Although it has been repetitive, but... OH AM GEE.... It's August already. I don't even recall what did I do in July.
I vaguely remember watching the semi finals for table tennis and heard that Malaysia lost to China for badminton. Not much emotions evoked because I lack patrotism (the bad of being a PR? maybe?). But interestingly, the reaction by Singaporeans towards the bronze win is varsely different from that of Malaysians towards to the silver win. I think it only goes to show how much foreign talent can bring glory to the country even though it has been like 50 odd years since Singapore won anything in the Olympics and I take it that FTW has converted citizenship in order to represent Singapore. I remotely think that Singaporeans are generally pissed that they are footing the 250,000 bill as well as the president's flight to london to support them. In case you are caught unaware, that's the prize for FTW for winning bronze. In the case of LCW, people are consoling him and thanking him for uniting Malaysia for a span of maybe 1 hour or 2? Maybe LCW should become the prime minister for Malaysia ( sorry.... I am just joking). Lin Dan's comments were inappropriate though.... saying that LCW has to face immense pressure because for china, they can still win gold for the badminton doubles whereas this match is the only hope for Malaysia to get a gold medal. I really don't know whether the comment serves to justify that LCW didn't perform (because of the heavy responsibility that he has to undertake) or plainly bragging about China's ability to win gold medals. Anyways, at least both won a medal.
I vaguely remember watching the semi finals for table tennis and heard that Malaysia lost to China for badminton. Not much emotions evoked because I lack patrotism (the bad of being a PR? maybe?). But interestingly, the reaction by Singaporeans towards the bronze win is varsely different from that of Malaysians towards to the silver win. I think it only goes to show how much foreign talent can bring glory to the country even though it has been like 50 odd years since Singapore won anything in the Olympics and I take it that FTW has converted citizenship in order to represent Singapore. I remotely think that Singaporeans are generally pissed that they are footing the 250,000 bill as well as the president's flight to london to support them. In case you are caught unaware, that's the prize for FTW for winning bronze. In the case of LCW, people are consoling him and thanking him for uniting Malaysia for a span of maybe 1 hour or 2? Maybe LCW should become the prime minister for Malaysia ( sorry.... I am just joking). Lin Dan's comments were inappropriate though.... saying that LCW has to face immense pressure because for china, they can still win gold for the badminton doubles whereas this match is the only hope for Malaysia to get a gold medal. I really don't know whether the comment serves to justify that LCW didn't perform (because of the heavy responsibility that he has to undertake) or plainly bragging about China's ability to win gold medals. Anyways, at least both won a medal.
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