Daniel Lue
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Amac | Friday, January 10, 2003 - 09:39 pm      |
Kaili | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 06:17 am     He looks strong, but kind of thin. |
Hermione69 | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 10:39 am     Looks like a contender. |
Webkitty | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 11:17 am     Occupation: Tax Accountant Hometown: Houston, Texas Age: 27 |
Lycanthrope | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 12:12 pm     He's the only one from my home state this time around. I'd like to root for him, but people from Dallas/Ft. Worth are sort of natural in-state enemies of people from Houston. I predict he leaves before the merge. |
Spygirl | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 12:26 pm     He might be the only southerner! |
Lycanthrope | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 01:53 pm     Unfortunatley if you like this guy, the spoilers I've read and then posted in the spoiler thread here aren't very encouraging. But they could be wrong. |
Wilsonatmd | Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 04:51 pm     actually, he's applied for other reality shows before...he made it to the semi-final round of the first Tough Enough, the WWE/MTV wrestling show, although he didn't get to the actual show....and he was interviewed for Reality News Online then..... http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article2625.art&page=1 |
Wiseolowl | Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 08:08 am     Somehow he's going to work this adventure into a tax deduction |
Car54 | Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 08:14 am     If he IS the first one off, it will fit the other spoiler at SS..posted by the "Sibling" which said a young "alpha male" would be the first off. BTW...this guy is NOT thin...there is a thread over there that has full body pics...he is huge-all muscle! I can't imagine someone that bulked up handling the food issues very well. |
Seamonkey | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:07 am     On the Early Show, a reporter who was there for the start of the season said that he's excited to be the first male Asian-American on Survivor, but she also said that he normally refuses to even use bathrooms at reststops/gas stations, so she wondered how he was going to handle the "facilities".. |
Car54 | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 09:12 am     Oh yeah....he is goin first. Remember when Ken complained about peein' in the cave...gone the next day! |
Ketchuplover | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 05:45 pm     He's the winner |
Catfat | Wednesday, February 05, 2003 - 09:40 pm     This poor guy has been stuck at the bottom for nearly three weeks now. I'm bumping him up, but I am not betting that he will win. I don't even care about him. |
Hippyt | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - 11:24 am     Here's an article from the Houston Chronicle on him today. I'm from Houston,and so is he. But,I don't get the feeling he goes very far in the game. Feb. 12, 2003, 10:06AM Houstonian may, may not be a 'Survivor' By MIKE McDANIEL Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Survivor: The Amazon -- should we still get excited? With newer, perhaps livelier reality shows like American Idol and The Bachelorette now in play, Survivor's best days could be behind it. Houston's Daniel Lue has already played the sexism card on the latest version of Survivor -- but it could come back to haunt him. But don't count the old girl out yet. In fact, don't discount the girls at all. In the sixth edition of the CBS series, which debuts with a 90-minute episode Thursday (7 p.m., Channel 11), eight women will see if they can outwit, outplay and outlast eight men in the 13-week competition for $1 million. It's the first time the show has taken a men vs. women approach, and the men enter the contest with extreme confidence, based on a look at most of Episode 1. "All the guys are really pumped up," says Daniel Lue, who hails from Houston. "There's no way that women are going to beat us in anything -- physically, mentally, whatever. We're never going to go to tribal council." But will Lue have to eat those words? In the show's first immunity challenge -- a complex race in which, at times, contestants are tethered to each other -- it's Lue who has trouble negotiating a balance beam, giving the women a chance to win. We don't know the outcome of the challenge -- it wasn't included in the preview tape. But we know from interviews with his mom and a good friend that his trouble in the event was unforeseen. "Two years ago, he said, `I can see myself on that show,' " said his mother, Cynthia Lue (pronounced Loo). "I said, `Right.' ' "When he was in college he was majoring in liberal arts, and he said `I'm going to be in business school.' The University of Texas business school is very competitive, but at the last minute, he got in. He always tells me things that he's going to do, and he ends up doing them." "I know he's going to do well in the show," said friend Jennifer Alsworth. "He always delivers 100 percent, no matter what is put in front of him." Despite his stumble in the immunity challenge, early indications suggest Lue is correct when he says the women are in trouble. They are hours behind the men in getting a fire started and setting up camp. Plus, women have a history of doing poorly in physical contests involving upper-body strength. "We encountered a similar problem because of the ageism in Thailand," said Mark Burnett, Survivor executive producer. In Thailand (Survivor 5), one team was considerably older than the other. "We learned