Omedetou, Arakawa-san!

We missed Shizuka Arakawa become the first Japanese figure skater to win a gold medal at the Olympics.

I could find a recording of Arakawa's performance on YouTube.

Someone also put a version which I am guessing is from Brazil and is in Portuguese and also posted a higher resolution one available for download from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4CRUSRZ7. However, this one is in Chinese... So I ended up watching this one while listening to the first link. (At it took me the longest time to figure out that the download button was hiding behind that annoying ad.)

In the end, we realized it might be nicer to see the whole program with all the skaters. Thank God for Poopli and ReplayTV!



On a side note, unfortunately, Miki Ando did not land her quad. Perhaps it set the tone for her entire performance. She is the first woman to land a quad in competition. She's only 18 years old, so she'll have plenty of opportunity to do well. She is actually Japan's national champion. Fumie Suguri placed 4th in the Olympics, so they were a very strong team. There's even a younger skater who is supposed to be of the same caliber but was too young to compete per Japan's Olmypic rules.

Keep out!

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Valentine's dinner at Amici's.

I'm married to Paris HIlton!

According to myheritage.com's face recognition program, Kyoko looks a little like Paris Hilton. And I thought Kyoko was just going to the grocery store when all that time she was partying at all hours of the night.

Actually, she has been told that she looks like an actress Satoko Oshima (大島 智子 or さとこ) and also told like she looks like the lead singer of Show-Ya, Keiko Terada (寺田恵子). However, it is a bit difficult with Kyoko's hair being shorter now. Perhaps someday, I'll work on a Photoshop image to see.

And who do I look like...? Well, besides Lucy Liu, the program said there is a resemblance to John Lennon.