ritter crazy! :)

the ritter obsessions!

ritter sport chocolates!!! :)
how can u not like it!!! hehe.....

tyson ritter!!! - frontman for the all-american rejects!!! :)
this one's new - not sure how....:)

7.12.2008

aaaargh...

i've turned 23!!!

i'm ancient!

on the plus side - raof bought me the GQ and SI tht i wanted...:)

Michael Phelps on 60 Minutes (part 2 of 2)

Anderson Cooper's interview with Michael Phelps on the November 30th edition of 60 Minutes

Michael Phelps on 60 Minutes (part 1 of 2)

Man of The Year! :)

Sports Illustrated

wet....

in a tux....

*drool*....;)








GQ

badan....

scruffy.....

*drool*.....:)

Golden Goggles '08 Red Carpet - Michael Phelps

:):)

NKOTB on AMA 2008

OMG!!!!

jordan knight!!!!...all the way...:)

s5e12

when ur 2 absolute faves collide - u get a brilliant season finale!

finally...

ENTOURAGE s5e12 - the one where there's MIKE!!!! :)

aaah...happiness...;)

mikaeel?!?

michael jackson - raised as a jehovah's witness - is now mikaeel a muslim?!?

u've gotta be joking!

the list....

so every other magazine and tabloid has a list of sexiest men....well, here's mine...in NO particular order...:)...oh, and the list is growing...:)

• michael phelps
• ian thorpe
• eamon sullivan
• ryan lochte
• adam levine
• freddie prinze jr
• zachary levi
• dave annable
• david cook
• adrian brody
• brandon boyd
• james franco
• adam brody
• al pacino (when he was younger)
• milo ventimiglia
• james mcavoy
• jonathan rhys-meyers
• travis barker
• jake gyllenhaal
• jordan knight

PEOPLE's sexiest 2008.....;)

LAZAT!!!!...yummmm.....;)

1. hugh jackman.....:)
2. daniel craig
3. jon hamm....mad men...interesting....;)
4. zac efron
5. robert buckley
6. blair underwood....DSM's yummy "villain"?
7. ed westwick
8. MICHAEL PHELPS!!!!......yummm....3 golden goggles & makes me weak in the knees...;)
9. blake shelton
10. lang lang
11. mark-paul gosselar
12. javier bardem
13. robert pattinson
14. joshua jackson.....nice....liked him since he was charlie in the mighty ducks...:)
15. david beckham

i approve....:) though i wish tht mike would've at least be in the top 5....

JUSTIN AND ANDY - DICK IN THE BOX

an SNL classic....:)

MBChB V

alhamdulillah!!!!

I PASSED!!! :)

thank u ALLAH for this great blessing and opportunity...
i'm one yr away from being an actual dr...omg - look out world...

this is definately the best moment of my LIFE!!!
im beyond grateful to God for this...

alhamdulillah....

results...NOT!...:(

• it was supposed to be out by midday tmrw (wednesday)....
• limbo - ie the period where the board of examiners would meet and discuss who'd fail and then give them a ring to let them knw would be from midday today till then....

BUT....

• the fckn med skl decided to prolong our misery by extending limbo and only releasing the official results midday thursday!...mthrfckr!...
• so now...its an extra day of limbo...
• and the last few hours on thursday morning - I WONT BE ABLE TO ANSWER MY PHONE, SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO CALL ME COS I'D BE ON THE BLOODY PLANE ON THE WAY BACK HOME!!!!!

catching up....

been meaning to post something....the final trigger was juz 2secs ago - listening to "light on"...:)

30/10 (thurs)

- class dinner at mecca stonehouse in mission bay...

- yummy food; good to catch up with the kiwi friends...

31/10 (fri)

halloween! - though we were in no mood to do any halloweening, seeing as how we had the TI talk tht morning..uber-pissed tht it was done so soon, with the badges and all! grrr...definately a downer!.....grrr...

