"tHe olympic medAl" for Beijing 2008 ~ a glorious win

hoho, we finally have a medal for tis yr's olympics, after such a long wait! hope we can strive for a gold tml though chances r quite slim, tis olympics seems to have so many 1st time records breakin! so y not us? of course, a sliver is good enough but if we can get a gold, tat wld be another 1st coz tan howe liang got a sliver medal in 1960s! & it is the only & the 1st medal made by him! So if we got a gold, we'll break another record in our history! & perhaps a public holiday, hee!

wow, its such a pity i missed the match yesterday, but i had a live commentary made by 2 china friends, they made me so anxious! haha, esp the match is so close, both parties r on the same level, the match prolonged for 3 hrs++ b4 we r proclaimed as the winner into finals! yeAhz! thks to the players' tenacity, i tink towards the end, they r competing on their mindset, their mentality as to who can be calm & patient enuff to last the game coz they r quite equal in their technical skills! fantastic win! to tink the sliver medal can win the team $750,000. so nice, haha! if can win gold, $1.5million lehz! 3 cheers to them!

i know alot of singaporeans not v enthu abt our sports team due to foreign talent issue, often tink they r china borned so not really a true blue singaporean! well, it is true but if we kip tink they r not really a singaporean despite their efforts in trying to fit into our culture & fight for our country in the competition, i tink it is unfair to them. although they r not born here, they r being trained here & contribute to the society just like us. i think the difference is they r being trained early since young whereas our local sportsman r being trained at a later age. many times just like playing piano, if you learn at a earlier age, you tend to have an edge over those who learned at a later age. Environment is another advantage. In china, ppl r competing against one another, improving themselves but sg do not have this kind of environment till our sports school came into the picture. Perhaps for now, we still do not have much chance in winning other olympic medals but i believe 20 or 30 yrs fr now, whr the youngs have being nurtured, they will help us to bring medals home. And this year's olympic medal will certainly make a deep impression in us & boost the confidence of the youngs for the coming 2010 YOG. The cycle of not getting medals have been broken, so start the engine roaring & prepare for the challenges ahead is of the utmost importance to us. Fight on, Singapore!