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People just can't get enough of Michael Phelps. Neither can we!

28th September:
Michael Phelps, Ian Crocker and Lenny Krayzelberg attended an event in King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, Washington. Special guest included Megan Quann, 20-year-old Puyallup woman who won two golds in Sydney in 2000. The swimmers passed along words of wisdom, preaching respect for parents and coaches, the importance of hard work and confidence, and told stories of their rise to Olympic glory.

The Olympic champions raced against each other, then competed in a relay with local youth swimmers and a team of media personalities, including John Curly and New York Vinny.

There was around 800 spectators.

What marked this event was the reaction to Phelps, who won two bronze and six gold medals in Athens. Clearly, Phelps' feats during the Summer Games captured the imagination of young people.

More than half the crowd consisted of young girls who exploded like the fans at an N'Sync concert when Phelps took off his shirt. Girls leaned over the rail to get a closer look, swooning, screaming, snapping photos and cheering his every move.

The Bellevue High School girls swim team was in attendance, and one of the team members grabbed the microphone during the question-and-answer session of the event and asked Ian Crocker if he would marry her.

Crocker smiled and responded: "I'm not completely sure that would be legal."

Cute. The full news is here.

Ok. Here's a delicious photo of Michael Phelps...


In the Phelpstival...

Michael Phelps will be in The OC on October 5th. The real OC.

He will sign autographs and leave his wingspan mprint in plaster!

He is scheduled to remove his shirt to show his torso (President's note: WHAT?!?), and imprint his famous wingspan in plaster which will be auctioned off for charity.

Date:Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Time:Noon-1:30 p.m.

Venue:AT&T Wireless retail store
2775 El Camino Real
Tustin Market Place, off
5 freeway, exit Jamboree
Tustin, CA 92782
P) 714-573-0500

Letter

I wrote in to Kevin Cowherd of Baltimoresun:

Dear Mr.Cowherd

I am writing in to submit what I feel is the perfect nickname for Michael Phelps.

I believe that many people are too preoccupied with the idea that Ian Thorpe has the nickname of "Thorpedo", and hence Michael Phelps should have one with a "normal" word twisted with his name in it.

Therefore it is not apparent enough that using the most simple word can actually bring out the essence of Michael Phelps.

Hence I propose the nickname of The Dolphin.

"Dolphin", obviously, has the letters "ph" which is also pronounced "f", similar to "Phelps".

The dolphin also has similar characteristics displayed by Michael Phelps.

1. Most are playful by nature, after viewing clips and reading reports of his obsession with the XBox, I rest my case.

2. There are numerous incidents of dolphins rescuing people, like how Michael Phelps generously aids in charitable organisations.

3. The biggest threat of dolphins is man, and if I may boldly suggest, "Thorpedo" is "man-made", and this poses as the greatest threat to the "Dolphin".

4. Dolphins are able to swim up to 40km/hour, very fast for a marine mammal.

5. Dolphins cannot stay on shore (beached) for too long, Michael Phelps similarly needs to be in water everyday.

6. Dolphins can eat up to 100lbs. per day, and we all know what a big eater Michael Phelps is.

The above characteristics are done with research, hence I believe that its credibility stands.

I am the founder of the MPC (Michael Phelps Club). It is a non-profit community that not only supports Michael Phelps, but interacts with fun activities and discussions. It boosts nearly 100 members. Our weblog is http://michaelphelps.blogspot.com It would be an honour for you to view it.

Yours Sincerely,
-Christina Seet-
(Singapore)

Sure enough, I got a reply right next day.

Thanks, Christina. Quite a few readers have suggested the Dolphin, so
you're in good company. Kevin Cowherd

THAT'S ALL?!?! But I guess that's quite interesting. And to think Mr.Cowherd has met Michael Phelps face to face before, it is quite overwhelming!

Swimmer of the Year!

News of Michael Phelps is getting lesser and lesser, and sometimes they are indirect news of him.

Here's an article of Bob Bowman, Michael Phelps' coach, on Phelps' past, present and future plans.