03/11 (mon)

- i got my new toy!!!!....my 120GB, black iPod classic....mmmmmm...:)

- atiqah's bday dinner at the bluestone room...yummm....:)

- definately a good nite, with great ppl....:)

- ended the night with a round of cranium!!! :)

04/11 (tues)

- david cook's light on video finally released!!!! :) - saya sungguh sangat gumbira!!! sangat lazat!!!.....*drool, drool*.....;)

- watched sir andrew lloyd webber's The Phantom of The Opera at the civic...

- definately brilliant - as can be expected of an ALW play...

- but just as i felt during the rock opera "notre dame" tht i watched a couple of yrs back - opera as a genre, is definately NOT my cup-of-tea! :)

05/11 (wed)

- daytrip with nurul, pu3 and ery for a cruise of the bay of islands...

- beautiful scenery....

- i do usually get a LITTLE quesy on boats/ferries....bt this time around was the worst form of seasick tht i've ever had in my life!!! i was this close to puking!!!! it was juz tht bad....

- got to go see the treaty house for the Treaty of Waitangi....very cool....:)

- by the time i got home (around 8pm)....i was pooped, and red as a lobster....interesting....:)

- OBAMA is the new president-elect!!! :) out with the hicks, and in with a new future....

well...i think tht sums up the more significant bits of the last week....

now i've gotta go shop for the stuff mama wants me to buy back...."fun"....:)

DONE!

yes..the bloody MBChB V finals are over!

the only spark in this fckn ordeal was today's osce - which i am ever so grateful to Allah for, cos i actually knew wht direction to head for my hx and examination stations - im obviously NOT saying i was awesome, i was juz glad tht despite being a bumbling-babbling-idiot, i actually knew (sorta) wht i was doing.....

my stations:

1. surgical hx - claudication
2. med exam - parkinson's
3. med exam - cardio (murmur + HF management + RA hands with gouty tophus)
4. surgical exam - spleen

i still strongly believe im gonna fail and have to re-do this horrible yr again, bt at this moment, the feeling of "..aaah...it's OVER" juz trumps any other feeling...:)

i juz pray tht i wont be at the receiving end of THE phone-call....

All-Star Guitar Hero

mike! tony hawk!
kobe, alex rodriguez

i really hope my incompetence doesnt end up killing patients.....

its tmrw!

somebody's gotta fail..

somebody's gotta fit into tht failure quota...

at least ONE imu's gotta fail...

at the rate im going...

looks like it'll be me...:(

*sigh*....

dear abah and ma, sorry im such a screw-up/failure...

oscillation?!?

this is a rough excerpt of my conversation with mama yesterday - bloody hillarious! :)

mama: tell me again wht exactly your OSCE exam is?
me: OSCE = objective structured clinical examination
mama: oooh...O.S.C.E.....ok...when i tell ppl, they keep asking me about oscillation..
me: oscillation? bt im doing medicine - not physics! - why oscillation?
mama: i dunno...u juz did urology right...oscillation might play a part....
me: haha...bt isnt it dangling, as opposed to oscillation?...and NO! either way, they dont play a part in the urology assessment....

moms are the best aren't they? ;)

there's a girlfriend?

really?

i hope it's juz a rumour....

travis update!

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/travis-barker-i-m-just-thankful-to-be-alive/13958

yay! :)

urology - clinic...

patients are crazy!

seriously.....

urology - day2....

saw a total (L) nephrectomy today

due to a renal cell carcinoma...

bloody huge-ass kidney!!!

awesome....:)

urology...

seriously?

grrr....

14 days to go

i'm sooo fucked!

ORLHNS - day5...last day...

• last day - so sad!
• today was head and neck clinic - lotsa interesting head & neck malignancies...
• it was a good week...gonna miss ORLHNS....
• wish i could do and see more...:)

ORLHNS - day4...

• recurrent respiratory papillomatosis - debridement of the larynx + antiviral injection on vocal folds
• rhinoplasty + septoplasty - it was awesome seeing mr simcock chip away at the nasal septal cartilage and nasal bones! :)
• excision of carotid body tumour - omg!!!! talk abt anatomy!!! it was soo cool seeing the structures of the neck! - from the internal & external carotids with the hypoglossal...:)

ORLHNS - day3...

omg!

