Last night Badminton Singles Final between China's Lin Dan and Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in the London Olympics 2012 will be long remembered as an epic battle of mental strength and skills of exceptional quality. What a match indeed! Not only was SLing and I plus SYuen rooted to our seats and cheering like a trio of madman/women, we were so proud of Lee Chong Wei. Yeah! Everyone knows the results but Chong Wei really gave his all and it was sad to see him crouched there on the centre court exhausted, head on the handle end of the racquet and a forlorn devastated figure. Boy! He had nothing to be ashamed of as he really did his best and you could see that he did all he could on the court. I thought he was fantastic but take no credit away from Lin Dan who played his very best match ever. Frankly , the result could have swung either way and the best player actually won that night. Make no mistake that the skills were of exceptional quality while some of the shots were easily jaw dropping shots,man. I tell you, my heart goes out to Chong Wei but as in all sports, there has got to be a better player and one winner in any competition. I guess, last night, these two mighty men were worthy winners by their own supporters. Of course, being a Malaysian, to us, Lee Chong Wei is our hero last night eventhough he lost by a whisker. He has shown exceptional fighting spirit, tenacity of staying there when it mattered and going through all the emotions & stress. So proud of him, a Malaysian, man. My wife, SLing asked me , " How could you be so heartless? Chong Wei lost, yunno. So sad and you are so emotionless." I looked at her and laughed it off. If only she knew how devastated I was to see him lose so agonisingly close! Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Then, she shed a tear or two. I comforted her telling her that there will always be a winner and a loser. Maybe, it just wasn't Chong Wei's day while Lin Dan did play very well too. Take no credit away from Lin Dan, I suppose. I guess, that is what intensity, hope and whole-heartedness meant to simple and millions of Malaysians out there who were rooting for our No.1 badminton icon, Lee Chong Wei. I have never known SLing to be so emotionally charged for such a match but obviously, she was really praying hard for Chong Wei to win. Who wouldn't , right? Then , she mumbled about wanting to see Usian Bolt running the 100m Final but she just slumbered into wonderland of sleep. Yup, Usian Bolt did win the 100m Finals and shred the Olympic Record to bits. All in all, wonderful Olympic Games with interesting competition. "The estacy of victory and the agony of defeat " rings so true!
Agony? Huh! Another day in a Malaysian life-lar nowadays! There goes the Monday holiday!~
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Wei, Ryan, Ashley and I also watched the match. Ryan helped me to yell, "Lee Chong Wei, Boleh!". He didn't know who is this man, but he knows his mother is sad becoz LCW is not the winner. He said, "Ma, i don't like this movie."
Jade, Ryan is just so cute-lar! Miss Ashley too. Will come back soon and have fun with everyone! Take care!
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