Ducks win first round.

Quest for G, dancing.

1. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh (Professional beach volleyball players, 2008 Olympics gold medalists.), as conjoined twins
2. Alicia Sacramone (artistic gymnast, 2008 Olympics silver medalist)
3. Derek Jeter (professional baseball player, New York Yankees)
4. Kevin Garnett (professional basketball player, Boston Celtics)
5. Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR champion)
6. Usain Bolt (a Jamaican sprinter; holds the Olympic and world records for the 100 metres at 9.69 seconds, the 200 metres at 19.30 seconds)
7. Usain Bolt's ego as the big head.
8. Jabbawockeez (dancing group, 2008 winner the MTV hip hop dance reality series America's Best Dance Crew)

吉田えり

For the first time in Japan. a female pitcher is acquired by a professional baseball team (independent league). Her specialty is knuckleball (butterfly-ball in Taiwanese term).

Pitching in action.

統一7-ELEVEN獅 10 - 4 SK 와이번스

btw, Guiar Hero Wold Tour (GH4) commercials

This is the original template, Tom Cruise danced in his underwear singing "Old Time Rock and Roll" in the Movie "Risky Business"

Heidi Klum - Guitar Hero Commercial

Phelps, Hawk, Rodriguez and Bryant

一張圖代表天使隊的風格

Taiwanese Nicknames for LA Angels Character

On PTT (a popular bulletin board in Taiwan), we Angels fans often rant about many Angels characters. It's alsonot a surprise that they all have some Taiwanese nickname. 以下是鄉民對天使相關人士的愛稱。Following are their nicknames.

吉祥物	Fan-give name	Explanation
Los Angeles Angels	小翅膀田徑隊(Shao-chi-bon-tien-jin-dwey, Track and Field Team with small cute wings), 猴子(Ho-je, monkey)	....
Arturo Moreno	Arte(Yes, we still call him Arte), 老闆(Lao-Bon, Boss)	無止盡的愛。Our love to you, Arte.
Rally Monkey	猴子(Ho-je, monkey), 逆轉猴(Nee-jwan-ho, rally monkey)	Very straight forward.
Panther	(n/a)	So far not many people in Taiwan read Halos Heaven
Rats	(n/a)	這是天使球場的老鼠，跟教練無關。Not too many people know about aramark.
Halo	光環(Gwan-Hwan, the halo)	球場旁的的光環塔，當日有贏球會亮燈慶祝。Light up that halo!
Three old men	三仙老公阿標	2006外野三個老鳥Anderson, Finley and Guerrero.
(To be determined)	哈比人	(To be determined)
叫哩粽ê出來帕	Fan-given name	Explanation
Mike Scioscia	縮夏(Shuo-Sha, sounds like Scioscia), 說瞎(Shuo-Sha, sounds like Scioscia, meaning like coaching blindly, only used with poor team performance.) also written as 說蝦, 希歐西亞(see-o-see-ah, wrong translation by ETToday, one of the worst media in Taiwan)	大多是在發音上作文章。Mostly just similar pronunciation.
Mickey Hatcher	米老鼠(Mee-Lao-Sue, Mickey Mouse)	跟球場老鼠無關。He is not related to Aramark Rats.
Tom Kotchman	烤雞爸(Coa-chi-Bah, Kotch's Father)	烤雞爸是我們喜歡的球探，而且也是烤雞人的爸爸！Tom Kotchman is a fan-favorite farm system scout. We love him because he signed many good prospects and is also Casey Kotchman's father.
Dr. Lewis Yocum	育康醫師(You-com-ee-shi, Dr. Yocum)	大聯盟手臂權威。
Ex-Angels Characters	Fan-given name	Explanation
Bill Stoneman	石頭人(Shi-toe-ran, Stoneman)	前總經理。
Bud Black	黑爺(Hey-yay, Most respectful Mr. Black)	前投手教練，我們對他也有無盡的愛。Our love to you, buddy.

