Miho's favorites

Johnny Weir SP Poker Face at Rostelecom Cup   Although Johnny had some jump problems , fell on 4T which was downgraded , two footed on triple axel, triple triple combination jumps became double double.  However, artistry always wins in my mind so  t his is my favorite men’s short program performance at Rostelecom Cup’ 2012.  B ecause I realized I’m watching art in figure skating, and his art skill is incomparable with all other men’s skaters in the event. (IMO)   His beautiful artistic movements blew away these jump errors from my mind and made me to watch over and over.   And his spins were really great as well. The rule of spins has changed again ? He used to often receive level 4 spins and level 3 step sequence.  But after the long blank from competitive skating, looks to me he is still rebuilding the technical skills based on the present rule.   And for transition , they are expecting to do difficult moves between element to element (? ), but choreogr

Tatsuki Machida Congratulations on winning a gold medal in Cup of China ! I was glad  to hear he won it because we both thought he is a wonderful skater and was very impressed with his performances since Skate America. I thought Daisuke would take it for Cup of China, but also possibly Machida could have won as well. Because Daisuke and many other skaters quads are still not consistent, no one is ( was ) consistent like Plushenko, so anything can happen. Joubert might be the only other skater who had consistent quad. ( Not sure for this season ) But overall he was not consistent as well with  other elements. I’m sorry to hear Joubert had illness so had to withdraw from the competition. Hope he will get quick recovery. Machida’s Short Program may be my another top favorite program so far. It ‘s really Lambiel program to me. Very unique and creative.  We both love it ! Seems like it was really hard to create these choreography with this music, they said they almost gave u

It happened last night,  around midnight. I couldn’t believe it, such a thing happened. Ray and I were ready to fall a sleep at the bed after having a chat about Chopin. One lamp was on which was in my side. And the bedroom door was slightly open and not completely closed. All the windows were closed as usual. Suddenly something black which looked like an aggressive bird flew into our bedroom ! “ Oh, my..   What’s that !!!!    What should we do ???  “    I shouted. “ It’s a bird. “    Ray said. But after watching it fly wildly around our bedroom for a moment,  Ray said    “ It’s a bat ! “    . We both pulled over our blankets  and  stayed under the blanket for a while.  But soon Ray got out the bed while it was still flying around the room, saying we need to do something to get  the bat out. I kept staying under the  blanket on the bed. Ray called to our apartment answering service. First a person who answered thought  he was joking because it’s

NBC showed Men & Ladies Long program on Sunday afternoon.  We already knew the result of this competition so we could focus the performance as entertainment.  And overall the result for men was  1. Tahahiko Kozuka 251.44  2. Yuzuru Hanyu 243.74  3. Tatsuki Machida 229.95  4. Konstantin Menshov 212.53  5. Jeremy Abbott 211.35  6. Michal Brezina 209.67  7. Armin Mahbanoozadeh 203.65  8. Tomas Verner 197.36  9. Douglas Razzano 187.73  10. Alexander Majorov 182.42  For men, We both enjoyed Tatsuki Machida ’s Long program which was choreographed by Stephane Lambiel.   It’s really The “ Lambiel “ choreography !!  So much fun, and very creative , interesting choreography !  Machida was doing really great !  We already watched this more than 6 times !   Skate AMERICA TATSUKI MACHIDA FS 2012     I’m not so crazy for the  music “ Firebird “ , and have never impressed with any performances with this music in the

Recently, Ray found an article in the link below in the news section .  It’s about a shocking experience from a doctor who is a neurosurgeon who never believed there is a life after death.    Heaven Is Real: A Doctor’s Experience With the Afterlife by Dr. Eben Alexander  http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/07/proof-of-heaven-a-doctor-s-experience-with-the-afterlife.html  It’s interesting that the doctor seems to remember everything clearly with details, and how he was feeling while he was in that heaven.    Personally , I believe there is a life after death and we all are coming from these spiritual worlds.     http://www.flickr.com/photos/44858457@N00/1830355083/ And there is no end in the world, our spirits are forever, never ending.  I know each person has different idea of it, and I think each person’s “ thoughts “ will bring their own version of forever.   If one thinks there is no life after death, and all is black or whit

Finlandia Trophy 2012 competition event was held on October 5 to 7 and men’s events were finished on October 5. 　 All the results are in the link below, http://www.figureskatingresults.fi/results/1213/FT2012/index.htm   　 Men Overall 1. Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) 248.13   2. Richard Dornbush (USA) 239.99   3, Javier Fernandez (ESP) 235.20   4. Johnny Weir (USA) 201.42   5. Zhan Bush (RUS) 194.29   6. Misha Ge (UZB) 187.92   7. Kento Nakamura (JPN) 187.42   8. Adrian Schultheiss (SWE)177.82   9. Maciej Capuche (POL) 151.93   10. Valtter Virtanen (FIN) 151.93   Johnny Weir SP at Finlandia Trophy Music : Poker Face 　 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaCdSZ-sZJc 　 Johnny Weir LP Music - Subject of the program is "The Phoenix; 'Sarabande' and 'Requiem' by the group Escala  and violinist Edvin Marton and one of Chopin's Nocturnes - "Nocturne No.20 in C sharp minor " With Kiss & Cry scene htt