13-3 now.

9:31 am EDT - 11-2 now. Service to Chong Wei. He needs to keep pushing.

9:28 am EDT - The optimism, scant to begin with, has faded considerably…

9:20 am EDT - Lin Dan wins the first set 21-12. Chong Wei sat back too long, shoulda made a move earlier.

9:18 am EDT - I’m just going to start calling Lin Dan, ‘Lindsey’… ok? (which is a whole lot better than Chou Dan…

9:10 am EDT - 11-5 to Lin Dan now. Everytime Chong Wei has gone to the backcourt, he goes long. Draft, perhaps?

9:04 am EDT - neither player are playing an aggressive game. perhaps it can even be called cautious. But at 6-1 to Lin Dan, Chong Wei needs to keep pace. Doubt he can claw back from a huge deficit if that happens.

9:00 am EDT - oh, pardon me. It’s “LIN DAN! JIA YOU! LIN DAN! JIA YOU!”

8:56 am EDT - the players walk in and you can already hear the “JIA YOU! JIA YOU!” Die man.

8:52 am EDT - alright, I’m up. the medal ceremony for the mixed doubles is still happening. on TV, two channels are running summer olympic programming but neither will feature badminton. but of course.

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Lee Chong Wei is going to guarantee Malaysia at least a silver in the Olympics when he beat Lee Hyun-Il this morning to advance to the men’s singles finals. No points for guessing correctly who his opponent will be on Sunday.

Lin Dan is looking pretty strong and I can imagine the psychological impact of playing a chinese on their turf in one of the biggest event to hit the nation. Not so tangentially - Lee did beat Lin a Thomas Cup match, so he isn’t unassailable; but the chinese crowd… i mean, if you think the “USA! USA! USA!” thing is maddening try listening to a group of chinese rock the gymnasium with “JIA YOU!” *clapclapclap* “加油!” *clapclapclap* “JIA YOU!”.

Ahhhhhh!!!!

Those of you who can’t get the match on tv, make sure you tune in online at NBCOlympics.com where it’ll definitely be streamed. Let’s give Lee Chong Wei the support he deserves.

MALAYSIA BOLEH!

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Before that, one small bit of interesting news from Olympic badminton: Bill Gates is (now) a badminton fan?

Ok, so, Wong Choong Hann beat Taufik Hidayat, the latter the defending champion from the Athens games in round of 64, only to lose to some goblok from Taiwan in the round of 32. Whaddafuckman? ARGH!!!

Now Lee Chong Wei, our No. 1, is the only one left to try and snag the elusive gold medal for Malaysia. On his way to it he has to beat Sony Dwi Kuncoro - who is no slacker - and then Lee will potentially meet Bao Chun Lai before finding himself in the finals with (and I bet all the tea in China that it will be) the bad boy of badminton, Lin Dan.

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He was visiting Team USA volleyball and softball during practice. The girls in the softball team even managed to prank the prez. But I thought this one particular photo needed a caption or two.

Come on guys, don’t fail me now. You know you have it in you.

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Been far too long since I’ve made one of these posts; the last one was in 2007.

Anyway, for this week we have made in China cheerleaders (a slideshow from NBCOlympics.com). I could do a joke about plastics here but it’s not very funny.

I suppose it can be America’s next biggest export - slut-ho’ness. In all fairness, maybe it’s not the westerners that are to be blamed. After all, it’s the outfits - if one can call them that - rather than the actual act of cheerleading that makes me headdesk repeatedly. Maybe it’s just that it’s so warm in the summers that they need to wear next to nothing. And no, even the lack of bottle-blondes and shake-n-bake tans don’t make them more palatable.

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11:54pm EDT with the lighing of the olympic flames concludes this blogging exercise. It’s been a great show. Can’t wait for the rest.

11:21 pm EDT - as the parade of nations wind down, let’s take a moment to thank whatever and whoever that the concept stadium proposed years ago for this Olympics did not happen.

And here comes the Chinese delegation. Wow.

11:06pm EDT - The Kiwis, sadly, did not stop to perform the haka. And NBC cuts away. How rude!

11:05pm EDT - Happy birthday, ROGER FEDERER!

10:48pm EDT - Sorry to say, Malaysia, the Dutch looks better in orange.

10:38pm EDT - Ya know, I just realised that Team USA’s outift make em look like air stewards.

Oh. Geez. There goes that USA chant…

9:43pm EDT - Any chance of the Kiwis doing the Haka?