"It was grueling for Michael, but he never snapped," Bowman said. "He's got great ability and a great work ethic and he's seen how he can combine those with the right technique to swim fast.

"You have to remember what he's done all his career. He beat everybody at 11, at 12, at 13, all his life. In his mind there was no reason to think he wouldn't beat everybody again. I could tell he was particularly excited before his first race there. But, no, he doesn't have doubts."

Then comes 2005, challenging for Bowman, recharging for Phelps. "We'll be doing well if we can get Michael matching this year's times next year," the coach said. "Because there might be another Michael out there, swimming right now, that we don't even know."

Michael Phelps is USA's Swimmer of the Year, AGAIN!

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Michael Phelps was named Swimmer of the Year on Saturday by USA Swimming at the US Aquatic Sports Convention in Orlando. Phelps has won this award three times since 2001. Phelps, the most prolific Olympic medal winner since Russian gymnast Alexander Dityatin in 1980, will next be in action two weeks from now at the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis.
For full article, here!

And there's one on Michael Phelps' Disney tour.

On giving up his place in the relay for Ian Crocker:

The gracious gesture was not lost on the youngsters in Atlanta.

“He’s the guy who let the other guy swim for him,” said 10-year-old Makalani Mack, who had just come out of the water after getting a ride on Phelps’ back.

Asked if he knew how many medals Phelps had won, Mack said, “I think it was five.” Told the correct number, his eyes got bigger. “Ohhhh, eight.”

Michael Phelps will be swimming in the World Championships in Indianapolis.

The Oct. 7-11 meet will be in two 25-meter temporary pools being built inside Conseco Fieldhouse, the home of the NBA's Indiana Pacers.

Phelps, who won six golds and two bronze medals in Athens, is entered in the 200-meter freestyle, 200 butterfly, 100 individual medley, 200 IM, 400 IM and 800 freestyle relay.

Happened to chance upon a nice picture of him and his mom:


Phelps and mom! Everyone 1, 2, 3, AWWW... 

woo hoo!!!!!!

.::.the very hardworking pres.... .::.

hey everyone! the VP is back. as you can tell from the title... there's extreme rivalry here between the pres and v.pres.haha. was KIDDING.anyway, in the middle of our prelims and she so kindly updated the blog.... faithfully! *round of applause for her*.


HELLO ms president! you've been doing ALL THIS?!?!?!? mad. haha. all for the sake of dear michael. haha..
i've been playing with neo pets. hee.

ok ok.. this is a blog pple. not an info page. feel free to express feelings! views! PROCLAIM your LOVE for phelps!!!!!!!!!!!!

i LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally!

Yes the exams are over, but not the major one, but I'm really excited to be blogging here with guilt-free conscience while munching on my instant noodles. I'd like to say more about this wonderful flavour I'm trying but I've got news of Michael Phelps hot and fresh from the oven.

Michael Phelps, who won six Olympic gold medals last month, will try to repeat his Athens performance at the seventh FINA World Shortcourse Swimming Championships in Indianapolis.
Meet officials announced the 19-year-old American will take part in every session of the five-day competition beginning on October 7, providing he qualifies for the finals of the six events he has entered.

For more details, here!

New Poll!

YES! I've finally survived through the worst part of the exams!

Ahem. Ok. I've closed the poll for Who do you think Michael Phelps is a good match with? and the results are as follows:

Out of 266 people involved in the poll:

Lindsay Lohan: 2%
Carly Patterson: 12%
Liv Tyler: 1%
A typical American girl: 22%
ME!!!: 60%

Oh well. So in order not to make D.U.H options that everyone will definitely choose, I've made this new poll on Which part of Michael Phelps are you attracted to most? more challenging. Jean the secretary asked me "Why don't we have another option: All of the above?" The answer is NO! We've got to make this interesting! So start racking your brains to choose your favorite feature!

News.

