Fr3sh performed once more on the season finale of ABDC.

We are Heroes won! Congrats, ladies.

EZE

Why, China, why?

With Iran flexing its military muscles and the recent publicization of Iran's second hidden nuclear facility, western powers are aiming at more sanctions on trade with Iran if this Thursday's meeting in Geneva prove fruitless. Current viable sanctions include sanctions on foreign investment in Iran's oil and gas and import-export sectors, blacklisting more Iranian banks and firms run by the Revolutionary Guards, divesting from firms that trade with Iran, and banning export credits.

Eastern powers have a different stance though. Russia currently provides Iran with nuclear technology and China imports crude oil from Iran to sell back the refined product. Any sort of sanctions that western powers might put in place would directly affect Russia and China's bottom-line.

Recent language from Russia's Medvedev sound promising saying that further sanctions, while "seldom productive, are sometimes inevitable." Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has been quoted as saying "I am convinced restraint is needed," whatever the hell that means. It should be noted that Russia is being seen as more open to santions on Iran recently.

The biggest roadblock to more sanctions on Iran is China. With China's increasing demand for energy and reliance on crude oil imports from Iran, any sanctions that might go through would be likely to be watered-down and less harsh than Western countries would like. It should be noted though, that China has already supported three rounds of sanctions on Iran and if the second nuke facility in Qom proves to be non-peaceful as Iran alleges, it is likey they will support tougher sanctions. If China is ultimately concerend with cash flow from the middle east, its goal should be long-term stabilization of the area. Nuclear proliferation in the area will only destabilize the area in the long-run and run up the price of crude oil.

We'll see what happens in Geneva this Thursday.

Joe Wong on Letterman

Hilarious. m00g00.

Master Wong

I know I haven't posted in a while. I've been kind of busy with work and what not. But hopefully this post will entertain you enough to make up for it. Master Wong is a self defense trainer who curses. He is awesome.

"Hit em in the boobag!" m00g00.

Y.E. Yang topples the Tiger!

The first Asian man to win the PGA championship...because you know Tiger don't consider himself Asian =D

Y.E. Yang upsets Tiger and the rest of the golf world to take the trophy. What better person to sport some Nike duds now than the guy described as "20 to 1" underdog?

Story

The price is wrong, bitch! m00g00.

Abracadabra!

The Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls has this song called Abracadabra. This is the video. I enjoyed it very much. Here is some info about it from their wiki page:

"The release of the "Abracadabra" music video has sparked a lot of controversy. As the group is sporting a substantially more provocative visual style, criticism has arisen for the suggestive and erotic themes that the video presents."


=)



My brown eyed girls. m00g00.

*** Thanks for the tip Rich!

Wat Misaka - a hero I never knew?

I want to thank Angry Asian Man for pointing out this story. This is actually a pretty personal discovery to me as both of an Asian-American and a fan of basketball.

Quite frankly, one of the reasons I started this blog was to spread awareness, and the urge to spread awareness came about because of my own lack there of. I'll tell you straight up there was probably a point in my life when I was young when I wanted to be in the NBA. And soon after the likes of Wang Zhi Zhi, Mengke Bateer, and Yao Ming entered the NBA. To me- they were the first Asian basketball players ever. I hadn't heard of any big name Asian players in the past. I collected basketball cards and could tell you an entire rookie class from years before I was even born, but I had never known who the real first Asian basketball player was- let alone the first man of color ever drafted in the NBA...

Wat Misaka.

Many of the greatest basketball players have been of African-American decent, a lot of them my heroes, and yet even before they came into the league Wat was drafted. Drafted #1 nontheless AND by my favorite team the New York Knicks! I was shocked. I was stunned. I was dissapointed.

How have I never even heard of this guy? My father, who also was a big basketball fan (yet born after 1947 when Wat was drafted) had never mentioned him either. Could it be the fact that he was only a player for three days before being released? I'm not sure. But he was a big star in college on Utah helping them win a national championship (you have to be pretty good to be drafted first). ***at least most of the time right Michael Oliwakandi? And he is still the first man of color to play in the NBA! That means something!

Wat's story is now being portrayed in a documentary film: Trancending- The Wat Misaka Story

I will do my best from here on out to make people aware that I love basketball and Wat Misaka is someone I look up to. m00g00.

Jay Chou as Kato in the new Green Hornet film

Could you see it?

The Green Hornet was a TV show in the 70's. He was a crime-fighter who had a sidekick named Kato, notably known as Bruce Lee's first major American role. You could probably compare them to Batman and Robin in a strange sort of way.

Jay Chou is a Taiwanese pop-star who has recently been cast as the role of Kato for the film adaptation starring Seth Rogen. I wonder how Chou will hold up playing a role Bruce Lee used to play...Is he badass enough? He is a huge star overseas, but this role may be ground-breaking for the second time by exposing Chou to American audiences. I wouldn't necessarily count this announcement as one "set in stone" since the likes of Stephen Chow and many others have also been rumored to be casted at one time or another.

Rogen and Chou? m00g00.

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