Tammy in Doubles, Too!

It's raining and pouring in Paris, so she didn't play singles today.

Here is the doubles draw:

2008 Women's Doubles Championship

BLACK ZIM / HUBER USA [1]
JANS POL / JUGIC-SALKIC BIH
KLEYBANOVA RUS / MAKAROVA RUS
DUSHEVINA RUS / PEREBIYNIS UKR

KUSTOVA BLR / ZAKOPALOVA CZE
LEFEVRE FRA / VEDY FRA (W)
OLARU ROU / PARRA SANTONJA ESP
KORYTTSEVA UKR / UHLIROVA CZE [15]

RAYMOND USA / STOSUR AUS [12]
AMANMURADOVA UZB / WOEHR GER
HESSE FRA / MLADENOVIC FRA (W)
COIN FRA / HUCK FRA (W)

CAMERIN ITA / DULKO ARG
LLAGOSTERA VIVES ESP / MARTINEZ SANCHEZ ESP
ERRANI ITA / MATTEK USA
MOLIK AUS / SANTANGELO ITA [5]

CHAN TPE / CHUANG TPE [4]
MORIGAMI JPN / NAKAMURA JPN
DE LOS RIOS PAR / PIRONKOVA BUL
SANCHEZ FRA / THORPE FRA (W)

BAMMER AUT / LISICKI GER
HRADECKA CZE / VORACOVA CZE
CHAKVETADZE RUS / JANKOVIC SRB
BENESOVA CZE / HUSAROVA SVK [13]

MEDINA GARRIGUES ESP / RUANO PASCUAL ESP [10]
RADWANSKA POL / RADWANSKA POL
ERAKOVIC NZL / KRAJICEK NED
LOIT FRA / PARMENTIER FRA

SALERNI ARG / SFAR TUN
GALLOVITS ROU / NICULESCU ROU
KUDRYAVTSEVA RUS / MULLER GER
YAN CHN / ZHENG CHN [8]

AZARENKA BLR / PEER ISR [6]
CASTANO COL / KANEPI EST
BREMOND FRA / JOHANSSON FRA (W)
HSIEH TPE / KING USA

DOMACHOWSKA POL / ROSOLSKA POL
JI CHN / SUN CHN
GARBIN ITA / VINCI ITA
PENG CHN / SUN CHN [11]

POUTCHEK BLR / RODIONOVA RUS [16]
DZEHALEVICH BLR / GOVORTSOVA BLR
DELLACQUA AUS / SCHIAVONE ITA
PETROVA RUS / SCHNYDER SUI

VESNINA RUS / ZVONAREVA RUS
ARVIDSSON SWE / ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA CZE
CETKOVSKA CZE / SAFAROVA CZE
PESCHKE CZE / STUBBS AUS [3]

BONDARENKO UKR / BONDARENKO UKR [7]
CIBULKOVA SVK / HRDINOVA CZE
BACSINSZKY SUI / CORNET FRA
NAVRATILOVA CZE / PASZEK AUT

COHEN-ALORO FRA / PIN FRA (W)
KIRILENKO RUS / PENNETTA ITA
FORETZ FRA / SAVCHUK UKR
SAFINA RUS / SZAVAY HUN [9]

DECHY FRA / LIKHOVTSEVA RUS [14]
RAZZANO FRA / WICKMAYER BEL
CIRSTEA ROU / REZAI FRA
SHVEDOVA RUS / TANASUGARN THA

FEDOSSOVA FRA / PICHET FRA (W)
HARKLEROAD USA / VOSKOBOEVA RUS
CRAYBAS USA / WOZNIACKI DEN
SREBOTNIK SLO / SUGIYAMA JPN [2]

Finally!!!!!!

Rain, rain go away! Come again some other day!!!!!!!!

Court 11 11:00 Start

1 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd. Mischa Zverev (GER) v. Paul Capdeville (CHI) followed by 2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd. Dudi Sela (ISR) v. Victor Hanescu (ROU) To Finish 3-1 3 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd. Jie Zheng (CHN) v. Mara Santangelo (ITA) 4 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) v. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 5 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd. Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) v. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)

It's Raining in Paris!

