It's shuttlecock! (2)

As a keen supporter of Malaysian badminton team, one of the saddest moments for me was the lost in quarter-finals of Thomas Cup 2006 held in Japan. That's the time we had a relatively strong and balance line-up for all 3 MS and 2 MD. Prediction and expectation were spread all over the world that MAS has the biggest potential to grab the Cup since 1992. Alas, the higher the expectation, the bigger disappointment felt. The serious spraining of WCH's ankle followed by the losing of MAS team to the eventual silver medalist, DEN, was not a reality the nation was prepared to accept. I totally remember that day after the loss of KBH to Joachim P. Badminton fans had to suffer the consequences psychologically. I was in exam week, and reading the critics and negative reports of our team spoilt all my study mood. Anyway, my mood changed drastically from depression to super high within few days when my net-pal sent me a clip of Xia greeting me. It made me soooooo happy that..........I couldn't study.
(At last I found the clip!!!)

Another time was when LCW lost to BCL in World Championship held in Madrid. I forgot which year. That's the 1st time LCW ever lost to BCL. and "break his leg" issue, remember? haha.
And the doubles brought too many disappointment and heartbreaking moments for ah ma. I'm not referring to any particular pair. Our doubles all these years are quite talented and have so much to give, but they're just .....Haiz. period.
Gradually, I became a more mature and rational fan from 2007 to 2010. Still as supportive but the passion for it slowly fades away........

Some unforgettable coincidence happened in real life:
1. Met a net-pal from east Malaysia. We've chatted for quite sometime and I was leaving for 4-month training after SPM. So I told her I was going to leave and prepared to explain bout the training to her. To my surprise, her reply was:" 4 months? not 3 months? In Sibu? I think I'm in the same church as you are." Then I found out she is a sister in the Lord's recovery.

2. Once we're in campus training and went to the condominiums where most IMU students stayed for gospel preaching. I knocked on my friend's door ( my high school friend who's the best badminton gossiper of mine). I was shocked. She's excited more than feeling shocked. Why? Because she thought I paid her a surprise visit purposely to watch badminton matches together with her. Well so coincidentally, Sudirman Cup was going on, and on that moment I knocked on her door, the Malaysian team was in action, and I still remember she's watching LCW on court. Awkward and embarrassed. Yes, pau you gonna bear that for expressing as a badminton fanatic instead of being a testimony of Jesus.

3. In uni we have a tradition of buddy system a.k.a direct senior-junior thingy. I was 'adopted' by a very amiable and pleasant 2nd year buddy. Then when I met with my final year buddy, we realised we're members of the same international badminton forum. So I got a buddy who treated me live badminton matches. ;p

Alright, I'm reminiscing on my teenage life as a badminton fan because.........I want to end it. Blame it on our team, still hasn't got a World Championship gold medal and it's like an annual event.....LCW era is ending soon and no eyes to see our juniors....KKK/TBH will not go down anymore because they're at the bottom......CEH/WPT are like old ahma now.....OSH is getting fatter and fatter until cannot move.....LOL
ok, I'm kidding.
I wanna end it because the locusts have eaten all the years.

It's a bird? It's a plane? It's shuttlecock!

These few weeks I'm trying hard to refrain myself from digging news bout the world badminton championships match between Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan. Was in Sabah that time but got to know the result right on that night. Heartbreaking it was...so near yet so far....sigh.....that's why I don't feel like reading all the news, reporting how sad LCW is.....it's just so saddening!! Dear all, please allow ah ma to tell you about the long story of ah ma's teenage life as a badminton fan.
(Warning: This is a lame story telling post.)

It all starts with Malaysia Open 2004 which was held in ahma's howntown. I went to the quarter-finals. The only 2 badminton players I know were Wong Choon Han from MAS and Xia Xuanze from CHN, and I was expecting a match between them but it did not happen. Lin Dan, Bao Chun Lai, Peter Gade, LCW, Park Sung Hwan, Gao Ling, Zhang Jun......I got to know all these names on that night. Ask me what happened on that night, ah ma can tell you in every detail.
First, my sister's friends, the pro stalkers, brought binoculars to stalk the players, especially LD and BCL, who were the top men single players at that time. Yes, the immature LD was already ranked number one 7 years ago. We...no, they, (I was an innocent teenage girl back then) came out with the conclusion: BCL is much more handsome than LD.
Then Xia entered the stadium! *shout* and he was playing on the court right in front of us! *SHOUT*
(A brief biography of Xia, he was ranked number 1 men single player in the world back in early 21st. The number 1 nemesis of WCH and the bronze medalist of Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney.)
Apparently no one paid attention to his game, three-quarter of the audience ran from the left seats to the right seats when LD marched in to play on the most right court.15 mins after that, LCW, an unknown MAS player at that time but he was the only MAS representative left in the MS quarter-finals, marched in to the most left court to play against BCL. The crowd was patriotic. Almost all ran back to the left seats to support LCW. LD left with no one to admire his 'show-off' skills, he lost his match to Park Sung Hwan. The innocent me turned to my sis's friend and asked:" Isn't he number 1?" HAHAHA. Till now I never like LD. *rolling eyes*
Oh, LCW vs BCL's match! I had no particular preference that time, just followed my gang, which was the odd one cheering for BCL. You can imagine the whole stadium was cheering for LCW and shouting "Malaysia Boleh!" while our gang 5 to 6 'little kittens' was.. “加油...鲍春来...”-ing. The crowd was so going to stone us to death. At one point, BCL was unhappy with the line call, and the crowd booed him (well, typical Malaysian supporters.). So we shouted "鲍春来....冷静..." LOL...I dunno who suggested that, but....I felt like wanna hide my face in a hole after shouting that... =.=
Anyway, we left the stadium right after Xia finished and won his game. That's how ah ma used to fall in love with Xia. HAHAHA. and began to follow the badminton news.

Joined badminton forum, got to know a bunch of badminton fanatic friends, followed closely the result of every badminton tournament.....and since time immemorial I became quite  super supportive of Malaysian badminton, consequently my emotion went up and down with the performance of the Malaysian team in badminton events. Stupid much? yea. But that's the life of a badminton fanatic.

(to be continued)

迟来的觉悟

身为一个基督徒，作为召会的一部分，基督身体上的一个肢体，活着若不为福音，生活有什么意义？

罗1：1 ~ 基督耶稣的奴仆保罗，蒙召的使徒，被分别出来归于神福音的；

You become what you love

Visited xiao mai few months ago. I was playing with him and that lazy fat cat showed little interest. He could just fall asleep while playing with me. (grrrr..) Anyway, can you imagine how a sleepy annoying cat looks like? 

something like this....

I was watching him falling asleep and guess what? I saw myself! I mean by looking at how a bored cat falls asleep, I realised that  I am just like a cat - lazy, easily get bored, and always feel sleepy especially when it comes to reading. It seems my character is much influenced by what I like, things I contacted. Usually I feel proud being liken to a cat, but not in this aspect. Cat is lazy - undisputed fact.

Being a cat lover is just one superficial example of you become what you love. We love so many things other than Christ, and were being fashioned according to them whether we realised or not. No wonder there's a stanza in hymn 477 writes:

人哪！你爱何物，
你就变成该物：
成神，你若爱神；
成尘，你若爱尘；
你出，神就进入；
你死，神就生苏；
无你，就有基督；
无物，就得万物。
Source: http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ch/366/gb=1#ixzz1PvenHjPQ