• i am now uber-motivated to study and pass cos i sooo wanna be a fellow of the college of ORLHNS!!!!
• ORL + some plastics + some orthopaedics + some vascular = bloody awesome! :)
• plus, they're a really, really nice cohort!
• working under mark izzard wouldn't be too bad either...;)

EID!

its syawal once again....time for us all to rejoice! :)

to all my friends - SELAMAT HARI RAYA!!!!

i would like to apologise for ALL my wrongs to u!

i wish i was home with the yayha clan and all my loved ones....bt since i can't i'll always have all of u in my mind....

ORLHNS - day2...

• bilateral orbital decompression
• due to Graves' disease....
• her VA went down to CF only!
• microsurg - but so very awesome nevertheless! :)

update! - travis gets out! :)

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/travis-barker-released-from-hospital/13639

yay!!! ;)

ORLHNS - day1...

• day 1 of the ORL bit of the Spec Surg run...
• scrubed in for the coolest surg this yr...
• (R) hemiglossectomy - with flap and graft....
• due to the HNS bit - ORL surg juz topped my list of "hmmm...maybe?"...
• there was more actual surgery than i expected! - not juz all tht nonsense microsurg - u actually get ur hands dirty! :)
• how awesome is it to see the structures & musculature in the neck! - juz like in netters!
• visualising the jugular and the carotid was awesome! (the last time was during a carotid endarterectomy last yr!)

new on the tube...

JJ Abrams does it again!

this is definately worth watching...

joshua jackson - yumm...

the characted walter bishop - kooky!

keep an eye out for this one!

update! - AM released...Travis not yet....

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/dj-am-released-from-burn-hospital-after-jet-crash/13597?nc

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/dj-am-i-m-the-luckiest-guy-alive/13534

Thank God!

GOD.HATES.ME

I.HATE.ME

"My Pain, My Gain" - by Ian Thorpe

he paints....:)

The acrylic on canvas measures two metres by four metre and shows Thorpe cutting through the water with tiny human figures all over him.

"When I was a kid I used to imagine within my body there were all these mini people and the people in my goggles were the control room," Thorpe said.

"They were kind of like lemmings and they used to power everything in my body. I was always whipping them to make them work harder.

"That was my form of visualisation."

they're baaacckkk!!! - plus 1 new one...:)

in addition to the 2 that were previously posted....my other favourites are back!

and it doesnt help tht im now hooked onto ANOTHER HBO series!....

update!

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24400050-7484,00.html

thank God!

Michael Phelps on Jimmy Kimmel's BNS

1st - i really, really hope the ankle scene is fake! looks like an anatomical impossiblity! there are way too many ligaments there!

and the grey's bit - BLOODY HILLARIOUS!!! michael looked hot though....;)

critical, but stable - full recovery is expected!

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-crash22-2008sep22,0,4694330.story

full recovery is expected! Thank God!!! :)

sad day in music...

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/20/barker.plane.crash/index.html

omg!!!! travis and DJ AM are badly burnt/injured in tht plane crash!!!!
GOD....apparently travis is doing a tad better - his injuries are waist-down....
AM is burnt pretty bad in the face...gosh! airway compromise!!!

oh man...i really hope they pull through!!!! it'll be a waste/shame to see great talent burnt away..

im rooting for u travis!!!!!

Travis Barker, DJ AM Critically Injured in Plane Crash!

good tv is back!

yes...but why now!!! aargghhh......must study....
bt thank god it's only 2 so far....:)

Michael Phelps flies

lame....

Michael Phelps sings

ok, the man CAN'T sing...

Michael Phelps prank

damn dumb...:)

i'm TRYING...but...

now i GIVE UP...and...

i WANT OUT...

