How does the Grape Taste? During the last couple of days of the Beijing Olympics when it was certain that the USA could not overtake China in the number of gold medals, I found some interesting polls on some leading US sports websites, such as "What is a better indicator of overall sporting prowess, the number of gold medals or number of total medals?" Hm, very interesting indeed.
Keyman's Key Words: Shortly after the conclusion of the closing ceremony of the Olympics, Keyman Ma, a former colleague of mine some 12 years ago who is now the leading sports anchor at TVB, was asked by his crew his thoughts on the 8-minute show by the London representatives during the ceremony. And as usual, he nailed it right on the money. He said, in Cantonese, that the show put up by London「有啲留（流）...力」. (Translation: Had he not added the final word「力」, that would have meant that the show was a bit shoddy. But with the belated addition of that single word, that entire comment became "London didn't show its true colours in the show".) Nicely put.
Racing at the Dock of the Bay: The new circuit at Valencia for the Formula One European Grand Prix was simply fantastic. With the handful of cruises, yachts and containers as the backdrop, as well as the pretty white bridge being part of the circuit, there was nothing more an F1 enthusiast like me to ask for, except for the introduction of more street circuits in future. I'm now eagerly waiting for the upcoming Singaporean Grand Prix next month.
The Smaller the Better? A quick glance at the midfield of Arsenal made me wonder if they are fielding a team of under-aged players. Neither Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri nor Tomas Rosicky can be regarded as big and physical. No wonder they couldn't win the ball in the midfield and lost to Fulham 1-0 over the weekend.
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