Pool sharks: Fresh from the Olympics, medal-heavy swimmers Michael Phelps, Amanda Beard and Natalie Coughlin visited Speedo's Garment District showroom to help the company kick off its new Axcelerate active sportswear line. While best- known for its swimwear, Speedo is moving into the gym and athleisure market. Beard and Coughlin modeled Axcelerate keyhole sport tops, shorts and zip jackets from the line that will be in department and sport specialty stores in the spring, while Phelps wore a prototype T-shirt and pants from the men's line to debut later next year.

Full News here.

About the nickname thing that has been going on, it is actually something that has been going on since 2nd September to get a nickname for Michael Phelps. Something to match with stupid names like "Thorpedo" (What kind of name is that?!)

In the September 2nd article, the ideas that came up were:

"Flying Fish" Phelps
"Phlying Phish" Phelps
"Phlash" Phelps
"The Phin"
"The Fin
"The Phish"
"Mighty Mike"
"Metabolic Mike
"Medal Man"
"The Towson Pterodactyl"
"Low Rider"
"Hips"
"The Physique"
"Provocatively-Peeking-Pelvis Man" (what the...)
"Flamin' Phelps"
"Bam Stroker" (reason: since Michael Phelps, like Dracula, causes women to swoon in his presence)
"The Archangel"
"Greasy"
"The Phantom of the Aqua"
"Greece Lightning"

The whole report is here!

For Michael Phelps' reaction to them, its here. Its really funny!

F***ing News

Took out some time to search for news... and I got this ridiculous news.

First, neutral news.

In celebration of the fifth anniversary of its renowned Heavenly Bed, Westin Hotels & Resorts will host a lineup of celebrity guests for "Breakfast in Bed" on Michigan Avenue. In honor of each guest Westin will donate a heavenly bed to a local women's shelter.

Celebrity guests include Michael Phelps, Amy Henry(The Apprentice), Bryan Berard(Chicago Blackhawks), Melissa McGurran(The Eric & Kathy Show), and the Peekaboo Revue.

Date: Wednesday, September 15 from 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Venue: FOX Plaza 225 N. Michigan Avenue

For full details (quite unimportant...) its here.

Now, for some really impossible news.

Eight-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps isn't a rock star, but it was hard to tell from the piercing screams that greeted him and fellow gold medalists Ian Crocker and Lenny Krayzelburg Tuesday morning when they showed up at Northside Prep.

When they saw 19-year-old Phelps, groups of female students hung signs outside the windows that said, "Marry Me!" and "We * Phelps." Another gaggle of young admirers stood in the school parking lot, snapping pictures with disposable cameras and trying to get their swim caps, textbooks, T-shirts and magazine covers autographed. One girl went for a more personal touch, asking Phelps to sign her arm.

Phelps, who called his rise to fame when he won six gold and two bronze medals "an incredible ride," said he hopes appearances like the one at Northside attract new faces and more attention to the sport.

He said he also wouldn't mind attracting the attention of presidential daughter Jenna Bush.

"I want to meet her," Phelps said. "I hope we'll have an opportunity."

For full report of this crap, its here.

And as promised, I managed to shrink his Got Milk? advertisement...


The captions go "Liquid gold. 9 essential nutrients to make big waves."

And a few other photos:


Mom Debbie, Phelps and Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith, Jr. salute the American Flag during a parade in Phelps' honor (Phelpstival) Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004, in Towson, Md



Phelps help unveil a street sign named after him during a reception at Towson High School. -Sept 11th


Phelps wave to the crowd in Towson during the Phelpstival parade. -Sep 11th


Phelps talking to fifth-grader Brianna Beebe at the Loyola College pool in his first public appearance in Baltimore since the Olympics. (WHAT THE....)

I also read a hilarious article about the nick-naming activity that has been going on... but I've got to STOP here and go back to hit the books! I'll paste here soon... Take care people!

Bushed.

Hi!!

My blogger is a little conky, so I just pray that this message gets posted!

After seeing all the messages from the Yahoo group(have you joined it yet?), tag board, Friendster and emails, I thought to myself: What deep shit did I get myself into?!?