Michael Phelps on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - Part 3

Michael Phelps on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - Part 2

Michael Phelps on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - part 1

saya suka :)

i have gone completely nutscobar!!!!

why, why, WHY??

bad, bad truth...=(

why should i be sad? he is after all a dude...a 23-year old to be exact...very, very normal..
maybe NOW i can stop my obsession?!? - except tht in-the-name of all tht is crazy, im actually jealous of tht woman! -.....

grrr..i've gone absolutely mad!!!!

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/article22695.ece

http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/5/162930/1852/hotels/Michael_Phelps_Has_Been_a_Naughty_Naughty_Boy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1053495/Olympic-swim-hero-Michael-Phelps-goes-gold-blonde-Playboy-club-Vegas.html

bad, bad dream...

after ages-upon-ages of not dreaming when i sleep at nite - or at least having NO memory of it whtsoevr! - i finally dreamt last nite! :)

u'd think i'd be stoked - but NOOOO....of all things, it had to be a nightmare! ok...i dunno if it technically constitutes as being a nightmare - maybe juz a bad dream - it was disturbing nonetheless...

i dreamt tht i was in baltimore and i saw MP marry his "long-time" girlfriend!!! aarrrghhh!!! NOOOOO!!!!!!

to the masses, i knw it'll seem trivial and ridiculous...bt to me - a semi-obsessed fan - it was a harsh thing to see....i tried rationalising it, cos im quite certain he's not seeing anyone - unless those studpd rumours abt stephanie rice are true :( - bt it was juz plain weird...so when i woke up not too long ago, i checked the news...thank God it wasnt true....it was only a BAD, BAD dream....:)

yes, i knw im borderline loony-ville! :)

Michael Phelps Interview After Beijing Olympics PART III

Michael Phelps Interview After Beijing Olympics PART II

Michael Phelps Interview After Beijing Olympics PART I

in the news...

• first gustav, then hanna, then ike?!?
• floods in india!
• thailand has declared a state of emergency!
• idiotic malaysian minister making an idiotic racist remark! - didnt he think before he spoke?!?

hope tht all these challenges during Ramadhan will only make us stronger....

Ramadhan 1429

to my parents, family and friends back home in malaysia...today you start ur Ramadhan...
and to you, i wish you a blessed Ramadhan...

though im not sure when raof begins his Ramadhan..poor boy, not only will his bday be in Ramadhan, he's having to go thru it during summer! thank GOD it's the tail-end though...:)

for me, here in auckland, Ramadhan begins tmrw, 2nd september...
i'm looking forward to a blessed and calming and spiritual Ramadhan tht'll enrich me in everyway possible...and may it also provide me with the strength i need to study and get thru the grind to prepare for the bloody finals!

NB: i really hope i can also cope with NOT swearing! ;)....ohwell, easier said than done...=p

thorpe dives into uni....:)

check this out...life after the swim...

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/08/30/1219516798568.html?feed=fairfaxdigitalxml

Petronas - iklan merdeka 2008

man...petronas nvr disappoints!
wht a tear-jerker!

Perpaduan Teras Kejayaan

Dear Malaysia, happy 51st birthday!!!

Though we can't be there physically to celebrate in the joys and festivities, know tht we are definately thinking about it here in auckland....thinking and wishing we could be there with our fellow malaysians, waving our Jalur Gemilang....:)

oh well, subha and i managed to at least sing our hearts out when the clock struck 12 here in auckland last nite! *proud moment for us*......;)

oh yes, and kudos to mr anuar dan for creating this pretty cool logo.....:)

thought of the day...

this is wht it all boils down to....

do i really wanna be a doctor?

