#227 abusers at sports stadium

Generally Singaporeans are fortunate to enjoy sports stadium where the public could use the stadium for free. Today, to my great disgust, there was animal pooh on the wood-chips track at the Gombak stadium. The wood-chips track is specially designed for those athletes to exercise while recovering from injuries. Unfortunately some users not only bring their animals to accompany [...]

#187 singapore olympic medalists

Today’s athletes or olympic silver medalists awarded $750K! Tan Howe Liang, olympic silver medalist in 1960, was given a $10K by NTUC Income today but he was not rewarded at the time. Then, Singapore was not a rich nation… Considering the first olympic medalist, there must be some form of commendation. (channelnewsasia.com} How I wish Tan Howe Liang is officially rewarded for [...]

#179 an exceptional 29th olympiad in beijing

The achievements accomplished by many athletes were beyond expectation…what contrasting backgrounds the two ‘icon’ athletes who broke the world record. Usain Bolt, 21, 6ft 5in tall, track event, hails from Jamaica…an island in Caribbean Sea with a population of 2.7! Michael Phelps, 23, 6ft 3in tall, swimmer who won 8 golds comes from the US where the continent has topped [...]

#178 nation-switchers to olympics

Is it unpatriotic to switch nationality to participate in the Olympic Games a dream many young cherished when they were found to have talents in the field of athletics? Take for instance, the table-tennis paddlers, Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu and Tang Tianwei who clinched the silver medal for Singapore – if they had remained in their country of [...]

#177 jamaica won 6 golds at 2008 olympic games

Jamaica is an island (area 4244 sq mi or 10,991 sq km) in Carribean Sea. She received independence in 1962 and has a population of 2.8 million. Literacy rate is 79%. Yet the Jamaicans both men and women won gold medals in track events at this Beijing Olympics. Usain Bolt is the fastest runner in [...]

#176 china gymnasts falsify age?

I heard on BBC that China’s gymnasts who won gold were under age. Was there deliberate oversight in submitting the age on their part? There is always confusion for those outside of China to know the age of the China Chinese. Even for one who is born in Singapore, growing up, I was always confused about my [...]

#175 the true olympian spirit

That capture my heart are not just the medal winners but that put a smile on my face and lift my spirit. Japan’s Ai Fukuhara  who lost to China’s best table-tennis player Zhang Yining, said beamingly: “I played very well today and I’m very satified. I demonstrated everything I learned in the training, so I give myself 90 points (out [...]

#173 lightning bolt

Usain Bolt, a couple days to his 22nd birthday, broke the 100m and 200m sprint record. He broke Carl Lewis record clocked in 1984. Usain Bolt, 6ft 5in tall, is the fastest man on earth…how long will this record last? Born in Jamaica on 21 August 1986, after this victory, he might consider changing citizenship? He will be a loss for [...]

#171 olympic medal for singapore

In 1960, weightlifter Tan Howe Liang, at age 27, was the first to win silver medal at Olympic Games held in Rome. He came to Singapore at a tender age with his parents but had to drop out of school (secondary one) at the age of 14 when his father died. He stumbled on this sport at the [...]

#168 talent

James Arthur Baldwin, American author and critic, once said, Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck – but, most of all, endurance. I’d been keeping tabs and watching the Olympics when I can. Congratulations to ALL the Olympians…not only those who clinch the medals. Naturally there are many surprises. Take for instance the Australian [...]