I'm really sorry if for this coming month I'm going to seem as if I've been making empty promises to make the MPC phabulously wonderful by keeping this blog extremely updated with latest news, because I CAN'T!!!

Screw Exams!

Thanks to Kaylee, Lenny JC, emily and those who gave your thumbs up for this site, you don't know how much it means to me. And for the first time I felt a real sense of connection with everyone as a club when I saw k's message (either that or I mis-interpreted it when she actually wants more updated info about Michael Phelps... )
Well that made me even more guilty cos' I can't update for at least another 2 weeks... ARGH!

By the way there seem to be reports of Michael Phelps trying to date JENNA BUSH!?! I seen the full report here, and another about Karolina Kurkova here.

If you are Michael Phelps, who will you pick? (It's really DUH) Though the sizes of the photos are different, we all know who's REALLY bigger.

Jenna Bush VS Karolina Kurkova

Well here's some photos (Phelps'-info-hungry people should have already seen these) Michael Phelps has changed his hairstyle (FINALLY) but the bloody GETTYIMAGES
embalmment (yes I said EMBALMMENT) is really an eyesore. Hope you all won't mind... Or just let me post the thumbnails. They are small but much better.


WHAT CAN I SAY?


Signing autographs at the Disney tour!

Michael Phelps back in Baltimore signing autographs. 10th Sep.

OK NOW I REALLY got to go... take care for this upcoming month!

Today is the 3rd anniversary of the September 11th attack. The MPC wishes to express their heartfelt condolences and prayers to those who suffered. God bless America.

-Xtina, MPC President-

Hello!

For those who came here to see our weblog from the Yahoo Group, thank you for doing so! As a token of appreciation, and as yet another interactive activity (lol) and apologising for the deceptive ways I've adopted to lure everyone to view this website, check out our tag-board for the answer you're seeking for!

P.S: Do tag our board too!

-xtina, MPC-

Yahoo!

President's Note: Hi everyone! As you can see on the right bar, I've set up a Yahoo Group to further expand our club. Not much time before my prelims, so I did this little thing. It is not mandatory to join, but it would be nice (hahaha). Take care!

-xtina-

P.S: I saw news that Michael Phelps has joined the Got Milk? crew. I've got the pictures, but its very small and the other is humongous. Let me scale it down before I post it here!

Some Photos.

These are some photos, both phantastic and not-so-good looking ones...


Michael Phelps with the US female soccer team; He was supporting them after his swimming events in Athens on 27th August. Some says he looks like a pimp.


Michael Phelps' father, Fred Phelps, on the spectators' gallery. He's a police officer, quite cute actually. But nothing in him I see is similar to Michael Phelps!


This is uh... controversial. Here is him in the NBAC (North Baltimore Aquatic Centre) graduation photos. Oh come on. Its a typical high school photo!


Instructions: Print out and use it as a dartboard. Train your aiming skills. You could be the next Olympic champion! Darts each sold seperately.


Come on everybody... 1, 2, 3! AWWWWWW... Yes! Michael Phelps has begun his Disney Tour (Disney's Swim with the Stars Tour) (President's note: I want to be Minnie Mouse!) These are the dates and location in America that he'll be touring:

1. Orlando / Walt Disney World Resort (8/31 – 9/2)
2. Atlanta (9/3 – 9/5)
3. New York City (9/6 – 9/9)
4. Baltimore (9/10 – 9/12)
5. Chicago (9/13 – 9/15)
6. Dallas (9/16 – 9/18)
7. Denver (9/19 – 9/20)
8. Las Vegas (9/21 – 9/23)
9. Salt Lake City (9/24 – 9/25)
10. Seattle (9/26 – 9/27)
11. San Francisco (9/28 – 9/30)
12. Anaheim / Disneyland Resort (10/4 – 10/5)

(President's note: WHY!!! WHY AM I NOT IN AMERICA!!! OH MY AMERICA MY NEW FOUNDLAND!!! what am i doing here eating instant noodles and typing!!!)

-Xtina, MPC president-