I'm Michael Phelps...(BBC Interview)

26.08.2008

distractions everywhere!

damn the exams!

the closer i get to the bloody finals, the more distracted i get! dammit! it's a bloody pattern! the same thing happened last yr! i thought im the only one - bt while talking to manda last nite, looks like she's in the same boat...*phew*...im NOT going crazy - i think...

my bloody distractions include:

• lagu melayu! (KRU specifically!)
• songs by boy bands...
• boys! (michael phelps particularly - as u can see from my past few posts)

HELP! i dont need these distractions nor do i need the disintegration of my taste in music! :)

Michael Phelps' Hidden Talent

i LOVE the funny faces!! :)

Olympics '08: Phelps 'It Was Fun'

Michael Phelps Learning Mandarin

soo bloody cute!!! ;)

rant of the night...

fact: i am "in love" with michael phelps

fact: i am sooo gonna bloody-well flunk this yr! - though i OBVIOUSLY dont want to...:(

fact: i'll be off to the states in december...
fiction: i'll meet michael phelps there,we'll hit it off brilliantly and we'll be great friends! (or more..whtevr works...;p)

NB: i'm tired & sleepy....go figure!

michael makes it 8 as we bid farewell to the water-cube...

its the last of our days at the beautiful Water Cube....so sad it has to come to an end, for it was undoubtedly the most spectacular swimming the world has ever witnessed!

and if before this all started, i would say i already had a bit of a crush on michael phelps...but now, i would sayd tht i LOVE him!!! i LOVE the baltimore bullet.....;)

anyway, before i get carried away dreaming of him - here's a recap of the medals since i last wrote...

14 August 2008

men's 200m breastroke
gold - kosuke kitajima (2:07.64 - OR)
silver - brenton rickard (2:08.88 - OC)
bronze - hugues duboscq (2:08.94)

hands down, the best breastroker in the world...was there any doubt he wouldnt get gold? i probly expected him to break his own WR, bt hey - it's the medal tht counts aye...:)

women's 200m butterfly
gold - zige liu (2:04.18 - WR)
silver - liuyang jiao (2:04.72)
bronze - jessicah schipper (2:06.26)

yup, tht's right...it's CHINA 1 and 2!!! how awesome is tht! china's first gold in the pool and to make it sweeter - she lowered schipper's previous WR of 2:05.40!!! and the defending olympic champion - otylia jedrzejczak of poland - only managed 4th...the home crowd was definately pleased! :)

men's 100m freestyle

gold - alain bernard (47.21)

silver - eamon sullivan 47.32)

bronze - jason lezak (47.67)

this was such a close race! i was obviously hoping for the best final yet - i mean, wouldnt u? after the brilliant semis?...anyways, even though my choice - the aussie eamon sullivan, off course! - didn't win, it was nevertheless, a brilliant race! i guess i was also happy tht bernard didnt lower eamon's WR of 47.05...:)

oh, and hoogie, sadly wasn't able to make history by winning his 3rd olympic 100m free...and it's also a sad day for the swimming world, cos he retired shortly after the race....bt no worries, i'll always remember the brilliant dutch - pieter van den hoogenband! :)

womens' 4x200m freestyle relay

gold - australia (7:44.31 - WR)

[stephanie rice, bronte barratt, kylie palmer, linda mackenzie]

silver - china (7:45.93 - AS)

[yu yang, qianwei zhu, miao tan, jiaying pang]

bronze - usa (7:46.33 - AM)

[allison schmitt, natalie coughlin, caroline burckle, katie hoff]

oh.my.god!!! the beautiful and brilliant aussie girls did wht the american boys did for their relay! they demolished the previous WR of 7:50.09 held by the americans...thts a bloody 5-second drop! how awesome is tht!

stephanie rice, was good, and though she trailed the french at first, bronte barratt superbly puched the aussies up front!...it was definately a superb swim by all! and the top4 teams - 4th being the italians who set a new ER of 7:49.46 - were all under the previous WR!!! wht is this, if not brilliance? :)

