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?

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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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Fr3sh Dance Crew voted off ABDC

Shout out to Dirty Jersey's dance crew fr3sh for giving it their all. You guys looked great. This season will not be as good without you guys. East coast will hopefully take it one day.

Tribute to Filipina Girls

Pinay ladies are indeed quite lovely.

And the Black Eye Peas think so too with their new song "Mare". Band member "apl.de.ap" is incorporating his Filipino background into the group's music. A very catch tune you should checkout:

Youtube

Mahal kita. m00g00.


***Thanks Justin!