Taiwanese Nicknames for LA Angels Fielders

On PTT (a popular bulletin board in Taiwan), we Angels fans often rant about the line-up. It's also a surprise that they all have some Taiwanese nickname. 以下是鄉民對天使野手的愛稱。Following are fielders' nicknames.

Fielders	Fan-given name	Explanation
Chone Figgins	Figgy, 腿姬/Leggy(Twey-gee, leggy), 腿/Legs(twey, legs), 阿腿(Ah-twey, lovely legs), Leggins, fichiro(like ichiro), Vladimir Firrero(only used when playing against Yankees), 腿哥(Twey-ge, Brother Legs), 腿爺(Twey-yay, Extremely respected legs)	對 Figgins 的愛是隨名字不同而顯現的，除了正常狀態的 Figgins 以及 Figgy。Leggins, Legs 以及 Leggy 都是不太好的狀態。隨著他的表現開始火熱，開始有了腿哥、腿爺的說法，接下來更有 Fichiro, Firrero 之類的組合名，終極火熱狀態的時候則成為了「泛用人形決戰兵器」(阿腿的本行是工具人，但是工具人又有速度所以變成超級工具人了，超級工具人又再加上打擊就成了泛用人形決戰兵器人造人類EVA簡稱泛用人形決戰兵器) (以上感謝 Levi 提供)
Gary Matthews Jr.	GMJ, GMJ*, G公(Gee-Gon, Respectful Gary), 激公(Gee-Gon, Respectful Hormone), HGH	打星號是因為在加入天使以前曾有人檢舉他有使用人類生長激素增進比賽成績，所以未來列入記錄時可能會加上＊記號。不過即使他使用了這東西，他也是在大聯盟有規範使用人類生長激素之前使用的。我們用＊的時刻還是有讚賞和羨慕他的成績的意思。Due to an incident that he alleged to have used Human growth hormone prior to the drug usage rules from MLB. The reason that sometimes we use an asterisk symbol is just that we envy his performance.
Vladimir Guerrero	Vlad, Vlady, 葛雷諾(Ge-lay-nol), 鳥滾葛(Niaw-gwen-Gwe, Ground-out Guererro), 主炮(Jwu-Pow, main fire power), Geroro(Actually pronounced as giroro)	Giroro has a lot of power in his arsenals according to "Keroro", a Japanese Anime.
Garret Anderson	GA, 大叔(Da-Sue, big uncle), 液化的膝蓋(EE-hwa-de-shi-gai, liquified knees)	反正跟年紀有關啦。/ Aging related.
Torii Hunter	獵人(Leay-Ran, hunter), 90M	滿滿的愛。(Torii 如果用日文來看是鳥居, 但是鄉民似乎還沒有人習慣這麼看) / We love you. (So far we haven't used Japanese to pronounce Torii, yet.)
Howie Kendrick	幹譙龍(Gan-Giaw-Long), 演講比賽冠軍(Ian-Jian-bi-sai-gwan-juin, speech champion), HK47, 好姨(How-ii)	He is wearing number 47, so calling him hk47 is natural. About the Gangiaulong nickname, he looks a little (just a little) like this ....
Juan Rivera	小璜/小黃(Hsiao-Hwang, little Juan)	We still love you, but don't ground out please.
Casey Kotchman	烤雞人(Kow-Chi-Ran, Kow-Chi Man)	滿滿的愛。/ We love you.
Robb Quinlan	崑蘭(Kwen-Lon), Q仔(Q-Zai, Q)	世界日報有人翻譯成金蘭... 那個記者以為大聯盟都是中國大陸來的用漢語拼音。
Mike Napoli	拿坡里(Napoli), 拿胖(Na-pon), 批薩/賣批薩(Pizza or selling pizza)	台灣來的大概都多少知道Napoli 披薩。"Napoli Pizza" is a quite famous Pizza restaurant chain in Taiwan.
Jeff Mathis	馬弟(Mar-Dee)	滿滿的愛。/ We love you.
Erick Aybar	愛拔(Ai-bar)	....
Maicer Izturis	小Izzy(Hsiao Izzy, Little Izturis), Izzy, 賣色(Mai-sir)	....
Reggie Willits	威利斯(Way-lees)	請多代替 GA 上，好嗎？
Kendry Morales	古巴人(Cuban)	此君在古巴隊時代(2003世界杯錦標賽)有痛打過中華隊喔。Simply calling him a Cuban is kinda lazy...
Sean Rodriguez	香肉(Sean-ruo)	太菜了沒梗。Just an arbitrary Chinese name that is pronouced similarly.
Former Fielders	Fan-given name	Explanation
...	...	...

