Silver is enough?

Yesterday was a special day for Malaysians. Almost everyone from all walks of life made special arrangements to stay home or at least make sure they are in front of the TV to watch the Olympics Badminton Men Singles Finals between our very own Lee Chong Wei vs. China's fame player Lin Dan. My sister and husband decided to buy in dinner just to watch the game. I am sure many others also made special adjustments either by taking early dinner or eating at home instead.

Personally I am not a fan of LCW. Ok..it's a personal thing. As I confessed to WK...LD is so much more better looking and played so much better..I could not help but cheered for LD instead. And personally, I don't think winning the RM1mil incentive will do LCW or the sport any good. (FYI..he stil gets RM300K for the silver)

While waiting for the match, I watched the mixed doubles bronze & gold medals play offs. Even the bronze medal match was so exciting. The players really fought HARD. China already had accumulated over 30 gold medals, what is another bronze !! But..I must give credit to the players..they really fought hard...to the very end. The commentator spoke that.."if you think this is exciting..wait till you see the Men Singles match later on"

Unfortunately, he was wrong. The match turn out lopsided with LD playing like a tiger and left our LCW lost in the battle field. This is a very common phenomenon in Malaysian sports...beating the national record is good enough! Reaching the quarter/ semi-finals was our target and we have achieved it!

No doubt, LCW had work tremendously hard. We can see for ourselves how well toned his body is now. Compared to the doubles players..I think he is the most disciplined player in the team. The pressure must have been huge on him..so he crumbled. Malaysians are a forgiving lot...based on feedback from radio listeners and newspapers ..Malaysians seem happy with a Silver unlike most people I know..who were damn pissed that he didn't even put up a fight and lose with some pride.

Nevertheless, LCW is still a national Hero...for getting the Silver according to today's papers.

hmmm...so what is Michael Phelps? Look at the young korean boy (barely 20 yr old) and he fought to the very end to grab the Korea's first ever Badminton Gold. What about people like Lin Dan and Liu Xiang ..the whole nation expects them to deliver..not silver..but GOLD! The coach of Liu Xiang went to the extend of saying.."if he doesn't win in Beijing, all his past glory will be meaningless"

I admit that I am not fan of Chong Wei but this is not about Chong Wei alone. It's about Malaysia and its people including myself. It's time for us to start striving to be the best...instead of aiming to be second or third best all the time!