Monday, August 18, 2008

Of Olympics and a Silver Medal

By now you should know what this post is about. If you really don't know, then you must be hiding under a rock. Malaysia entered the Beijing Olympics with one of the most promising badminton teams. Unfortunately, all fell but one. He was like the hero who stood firm when all others failed. The shining hope that would finally bring in a gold medal for Malaysia - and win the 1 Million ringgit incentive. Joining the probable hundred thousands or millions of Malaysians out there who watched the match, for once all of us felt the same. Disappointed. Our "hero", World No.2 Lee Chong Wei, fought through to the final just to present his adversary, Lin Dan with the gold medal. For the optimists, he fought and went down with honour. For the pessimists, he had no chance. Well...who am I to judge. I'm not the one playing for our nation.

On the other side of the world, another war wages and the ebb and flow is just electrifying. What am I talking about? The EPL of course. Football has came back to life. Sad to say that Manchester United, the team that I support..woohoo! only managed to draw their first match with Newcastle United. Van der Sar made a huge mistake which eventually lead to a goal. The details are just too depressing to express. At least the match wasn't as bad. An early header by Frasier Campbell on target to goal bounced off dazed Shay Given's head. Then came efforts by Rooney and Scholes. This time the keeper actually did well to save the shots. And finally, to even out the match, Darren Fletcher dashed past the defenders to score a stunning goal. MU starts the season with 1 point but it's still early and like last season, I betcha MU will come chasing to the top.

Have a great week in Jesus!

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