Daily Archives: January 29, 2009

ABDC Season 3 – behind the scenes episode 3

PacRimPress continues to delivered on the behind the scenes footage of America’s Best Dance Crew Season 3. Here’s the Asian American highlights for episode 3:

Quest Crew get asked who’s single and who’s not. Also rump shakin’ action.

The girls of Beat Freaks talk about dancing like Britney Spears

Team Millenia dress like Britney, Madonna, and K-fed as they change themes every week

RJ “Kool Raul” Navalta of Supreme Soul talks about talks about life after ABDC and which crew he would want to be on in season 3

Tammy and Victor Jih on The Amazing Race 14

We spotted siblings Tammy and Victor Jih in a promo for The Amazing Race 14. Tammy Jih (26) and Victor Jih (35) are both lawyers who graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School. Victor Jih is Owner and CEO of Victory Briefs and a partner at O’Melveny and Myers, while sister Tammy Jih is an Associate Attorney for Quinn Emanuel. The Amazing Race 14 premieres Sunday, February 15th, 8:00pm ET/PT. Here’s more about Tammy and Victor Jih

If they can manage to work together, this smart and sassy brother/sister duo – both with Harvard Law degrees – might have just what it takes to outsmart the competition and cross the finish line first.

Tammy is a litigator who believes that her ability to keep a cool head under pressure, especially with little or no sleep, will lead to success on the Race. Her biggest pet peeve with her brother is that he’s a bit of a control freak. This was never more evident than when they recently traveled with friends to China and Victor mapped out the entire trip down to the minute.

Victor is a partner at his law firm and works as a corporate litigator. He is running the Race to see if he and his sister can co-exist in a hyper-competitive situation without driving each other crazy. Victor thinks that his teammate can be immature and selfish and he’s hoping the Race will remedy that.

Victor is confident in his decision making and believes his sister should do what he says as he knows best. Tammy would like to prove to Victor that she’s not a baby anymore and that it’s time he view her as an equal. Victor is modeling his game play after the cut-throat style of Rob and Amber while Tammy prefers Season 12 winners TK and Rachel’s laid back approach.

Both have traveled extensively and are supremely confident in their ability to win the million dollar prize.

UPDATE: Tammy and Victor Jij win Amazing Race 14

Tammy and Victor Jih on The Amazing Race 14

Unlock Emoji icons for iPhone

This is a cool tip from Brian Tong from CNET. He shows you how to get Emoji icons on your iPhone. Emoji is the Japanese term for the picture characters or emoticons used in wireless messages. To unlock this feature you will need an iPhone with firmware version 2.2. When you unlock the Emoji feature, you will get more than just your standard smilies. You’ll see things like animals, food, and smiling stacks of poop.

Jason Chen over at Gizmodo also has a similar tip. Check it out here.

Unlock Emoji icons for iPhone

Toon Spencer by Wong Fu Productions

Wong Fu Productions is branching all over the place. In 2008, They did International Secret Agents Concert with Far East Movement. Another ISA Concert in March 2009 in San Francisco.

They are taking a stab at merchandising now. Coming in February 2009 is Toon Spencer. This cute and adorable stuffed animal is based on Spencer (Toon Spencer’s much bigger cousin) in Wong Fu Productions’ short film “Give and Take”. (You can see it below. The mouthwash scenes are hilarious.) Toon Spencer would make a great Valentine’s Day gift. hint. hint.

Give and Take Part 1

Give and Take Part 2