Beijing Olympics

[PreciousPearl]

The 2008 summer Olympics are about to start. Are there any events you are looking forward to?

I can't wait for:
Athletics - the greatly hyped men's 100m showdown with Powell, Bolt and Gay
Cycling - can the Great Britain track cycling team really sweep the board or will they get pegged back by the Germans, Australians, Dutch and everyone else? Will Nicole Cook finally win an Olympic medal?
Sailing - can Ben Ainslie get his 3rd Olympic gold? Will the British Yngling girls come good? Will Qingdao ever be free of blue green algae? :p

And some other imponderables:

Team USA decided to bring all their own food, drinks, cooks and cooking equipment. Who can they blame when they get stomach ache? :h:

How many pingat can MALAYSIA win, and in which sports? MALAYSIA BOLEH KAH???

[shiruikage]

The 2008 summer Olympics are about to start. Are there any events you are looking forward to?

I can't wait for:
Athletics - the greatly hyped men's 100m showdown with Powell, Bolt and Gay
Cycling - can the Great Britain track cycling team really sweep the board or will they get pegged back by the Germans, Australians, Dutch and everyone else? Will Nicole Cook finally win an Olympic medal?
Sailing - can Ben Ainslie get his 3rd Olympic gold? Will the British Yngling girls come good? Will Qingdao ever be free of blue green algae? :p

And some other imponderables:

Team USA decided to bring all their own food, drinks, cooks and cooking equipment. Who can they blame when they get stomach ache? :h:

How many pingat can MALAYSIA win, and in which sports? MALAYSIA BOLEH KAH???

malaysia BOLEH....kalah!
i'm watching out for archery and badmintion...strongest medal chance....other sport don stand a chance.

[Anson F-Clef]

malaysia BOLEH....kalah!
i'm watching out for archery and badmintion...strongest medal chance....other sport don stand a chance.

Cycling ah, harap2 King Josiah, Rizal T and Pocket Dynamite Azizul DELIVER their goods lor!! :eek::D


How many pingat can MALAYSIA win, and in which sports? MALAYSIA BOLEH KAH???

The only disease that M'sian badminton team can obviously fall to would either be complacency or succumbing to intense fan pressure.......just my 2 sen.....

[datokuan]

Heard that all the female participants has to go through sex verification test first....:):)

[SS2006]

And some other imponderables:

Team USA decided to bring all their own food, drinks, cooks and cooking equipment. Who can they blame when they get stomach ache? :h:



They can blame the air. China is going through great measures to clean up their super polluted air. Stopping the factories, stopping the car usage, chasing non Beijing occupants out from Beijing etc...I hope they can be ready in time for the Olympics. This is causing a lot of inconveniences for a lot of biz and people dealing with China already.

[daBoss]

diving!!!

[KoChun]

Badminton and track events.

[fishboy]

Malaysia Boleh.....Badminton chief coach YKH have to buy his own ticket to get into the stadium... Only 4 free passes issued to each team & it was given to Team manager, Misbun, Rexy & Won Tat Meng ..I think he will surely hope for early exits for the M'sians...jimat money :rolleyes:

[Anson F-Clef]

diving!!!

Brian Nickson, Mun Yee, Elizabeth and Pandelela BOLEH ka????

[dtchieng]

Our very own...... Dr. Kelvin Lim!

wah lao.... u ppl ar..... our own wakil oso can overlook?

[shiruikage]

Our very own...... Dr. Kelvin Lim!

wah lao.... u ppl ar..... our own wakil oso can overlook?

err..wakil in sailing kar?

[PreciousPearl]

diving!!!

at the pool or at the football field? :eek:

[daBoss]

at the pool or at the football field? :eek:

hehe... maybe in the sky! :p

[h2o]

the question is whether they are allowed to drink any coffee :laugh:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/4846633/athletes-caffeine-use-reignites-scientific-debate

[lynnee]

err..wakil in sailing kar?

yes, in sailing. and it's kevin lim lar.. not kelvin. i hope he wins something. he's been training very very hard for the olympics.

[kwimango]

yes, in sailing. and it's kevin lim lar.. not kelvin. i hope he wins something. he's been training very very hard for the olympics.
here's some pictures i took of him during SEA Games 2002..

all the best kevin!
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[Fishingman]

here's some pictures i took of him during SEA Games 2002..

all the best kevin!
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On his first day in ACS I tot a new indian boy just joined our class. At one look you'll think he's indian coz he's so dark.

[dtchieng]

here's some pictures i took of him during SEA Games 2002..


http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/41545/1155214814056792118S500x500Q85.jpghttp://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/13487/1155214830056792118S500x500Q85.jpg

Why his face like got stripes one....

aik.... i thot he half indian, no ar?:h:

[athena]

Why his face like got stripes one....

aik.... i thot he half indian, no ar?:h:
yea..i tot kevin is half indian.....:blink:

[datokuan]

yea..i tot kevin is half indian.....:blink:

Half indian or full indian or celup indian... all the best to him and already do us proud by particiapting in this big sporting event... do anyone know his competition schedule?

[Anson F-Clef]

May heartbeats pound HEAVILY as the countdown begins......

[alfred98]

May heartbeats pound HEAVILY as the countdown begins......

