MIKEY WANTS YOU TO KNOW: Mikey IMmed me from Los Angeles to tell me to check out the article in NYPOST.com. I checked and was bit amused -- at least, Deaf 1, Hearing O.
DID YOU KNOW: My former roommate fed her housecat the uncooked pasta. One morning, I saw her struggling to eat the uncooked pasta. Not something that I would do to my own cat.
TENNESSEE VS. CONNECTICUT: Both women's basketball teams are the top-notch programs in the nation, its roster filled with High School All-Americans and each team still managed to find a way to *lose* three games before playing against each other today. Oh, yeah, Tennessee won 68-67 today over Connecticut. Geno Auriemma's 4 National Championship rings were stolen in Hartford.
FLYING WOMAN: Last night, I was walking to 145 Street subway station on Broadway, mind my own business -- then I felt a thunderous crash, I saw a woman flying on 149 Street intersection. It was bit confusing as I saw a car crashing on the protective shield for the center of the road -- but how the flying woman gets in the picture? I'm not certain. All I saw was a flying woman, then the cops arrived in seconds and quickly blocked us from viewing whether if she died or not. Only in New York, I guess.
MEN IN THE ARMED FORCES ARE DUMB: Apparently, I read Shane's tidbits and it was mind-boggling to believe that the Armed Forces would pursue something like this!
SMART TRIBES: In Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the government officials talked with the leaders of reclusive tribes whose all members survived the wrath of Tsunami, the leaders said that *all* members survived. The government officials asked how they did it? They declined to share the information and requested them to leave. Some stuff are made to be kept secret. Smart ones.
GIVE ME SNOW OR GIVE ME DEATH: Frankly, I'm sick of rains. It rained too frequently lately in Manhattan. I'm ready for some slushy snow already.
Cheers,
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Saturday, January 08, 2005
Friday, January 07, 2005
In South Carolina ...
Last week, Mark paged me and asked me if I remembered the funny situation in South Carolina -- there were few, I asked him to elaborate. He said, "The cashier where we got the gas! And Erin is laughing at this right now." I burst laughing out loud. I remembered.
At the time, Mark paged me -- he was in Albuquerque with Erin, another great friend of mine. I was in Philadelphia when Mark reminded me of the "gas attendant" incident.
Two years ago, few months before I left for New York, it was Gallaudet's spring break -- I was working at an agency, Mark pleaded me to go with him to Atlanta and maybe to Myrtle Beach? I could not but eventually, Mark convinced me to go. I managed to get my boss to believe me that a relative of mine died in Atlanta. So off to Atlanta.
It was fun. Lots of drama in Durham and Atlanta. Then on the way to Myrtle Beach -- we stopped for gas in South Carolina near Augusta, Georgia. At that time, the papers were talking about Bush's ultimatum for Saddam Hussein, and that Congress approved Bush to use the Armed Forces to attack Iraq. The deadline passed, but nobody knew when Bush will order to strike. It was very tense moment for the world, I guess.
Mark and I stared at the white trash girl who worked as a cashier in a convenience store while we filled the rental car with gas, Mark asked me to ask her what she thinks of the whole Iraqi situation. I wrote on a napkin and hesitated to give it to her. Mark took it from me and passed it to her. She reads it carefully. Then stared at me, then Mark. Then wrote down.
We were expecting to read what she thinks of the situation -- but this was not what we expected.
"We must support Bush's decisions. He is our President."
Mark burst out laughing. I shot back, "Do you have a brain of your own?" Then we left the store.
All the way to Myrtle Beach, Mark and I would chat about things then added, "We must support Bush's decision. He is our President." We'd use her comments everywhere we talked, food, ocean, hotel, traffic -- we'd say "We must support ..."
Even at a restaurant, the waitress would be perplexed when Mark said, "We must support Bush's decision. He is our President!!!" in ASL to the waitress. I'd try to suppress my giggles.
That's how crazy we were during the break.
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At the time, Mark paged me -- he was in Albuquerque with Erin, another great friend of mine. I was in Philadelphia when Mark reminded me of the "gas attendant" incident.
Two years ago, few months before I left for New York, it was Gallaudet's spring break -- I was working at an agency, Mark pleaded me to go with him to Atlanta and maybe to Myrtle Beach? I could not but eventually, Mark convinced me to go. I managed to get my boss to believe me that a relative of mine died in Atlanta. So off to Atlanta.
It was fun. Lots of drama in Durham and Atlanta. Then on the way to Myrtle Beach -- we stopped for gas in South Carolina near Augusta, Georgia. At that time, the papers were talking about Bush's ultimatum for Saddam Hussein, and that Congress approved Bush to use the Armed Forces to attack Iraq. The deadline passed, but nobody knew when Bush will order to strike. It was very tense moment for the world, I guess.
Mark and I stared at the white trash girl who worked as a cashier in a convenience store while we filled the rental car with gas, Mark asked me to ask her what she thinks of the whole Iraqi situation. I wrote on a napkin and hesitated to give it to her. Mark took it from me and passed it to her. She reads it carefully. Then stared at me, then Mark. Then wrote down.
We were expecting to read what she thinks of the situation -- but this was not what we expected.
"We must support Bush's decisions. He is our President."
Mark burst out laughing. I shot back, "Do you have a brain of your own?" Then we left the store.