Taiwanese Nicknames for LA Angels Pitchers

On PTT (a popular bulletin board in Taiwan), we Angels fans often chat with others. It's also a surprise that they all have some Taiwanese nickname. 以下是鄉民對天使投手的愛稱。Following are pitchers' nicknames.

Pitchers	Fan-given name	Explanation
John Lackey	姜蕾姬(Jiang Lay Gee), 辣雞(Lar Gee)	隨便從音近的國字找的，姜則是配合"韓國人"紅襪球迷 IronChef 的愛國心所命名。Just some arbitrary Chinese names that sound like Lackey or John Lackey.
Kelvim Escobar	交友男(Ji-ow-yo-nan, "a man good at making friends"), Myspacecobar, 愛司/愛思(Ace), 愛司扣八(Acecobar), 柯巴(Cobar)	他的 myspace 好友名單因為有著太多辣妹而遭 PTT 鄉民羨慕。愛司則是鄉民愛戴他的球風才有的愛稱。 He has a lot of HOOOOT myspace friends, that's why we call him myspacecobar or 交友男. Also we call him ace or acecobar because he looks like an ace.
Joe Saunders	桑德斯(Saunders), Hokie Joe, 桑德斯上校(Colonel Saunders), 桑同學(Saun-tone-shue, classmate saunders)	Hokie 是因為他從 Virginia Tech 畢業, 至於上校是跟 KFC 吉祥物上校同姓。 Hokie is from the name of his college virginia tech. And colonel doesn't need explanation if you know what is KFC.
Ervin Santana	小山(shiaw shan, little shan), 山同學(shan-tone-suey, classmate shan), 凸塔那(too-ta-na), 全壘打王(chuen-lay-da-won), 吸血鬼(Shee-Shey-Gwey, vampire)	凸塔那和全壘打王請在黑特的時候使用。小山和山同學則是愛稱，他剛出道的時候則有可能因為他在晚間比賽勝率高的關係叫他吸血鬼。/ Beloved name (shiaw shan or shan-tone-suey), rant name (too-ta-na, chuen-lay-da-won) and superstitious name (Shee-Shey-Gwey) are used based on Ervin's performance.
Jon Garland	嘎蘭(Gar-Lan), ㄍㄌ(Ge-le)	ㄍㄌ is only ranting his poor performance.
Jered Weaver	小公主(Hsiao-gon-joo, little princess), 織織公主(Je-Je gon-joo, princess that weaves), 織織(Je-Je, weave-weave), 威佛 cosplay	髮型和姓的直譯。不過，有時候我們會懷疑是不是 Jeff Weaver 有時候跑來假扮公主。Literally due to the name and his hair style. Also sometimes we were wondering if it was Jeff weaver pitching.
Dustin Moseley	摩斯里(Mores-lee)	太菜了沒梗。
Francisco Rodrigues	krod, 雷殘(Lay-tzan, tripping), 抖rod(Doe-rod, shaky-rod)	The names pretty much say it all.
Scot Shields	神盾(Shen-Duen, Godly shield), 抖盾(Doe-Duen, Shaky shield)	The names pretty much say it all.
Darren Oliver	奧莉薇(All-Lee-Way)	RP的梗太少。
Justin Speier	史掰兒(Spy-er)	RP的梗太少。
Chris Bootcheck	不缺課(Boo-che-ke)	太菜了沒梗。
Jose Arredondo	阿瑞同學(Ah-ray-tone-shuey)	太菜了沒梗。
Rich Thompson	豪洲人/澳洲人(Australian)	太菜了沒梗。
Former Pitchers	Fan-given name	Explanation
Bartolo Colón	摳龍(Co-long), 摳胖(Co-pon, Fat Colon), 大芒果(Da-moun-gwo, Big Mango)	The names pretty much say it all.
Paul Byrd	鳥哥(Niaw Ge, brother Bird)	The names pretty much say it all.
Kevin Gregg	阿蛋(Ah-Dan)	Something to do with the egg, no idea why.