that you can't just have tests of strength or speed; it's not interesting. Every challenge is much better off when there's some element of mental and physical and agility," he said. Burnett is interested in making the contests fair to both teams. "The risk I'm taking by doing this is I could end up with the final six or seven being all men or all women. Being women wouldn't be so bad," he said without changing his expressionless face, "but all men would be awful for the ratings. "But you have to be brave and just do it, and there's no way to know what the outcome would be. Somehow it always ends up better than we hoped." Lue's appearance makes it different from previous Survivors: He's the first Asian-American male to be cast and left host Jeff Probst with the impression that he will be portrayed as "the great Asian hope." "Most people think Chinese people are bookworms, nerdy, with thick glasses, who don't like sports," said Lue's mom. Cynthia Lue is from Taiwan, and Daniel's father, Eugene, is from Hong Kong; they met at a University of Houston Bible-study class. "Daniel's very glad Yao Ming is doing well here and being well-accepted. He says he's a Texan and an Asian -- a double whammy. He has a real good sense of humor about it. We all have a real good sense of humor; I always tell everybody, you may not remember me as a Realtor because we all look alike." Daniel Lue, who was born in south Houston 27 years ago, is a Clear Lake High grad who got into weightlifting during his sophomore year of college. He has the muscular body to prove it; he carries well-defined muscles on a 5-foot-8 1/2-inch, 168-pound frame. "He always liked the Incredible Hulk," said Cynthia Lue, who said Daniel used to be skinny. "He was fascinated by Spider-Man, Superman, that stuff when he was little. So when he was in high school he would tell me, `I'm going to be big, with big muscles.' " She said her son is not a picky eater -- he loves Kung Pao Chicken, pizza, Mexican food, Chili's hamburgers -- but he doesn't indulge to excess. Wait till she sees what her son has to eat on Survivor -- fish, if you can catch any, and a flour native to the area. Too bad for Lue that he had to leave his protein powders at home. "Look at how skinny they are," says Daniel midway through Thursday's show. He's talking about the women, of course. The women get their digs in, too. In fact, it's clear that sexism will play a bigger role than usual on this Survivor edition. Also sure to be a source of friction this time around is Christy Smith, a 24-year-old adventure guide. Christy is deaf, and both she and her teammates realize they are disadvantaged because of it -- she because she can't see what the others are saying at night; they because they don't seem to include her in all activities. It will be interesting to see who is the first castaway voted off. Could it be Christy because of her handicap? Might it be Lue because of his performance on a balance beam? As Lue's mom sees it, whatever happens is good. "I don't know how they're going to portray him," she said. "He may end up an S.O.B. or a pathetic person. But I know who he really is. "I really don't mind how they portray him because no publicity is bad publicity. They can do what they do and we move on from here." Her son, who is a tax accountant and owner of the Yumyum gourmet coffee distribution company, wants to go to Hollywood. "He is ready to be in a kung fu movie or something," his mother said. "He's been taking acting lessons." Return to top |
Alaginger | Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 10:56 am     Picked this up off another site and thought it might be of interest to you guys!!! * * * * Local 'Survivor' battles malaria By MIKE McDANIEL Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Daniel Lue, the tax accountant from Clear Lake and one of the castaways of Survivor: The Amazon, was resting comfortably at home Friday following a diagnosis of malaria. Lue is barred from talking to the media until his fate on Survivor has been revealed. But his mother, Cynthia, said Friday that Daniel's temperature was back to normal after spiking earlier in the week to 105 degrees. Mrs. Lue said her son began to feel weak Feb. 4. By Feb. 8, his temperature was up to 105. "I was really concerned, and we called a doctor," who said it was probably the flu, she said. He took over-the-counter medication "which didn't help much." Subsequent visits to the doctor produced little relief. On Wednesday, Daniel's blood was tested and he learned he had contracted malaria. He was prescribed quinine. "He took that, and the first night he was suffering," Mrs. Lue said. "He had a chill and fever. Today (Friday) his temperature is back to normal." Before traveling to South America, Daniel took a variety of preventive medications, including one for malaria, Mrs. Lue said. He continued to take antimalaria medication after his return. A CBS spokesman said Friday that Survivor's physician is in direct contact with Daniel's doctor to monitor his treatment and that "we wish him the best for a speedy recovery." Daniel watched Thursday's Survivor premiere at home with his father, Eugene. Mrs. Lue watched with Coldwell Banker co-workers who threw a Survivor party. "It was fantastic," she said. "Anytime someone said something bad about him, they'd all boo. "I told my friends that for the next few days I'm not going to use the word `balance' in my household, like `balance checkbook,' `balanced diet.' I'm going to stay away from that word for a while." Daniel was in jeopardy on Thursday's show because of trouble negotiating a balance beam. He survived but teammate Ryan Aiken, a model from Ellicott City, Md., did not. "He's glad that first episode is over with," Mrs. Lue said. The show did well in the ratings, the 90-minute episode finishing second to three back-to-back episodes of NBC's Friends nationally. In Houston, the show was No. 2 from 7 to 7:30 p.m. and No. 1 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. |