15 August 2008

women's 200m breastroke

gold - rebecca soni (2:20.22 - WR)

silver - leisel jones (2:22.05)

bronze - sara nordenstam (2:23.02 - ER)

damn...wht an upset!!! jones was leading pretty much all the way till the last 50m where soni juz burst right-on thru and made it clear tht the gold medal had her name on it! i mean, it was no competition - 2seconds between them! not only did she out-swim jones here, she destroyed jones' previous WR of 2:20.54....wht a great race! :)

men's 200m backstroke

gold - ryan lochte (1:53.94 - WR)

silver - aaron peirsol (1:54.33)

bronze - arkady vyatchanin (1:54.93 - ER)

this was a bloody spectacular race!!! ryan and aaron came into this as co-WR-holders...well, we can safely say - NOT ANYMORE!!! :) lochte killed their prev WR of 1:54.32, and has definately taken-over from peirsol as america's backstroke king! :) i was sad, cos i really liked peirsol, but at the same time, stoked, cos we've got a new poster-boy for the backstroke - 24y/o lochte...:)

men's 200m IM

gold - michael phelps (1:54.23 - WR)

silver - laszlo cseh (1:56.52 - ER)

bronze - ryan lochte (1:56.53)

i found this race brilliant in more ways than one...it was michael's number 6!!! and again, it was a WR..surpassing HIS previous WR of 1:54.80...how cool is tht...juz one step closer to equalling mark spitz's record 7...:) the hungarian cseh was equally awesome! i mean, granted he wasnt gonna surpass michael, bt he kept up! and at times, they were on par! he is bloody awesome! and ryan! he juz swam and won gold juz minutes ago, and here he is again! fantabulous!!! :)

women's 100m freestyle

gold - britta steffen (53.12 - OR)

silver - lisbeth trickett (53.16)

bronze - natalie coughlin (53.39 =AM)

who is this german girl?!? we all thought - well, at least i for one did - tht libby trickett was a sure-win for this event...,bt lo-and-behold! she was overtaken and beaten by juz 0.04seconds! whoa...bt hey - at least libby still holds on to her WR of 52.88...:)

16 August 2008

women's 200m breastroke

gold - kirsty coventry (2:05.24 - WR)

silver - margaret hoelzer (2:06.23)
bronze - reiko nakamura (2:07.13 - AS)

yay!!! im a big fan of this brilliant swimmer from zimbabwe...and she did it! she finally got gold and lowered hoelzer's WR of 2:06.09!!! :)

men's 100m butterfly

gold - michael phelps (50.58 - OR)

silver - milorad cavic (50.59 - ER)

bronze - andrew lauterstein (51.12 - OC)

omg!!! this right here is THE untimate definition of tht phrase LUCKY NUMBER 7!!!! holy fuck! wht was he thinking!!! it was sooo bloody close tht no-one, and i mean no human eye could have caught it!

not surprisingly, the serbian team submitted a protest and wanted to see the video replay...granted, the OMEGA technology used for the timing is as good as perfect - even vouched-for by the great alexander popov - bt i guess we can all understand the need to see it with our own 2 eyes...with tht, they admitted, they agreed, their man cavic lost....coincidentally, cavic was the previous OR-holder, which he set 2days ago...
bt how bloody close was tht?!? 0.01seconds seperated them!!!! all i can say is, michael had better thank his lucky stars after tht one!
btw, the previous WR holder - ian crocker, WR = 50.40 - came in 4th with a time of 51.13...
wht a race...im quite sure my BP sky-rocketed watching this race....;)

p/s: cavic is actually really cute...hehe...;)

women's 800m freestyle

gold - rebecca adlington (8:14.10 - WR)

silver - alessia filippi (8:20.23)

bronze - lotte friis (8:23.03)

the english have finally made their long-awaited mark in the pool...she led right from the start and in the end, the 19-yr old brit shaved-off an incredible 2.12seconds off the previous WR of 8:16.22 set by janet evans in 1989 - the yr adlington was born!...how cool is tht!

men's 50m freestyle

gold - cesar cielo fihlo (21.30 - OR)

silver - amaury leveaux (21.45)

bronze - alain bernard (21.49)

holy crap! wht a race!!! i obviously wanted my favourite - WR-holder eamon sullivan - to win...bt hey, a 50m race is fair-game! in the end, eamon came in 6th with a time of 21.65 - WELL off his WR of 21.28....cielo fihlo definately sprang a MAJOR upset, breaking his own OR of 21.34 along the way to win this race of the fastest men! and understandably, he was emotional at the end of it...:)