All the way to Myrtle Beach, Mark and I would chat about things then added, "We must support Bush's decision. He is our President." We'd use her comments everywhere we talked, food, ocean, hotel, traffic -- we'd say "We must support ..."
Even at a restaurant, the waitress would be perplexed when Mark said, "We must support Bush's decision. He is our President!!!" in ASL to the waitress. I'd try to suppress my giggles.
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The First Two Days of Deaflympics
G'Day,
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Miscellaneous Tidbits
2005 DEAFLYMPICS UPDATE: In Men's Basketball, USA 102, Greece 88. In Women's Basketball, USA 99, New Zealand 36 and USA 92, Lithuania 61 (For your information, USA Deaf WBB team has never lost a game since its beginning -- and Sweden is aiming to change that). In Men's Volleyball (where there are many, many cute guys to drool over), USA lost to Germany 3-0, but regrouped to beat Russia 3-0.
2005 DEAFLYMPICS TIDBITS: My hearing friend who lives about 50 kilometers (40 miles? I'm not good with mathematics, really) from Melbourne told me that the city of Melbourne is making the Deaflympics biggest thing to hit in Melbourne in years and the media down under is paying attention to a great deal of details. That is fantastic! When will the American media pick it up?!
AN ODD SIGN: In Philadelphia, Jason and I drove to Downtown and yakked about various things -- suddenly, we saw the huge billboard that reads: I HATE STEVEN SINGER!! That was all. Anyone knew about it? I'm baffled by that billboard and wondered if someone personally paid for the advertisement. Any clue?
VIRGINIA WINS: Virginia Cavaliers WBB team finally picked up a win in a "close game" -- in the past, they succumbed when it was very close repeatedly -- thus, got a nickname for Virginia Chokers -- they beat Wake Forest in an overtime, 85-83.
3 THREE TOP 10 VICTIMS: Can you name the Coach that led THREE schools to the Final Four, in Men's Basketball and Women's Basketball? Well, there is *none* in Men's Basketball but one in Women's Basketball -- her name is C. Vivian Stringer of Rutgers. She led Cheyney State, Iowa and Rutgers to the Final Four appearances. Impressive. But not impressive like she did in the last two weeks when she managed to beat No. 6 Tennessee 65-51, then travelled to beat No. 4 Texas 51-47 then came back home to host No. 1 Louisiana State and pulled the red carpet with an upset win, 51-49. You go girl, Viv!
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2005 DEAFLYMPICS TIDBITS: My hearing friend who lives about 50 kilometers (40 miles? I'm not good with mathematics, really) from Melbourne told me that the city of Melbourne is making the Deaflympics biggest thing to hit in Melbourne in years and the media down under is paying attention to a great deal of details. That is fantastic! When will the American media pick it up?!
AN ODD SIGN: In Philadelphia, Jason and I drove to Downtown and yakked about various things -- suddenly, we saw the huge billboard that reads: I HATE STEVEN SINGER!! That was all. Anyone knew about it? I'm baffled by that billboard and wondered if someone personally paid for the advertisement. Any clue?
VIRGINIA WINS: Virginia Cavaliers WBB team finally picked up a win in a "close game" -- in the past, they succumbed when it was very close repeatedly -- thus, got a nickname for Virginia Chokers -- they beat Wake Forest in an overtime, 85-83.
3 THREE TOP 10 VICTIMS: Can you name the Coach that led THREE schools to the Final Four, in Men's Basketball and Women's Basketball? Well, there is *none* in Men's Basketball but one in Women's Basketball -- her name is C. Vivian Stringer of Rutgers. She led Cheyney State, Iowa and Rutgers to the Final Four appearances. Impressive. But not impressive like she did in the last two weeks when she managed to beat No. 6 Tennessee 65-51, then travelled to beat No. 4 Texas 51-47 then came back home to host No. 1 Louisiana State and pulled the red carpet with an upset win, 51-49. You go girl, Viv!
R-
Zoe Finally Popped Out of Chlms' Uterus!
Congratulations, Chlms and Jonathan.
Love you both, and now Zoe.
R-
Love you both, and now Zoe.
R-
Thursday, January 06, 2005
Let Me See ...
Let me think a little.
Alberto Gonzales wrote the memorandum on how to bypass the laws to torture the suspects when he was the Counsel at White House. The result is that we got the embarrassing scandals with Abu Ghraib and Gitmo Bay (where the Pentagon suggested to imprison the suspects for the duration of their lives without a trial) ...
And now Gonzales said he does not approve of torture techniques before the hearing in Congress.
How can one write something to approve the torture techniques then later, disavow it?
Isn't that a case of flip-flop? Of course it is.
What a Republican classic.
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Alberto Gonzales wrote the memorandum on how to bypass the laws to torture the suspects when he was the Counsel at White House. The result is that we got the embarrassing scandals with Abu Ghraib and Gitmo Bay (where the Pentagon suggested to imprison the suspects for the duration of their lives without a trial) ...
And now Gonzales said he does not approve of torture techniques before the hearing in Congress.
How can one write something to approve the torture techniques then later, disavow it?
Isn't that a case of flip-flop? Of course it is.
What a Republican classic.
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Snapshots of 2005 Deaflympics
I think it is necessary to leave this entry without words except for the snapshots. Some pics are simply awesome.
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