Gina8642 | Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 11:16 am     Thanks Alaginger! I just saw this on the SS board. This is too bad. Malaria is a lifelong disease, once you have it, you can have episodes for the rest of your life. I wondered about them holding survivor is such a misquito ridden area. The survivors arn't wearing anything to protect their skin. I've worked outside in the woods of Wisconsin. We kept ever inch of our skin protected. I could go through a can of Deep Woods Off every week. I wonder if Daniel messed up taking his anti-malirial drugs? From what little I know, you need to take a pill (pills?) every day as a preventitive. If you do that, supposedly if an infective misquito bites you, you are still protected. |
Alaginger | Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 01:05 pm     The article said "Before traveling to South America, Daniel took a variety of preventive medications, including one for malaria, Mrs. Lue said. He continued to take antimalaria medication after his return." It didn't say anything about him taking any anti-malarial stuff while there, though. I sure hope nobody else shows up with this stuff. |
Seamonkey | Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 01:33 pm     Daniel provided the funniest little moment of episode one for me.. when they went to the immunity challenge and each team was stading on their mat, Daniel was at the front, in a sort of pose, muscles bunched up and had his machete held in front of him.. part of the pose.. he just looked so happy to have that machete |
Crazydog | Monday, February 17, 2003 - 04:15 pm     Does anyone else find it ironic that he seems to want to be the next big Asian role model, and yet per his mother his aspirations seem to extend only to wanting to be stereotypically cast in a "kung fu movie"? |
Moondance | Monday, February 17, 2003 - 04:29 pm     I just want to pull his tank t-shirt up a little... he stretches so much and has it pulled so far down around his waist... It's kind of like wearing your pants too high.
Sorry couldn't resist |
Squaredsc | Monday, February 17, 2003 - 05:47 pm     darn thats a shame about him getting malaria. i wonder if the docs on site give them anti-stuff to prevent getting diseases like that. |
Ginger | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 12:20 pm     I found this on gist.com about Daniel...just to basically reiterate what we already know: 'Survivor's' Lue Has Malaria "Survivor: Amazon" contestant Daniel Lue has been diagnosed with malaria. Lue apparently contracted the mosquito-borne disease in the rain-forest jungle where the latest edition of the CBS reality series was shot, reports the New York Post. Lue, a 27-year-old accountant from Houston, was diagnosed after exhibiting flu-like symptoms for almost two weeks. His mother, Cynthia Lue, told the Houston Chronicle that he complained of feeling weak earlier this month, but it wasn't until his temperature shot up to 105 that Lue and his mother realized just how serious his illness was. Lue was given antimalarial drugs before traveling to the Amazon. "Survivor" viewers might remember Lue for his part in the show's first immunity challenge, where he incurred the wrath of several of his teammates after repeatedly falling off a balance beam. written by Art Smith |
Emt911 | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 12:25 pm     Well, does Daniel's mother realize that Kung Fu involves 'balancing'?! |
Ginger | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 12:27 pm     And by the way, I too am curious about whether Survivors in each of the series have taken anti-malaria pills while there. It seems odd if they don't, given the fact that many have been in regions with a high risk of malaria, and yet we've never seen them swallowing pills or heard about it and no one has complained of symptoms from the drugs (many people have horrible reactions), so most likely they are out there without bug juice OR pills to protect them. Even if they are taking the drugs, however, it is not a hundred percent effective--you still have a chance of contracting the disease, but usually to a far less serious degree. Hopefully that will be the case with Daniel. |
Gina8642 | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 03:34 pm     Ginger I've read that every Survivor takes nutritional supplements every day. Not food, but vitamins and such. Each survivor can also take any perscriptions they normally take in everyday life. I read a great interview in Arthritis Today with Tina. She has Rhuematoid arthritis and she took her pills while in the outback. She says each survivor is given a 'stash' location near the camp where they can go to and get stuff like this. It is private, so no one on her tribe knew of her condition. I imagine they (the survivors) don't bother hiding taking anti-malirial meds and vitamins from each other, since they all do it. I think they (the editors) just edit out those scenes from the show, becuase it doesn't look very 'survivorish'. Does anybody remeber Neleh and Pascal always had this detergent bottle visiable (semi masked with fake bark? It turned out that was their bug oil. They must have had it on hand sooo often that they couldn't edit out all those scenes. |
Moondance | Friday, February 28, 2003 - 10:31 am     http://www.survivorfever.net/daniel_early_show.html |
Moondance | Friday, February 28, 2003 - 10:32 am     Another Link |
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