Kaba Modern Eliminated from America's Best Dancing Crew

UCIrvine's "Kaba Modern" team get eliminated from MTV's "America's Best Dancing Crew".

OCRegister's article.

Go Eaters!

UC Irvine Basketball this season is 12-14 today.

Go Blazers!Go Warriors!

(updated: Apparently Mavericks paid the price of what they have done to the games. Warriors dominated Mavericks!) After a forgetable game of Mavericks losing to Warriors. Clippers Nation now root for Trail Blazers in the hope to get into the playoff. Blazers! Please beat golden state worriers!

Best College Football Game I've Ever Seen.

Boise State Broncos - Oklahoma Sooners at the Fiesta Bowl 01-01-07, Last 2 minutes and OT.

Also the rating on iTunes Music Store....

José's and Pedro's Team Impossible

I was trying to put the video from youtube, but the image quality from googlevideo seems to be a little bit better. I think the only player that was not actually there for this commercial is Franz Beckenbauer since he looks too young in the ads. For more information about the team impossible, visit the press release from Adidas.

Part #1

Part #2

The background music is eanie meany by the way.

Behind the Scenes

Good-bye, Reggie!

Good-Bye! Reggie Miller. T_T We'll be still watching you on TV calling basketball games for sure.

「推銷台灣」的癮

Via ETToday, Yichieh (Kevin) Lin became the first Taiwanese athlete to capture the top award in a super marathon Atacama Crossing 2004 in Atacama desert, Chile. This is a good example how an athlete reaches success through good supports from the society. He is mainly sponsored by ETToday and Bros Sports

Here are some media/blog coverage:
* Taiwanese runner wins Chile race
* Local runner takes first place in desert marathon
* 真男人是也。(updated)
* 寒漠超馬 林義傑勇奪冠軍(updated)
* 林義傑 不負贊助者期許(updated)

It's pretty exciting to read Kevin's stories and his homepage, too.

不過真正拿著國旗在撒哈拉沙漠接受各國選手崇敬的掌聲後，那種「推銷台灣」的癮，就上了身，我想從此之後，恐怕也無法戒掉。

台灣的驕傲與悲哀

From ETToday, Yen-Hsun Lu got the acceptance of Olympic, congratulation!

Also in ETToday's sports column, Jeff wrote a very good comment about Taiwanese tennis players and their struggles.

許多的人都說彥勳是台灣的國寶，但是所有的的人心中也都有一個疑問，這樣一位傑出的人才，為什麼在台灣這樣一個有錢的社會裡，卻沒有辦法得到適時的幫助，讓他能在國際的網壇上發光發熱，反而需要搭了長程的飛機，大老遠跑到美西，才能獲得適時的幫助？

Altitude: 3592m+5inch

Conrad from IRCNET mentioned that 挑戰玉山3592 provides a very neat photo album for an experience climbing YuShan Mountain (Mt. Jade) in Taiwan. The visual design of the whole website is pretty good.

最佳精神獎 為了賭那一口氣和面子問題 一定要在玉山山頂上穿上五吋的高跟鞋 拍下這張歷史性的照片

Climbing Yushan Mountain is of the beginner level though it's the highest mountain in Taiwan. Hopefully I can be on the top of the mountain in the future.