9:34pm EDT - Now the Japanese contingent has the right idea - coats and SHORTS.

9:25pm EDT - My people just walked past. That orange is totally meh. The tiger-striped kain samping… also meh. But I love the flags.

9:19pm EDT - Even more OMG’edness. Malaysia will be the 10th nation out there. TENTH. Entrance will be based on the number of strokes of the nations’ name in Chinese. AWESUM.

9:16pm EDT - omgomgomgomgomg Parade of Nations coming up. OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG. How long will it take to get to the M’s?

9:12pm EDT - Sarah Brightman looks a little doped up. Maybe you gotta throw back a couple to be up that high on that globe structure.

8:51pm EDT - While Lang Lang plays on, can I just mention that in the last Olympics USC sent 35 athletes to Athens. This year there are 40 Trojans representing 17 different countries in the Beijing Olympics. Suck on that, UCLA!

8:35pm EDT - There were PEOPLE underneath those movable-print-block type thingies. HOOMANS. They really have alot of bodies in China. < — my one understatement of the night.

International Relations nerd comment: I think it’s really great that NBC has Joshua Ramo commentating on the socio political meaning of this Olympics.

8:22pm EDT - OMG, these guys are like on a giant Buddha Board. I heart technology.

8:15pm EDT - ok, question. Are those kids really of different ethnicity or are they just dressed in the custumes? This Han wants to know.

8:05pm EDT - Those drummers look alien… like, Star Trek cheesy outfit type alien.

You know what it is about the Chinese? They can put on a show by just overwhelming you with the sheer number of participants. 2800 men on drums. Srsly.

Oh, wave to mom n dad, kay? So effing jealous of my parents.

7:51pm EDT - athletes are placed in the indoor stadium before the walk in. Team USA decked out in Polo Ralph Lauren. pheewweet!

7:48pm EDT - 12 mins or so till the start. Hehe, Bob Costas and Matt on TV now. Bob Costas just butchered the name ‘Zhang Yimou’. Matt does better with ‘Hu Jintao’.

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8.8.08

Beer. Check. Snacks. Check. National flag. Check.

I’m ready for the Opening Ceremony (delayed) telecast. >.>

2008 Olympics Malaysian Athletes

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Hai Yahoo! Sports in UK peeps.. ur Euro 2008 table on teh front paeg r brokez.

pls fixxorz. kthxbai.

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It’s just a little over 2 months before the 08 Olympics kick off and the stupid Visa commercial (you know, the one with the Morgan Freeman voice over) already made me cry. That’s right, I cry at soppy commercials.

But back to my point, which is, how awesome is the Olympics? With the exception of 90% of the track events and most of the field stuff (and boxing, and synchronized anything) I would watch every single sport that’s going to be contested.

Why? Because you don’t get to see stuff like that for three years! It’s like waiting every four years to enjoy curling. That’s why.

What I’m most looking forward to this August: hockey, rowing, volleyball, table tennis, BADMINTON and handball - the latter its name is not the only thing I love about the sport. And I can never explain why I watch weightlifting– and it’s not because the damn event is called the clean and jerk you bunch of gutter brained goofballs!

If there’s a professional sport called sports watching, I’d be really good at it. Need to work some on my cricket knowledge but otherwise…

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Mauresmo bounced out of Roland Garros by a qualifier.

>_<

From Roland Garros website, “As It Happens” by Drew Lilley (emphasis mine):

2 14 pm: Frenchies – do you want the good news or the bad news? Bad: Ameliiieee got rebroken and Suareththth Nabbbbarro has three match-points. And it only takes one – Ameeeee is out. Bravo Carla Suarez Navarro, who is applauded on by her compatriot and former three-time RG winner Arantxa Santchez-Vicario in the crowd (looking absolutely radiant, I might add. Indeed I just have added). Ameee just can’t cut it here at RG. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her retire after Wimbledon (she likes the grass there) as she doesn’t seem to be enjoying her tennis. Maybe Wimbly will remotivate her. But the good news is…

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here’s one way to have an edge at Roland Garros:

Wear camouflage like Tzipora Obziler when she played Venus Williams. Williams did struggle abit in the second set; she was up 4-1 but then dropped the next *five* games to Obziler. But, as champions verily do (you hear me, Amelie???!!), Williams dug in and cleaned up in the third to win the match, 6/3 4/6 6/1.

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