Tammy isn't scheduled to play yet...

It's French Open Time!!!!!!!

Go, Tammy, go!!!!!!!! \(^o^)/

My Disneyland Past

My friend Kevin scanned some old photos for me from our Disney days. Kevin was a Guest Relations Host/Tour Guide at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. He now works for Delta Airlines as a flight attendant.

I met Kevin through my friend Mario, who was my co-worker at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. I really enjoyed being a Disneyland Tour Guide. I learned a lot about Walt Disney. I could also meet people from all over the world. But most of all, I could ride the rides while I was working! We tested Splash Mountain during the summer of 1988 during our lunch breaks!!!!!! There was too much water and my uniform was soaked!

Photos
Winter 1989--With Mario in the Guest Relations telephone room . That is a close-up of our Tour Guide pin. Too bad we couldn't keep it!

Summer 1991--Visiting Tokyo Disneyland and taking a photo with some Tokyo Tour Guides. Our Anaheim uniforms are similar except that our plaid is Royal Stewart (red)

July 1991--Kevin (Walt Disney World), Craig (Disneyland), me, my Cornell classmate Peter, and Mario (Disneyland) in front of the Mickey Mouse flower portrait at Disneyland

July 1991--With Peter and Kevin

November 1995--A Happy Day for My Sister: My sister Janet was named Disneyland's first Asian American Ambassador. She was part of a 4-person team who represented Disneyland in 1996. She wore her uniform when we went to Atlanta to watch Tammy play in her first Olympics.

I Love Yawaragi! やわらぎ大好き！！！！！

I'm sad because Yawaragi closed on May 6.
5月6日にやわらぎが終了して、悲しい事だと思います。

My first time at Yawaragi was a March 19 celebration dinner. 初めてやわらぎへ行ったのは3月１９日のお祝いdinner.


I enjoyed the tempura course at the counter with my Cornell classmate.
コーネル大学の同級生と一緒にコウンター席で天ぷらコースを楽しんで食べました。

That was when we learned that Yawaragi was closing on May 6. We felt very sad to hear the news.
あの時でやわらぎが５月６日に終了する事を耳にしました。私たちがその情報を聞いて、残念な気持ち感じられました。

The head chef, Mr. Honda, is so kind and friendly. We became instant friends that evening.
本田料理長がとても優しくて親切な方ので、その時から仲良しになりました。

I love Mr. Honda's smile!本田料理長の笑顔が大好き！！！！！！！！！

We had a very good time on May 4, celebrating my sister Tammy's victory at the Kangaroo Cup in Gifu.　　The Yawaragi staff really helped us a lot.

On May 6, I invited my sister's good friend Shinobu Asagoe to come to Yawaragi as one last surprise for Mr. Honda. It was also a surprise 1st anniversary dinner for Shinobu and her husband.

I told Mr. Honda that Tammy thinks he should open a tempura restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand. There are many Japanese businessmen and tourists there. Plus Thai people LOVE fried foods. I think it would be very interesting to create fusion tempura, like spicy fried shrimp.

What do you think of "Hondaya" as a name for the new restaurant?

Thank you, Mr. Honda and Yawaragi for many good memories!

Welcome to My Bilingual Blog!

ローズさんの個人ブログを作られてはいかがでしょうか？
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Thanks for the suggestion! 親切なアイデアを教えて頂いて有難う御座いました。

I am going to try my best to study Japanese by keeping a bilingual blog.
この英語と日本語のブログで日本語の勉強を頑張りたいと思います。

I will be happy if it is useful for your English studies, too!
そして、皆様の英語の勉強を役に立つ事になれば嬉しく思います。

Please leave me comments any time!
ぜひ、ご意見を教えて下さいませ 。

If I make Japanese mistakes, please be strict in your comments on how to correct them!
日本語の勉強の為、間違いがある場合、コッメントで厳しくやって下さい！！！！！！！