17 August 2008

women's 50m freestyle

gold - britta steffen (24.06 - OR)

silver - dara torres (24.07 - AM)

bronze - cate campbell (24.17)

her 2nd gold of the games - and this time around, she breaks the previous OR of 24.13 set by the great inge de bruijn in 2000...more importantly, dara was soo close to gold!!! this 41-year old mom was only 0.01seconds behind steffen! how awesome is tht?!? unfortunately, our dear WR-holder libby trickett wasnt even able to medal! instead, she had to settle for 4th with a time of 24.25....hmm...

men's 1500m freestyle
gold - oussama mellouli (14:40.84 - AF)
silver - grant hackett (14:41.53)

bronze - ryan cochrane (14:42.69)

aaarghh!!! wht a shame!!! on one hand, im soo bloody devastated tht grant wasnt able to retain his title and get his historical hattrick! i mean, to add salt to wound, im quite sure he's under-performed this whole olympics! all this despite all the measures he'd taken...he swam WELL outside his WR of 14:34.56 bt at least tht WR still stands and his name is still up there...and i'm happy for tht...:) oh well, he'd taken over the reigns from the great kieran perkins, so i guess it's time to pass the baton?

on the other hand, this is EXACTLY why i love the olympics! it's a world-class competition and anyone, from any part of the world has a chance at shining! and in this case, it's the tunisian mellouli..wht an upset! he stood-by hackett and the canadian cochrane and in the final leg, juz burst ahead of grant - who i must say, tried his mightiest to catch up - and took home the gold! wht a feat...:)

women's 4x100m medley relay
gold - australia (3:52.69 - WR)

[emily seebohm, leisel jones, jessicah schipper, lisbeth trickett]

silver - usa (3:53.30 - AM)

[natalie coughlin, rebecca soni, christine magnuson, dara torres]

bronze - china (3:56.11 - AS)

[jing zhao, ye sun, yafei zhou, jiaying pang]

omg! the golden girls are back! the same 4 who won the gold in athens did it again! :) wht a show! they obliterated their previous WR of 3:55.74...awesome-ness!!! but i definately have to give props to the americans for putting up a fight! even dara torres - who had swum and won a silver earlier - put every ounce of energy she had left in her to keep up, bt the aussies proved to powerful! :)

and hey - china?!? awesome.....:)

men's 4x100m medley relay

gold - usa (3:29.24 - WR)

[aaron peirsol, brenden hansen, michael phelps, jason lezak]

silver - australia (3:30.04 - OC)

[hayden stoeckel, brenton rickard, andrew lauterstein, eamon sullivan]

bronze - japan (3:31.18 - AS)

[junichi miyashita, kosuke kitajima, takuro fujii, hisayoshi sato]

he already matched mark spitz's historical haul of 7medals in a single olympic..NOW - with the help of 3 others who are the best in their respective disciplines - michael phelps IS the GREATEST olympian and swimmer of our modern-day with his final tally of 8gold medals!!!

the americans led from start to finish and they demolished their previous WR 3:30.68!! we had an exciting run in the 2nd leg - the breastroke - where we saw kitajima single-handedly put the japanese team on par with the top 2...how cool was tht!

but hey - it was juz sooo bloody obvious tht the americans were the ones to win - but i must say, the aussies put up a brilliant challenge! especially in the final leg, where eamon sullivan looked like he could actually pull off the greatest upset of the olympics and be the one to deny michael his historical 8! but in the end, it was juz a split of 0.70seconds! the aussies can only be proud of tht, as they are a young team adn i can forsee them making waves in the near future...i say this cos if you look at the great american team, it'll probly only be michael who'll be back in 4years to defend the title...hmm...we'll wait and see, now shall we? :)

michael was also honoured and acknowledged for his brilliant wins and sportsmanship and we FINALLY see some emotion from him as the american anthem played...*sigh*...FINA and the swimming world can only hope tht this will bring the much-needed publicity the sport soo needs...

wht a run...wht a brilliant olympics! thank you beijing, thank you michael! ;)