When is the opening ceremony???:)

[datokuan]

When is the opening ceremony???:)

tomolo at 8.00pm MY time..

[alfred98]

tomolo at 8.00pm MY time..

That's why lor....my wife told me tomolo 0800H Beijing open ceremony......I told her how can.......the fire work who can see in the day time.....must be at 8.00pm lah!!!!!:laugh:

[datokuan]

That's why lor....my wife told me tomolo 0800H Beijing open ceremony......I told her how can.......the fire work who can see in the day time.....must be at 8.00pm lah!!!!!:laugh:

sounds like ur wife works very hard and u enjoy life like watching the Olympics......:laugh::laugh:

[PreciousPearl]

good luck to Kwimango! hope to watch you on tv yah :)

[Anson F-Clef]

good luck to Kwimango! hope to watch you on tv yah :)

WHOOPZZZ!!!!! Kwimango may be a sailor but NOT a medical doctor it seems - his actual name is Kelvin Lim Chia Wei (pls correct me if I am wrong, Kwimango!) n the sailor representing Malaysia IS a Medical Doc himself and his name is Kevin Lim Leong Keat (same year with our dear cousin, Frankie aka FullOfBullShit :p)

[PreciousPearl]

oopsy...

[ungsutiong]

Going home early today to watch the opening ceremony.

[kwimango]

good luck to Kwimango! hope to watch you on tv yah :)
thanks! cxtreme and I are sailing this weekend, but its not to sail in the Olympics though, just to move the boat from one end of singapore to the OTHER end of singapore :eek:
WHOOPZZZ!!!!! Kwimango may be a sailor but NOT a medical doctor it seems - his actual name is Kelvin Lim Chia Wei (pls correct me if I am wrong, Kwimango!) n the sailor representing Malaysia IS a Medical Doc himself and his name is Kevin Lim Leong Keat (same year with our dear cousin, Frankie aka FullOfBullShit :p)
fulamak, anson, where did you manage to dig out my chinese name?

just to clarify:
kwimango : kenneth lim c. w.
cxtreme : kelvin lim c. _____ (sometimes called kachuak)

[LaoZhang]

Yes, tonight is the night! 2008-08-08 at 8.00pm.

Expecting spectacular opening ceremony, showcasing Chinese organisation skills, Chinese culture and China's coming of age !

My office closing 1/2 hour earlier so we can all go for a pre-olympic workout and a proper dinner before sitting down to enjoy the greatest show on earth !

[datokuan]

Yes, tonight is the night! 2008-08-08 at 8.00pm.

Expecting spectacular opening ceremony, showcasing Chinese organisation skills, Chinese culture and China's coming of age !

My office closing 1/2 hour earlier so we can all go for a pre-olympic workout and a proper dinner before sitting down to enjoy the greatest show on earth !

sounds like they r very green horns......:squeeze:

[LaoZhang]

sounds like they r very green horns......:squeeze:


Can't help lah ... just emerging from under the coconut shell .. after 600 years !!

[Odysseus]

Yes, tonight is the night! 2008-08-08 at 8.00pm.

Expecting spectacular opening ceremony, showcasing Chinese organisation skills, Chinese culture and China's coming of age !

My office closing 1/2 hour earlier so we can all go for a pre-olympic workout and a proper dinner before sitting down to enjoy the greatest show on earth !
LaoZhang, you are so kind to let your people off early. I wish my boss is ready this Forum right now :confused:

[Oddfather]

LaoZhang, you are so kind to let your people off early. I wish my boss is ready this Forum right now :confused:

hahaha.....3-4 staffs can laaa.........if your boss let you off early....he has to let a few thousand ppl off early too....nanti trafik jam......so kenot lor......:laugh::laugh:

[Odysseus]

hahaha.....3-4 staffs can laaa.........if your boss let you off early....he has to let a few thousand ppl off early too....nanti trafik jam......so kenot lor......:laugh::laugh:
If he reads this forum and I am the only DHL member here, he only needs to let me off NOW!!!:p:p

[Oddfather]

If he reads this forum and I am the only DHL member here, he only needs to let me off NOW!!!:p:p

being forum member has no bearing on this desicion......top mgmt has to be fair....

[Zazu]

now in front of the TV waiting...

[Oddfather]

Go Charlie goooooo........ (http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/article/20080805183019289)....

[shiruikage]

Omg!!!!!!!!

The Opening Show Is Soooooo Great!!!!!!!

Welcome Back China!!!!!

We Missed You!!!

[Anson F-Clef]

Go Charlie goooooo........ (http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/article/20080805183019289)....

Waaaa lucky you.........managed to trap your own ex-classmate again :eek:

[datokuan]

Dino, u all no have live telecast... kesian.....never mind... only 320M people no watching the live against 2.3B watching (sorry a bit US bashing here...harap ampun ok?).....:squeeze::squeeze:.

Zhang Yi Mou did a veri veri good job that Hollywood needs to copy....a fantastic 3D show......

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIuwCmHUnSSImkFw3pgrtPI084bQ

I don't mind watching the whole opening ceremony again and again...:):)..

[Dino]

Dino, u all no have live telecast... kesian.....never mind... only 320M people no watching the live against 2.3B watching (sorry a bit US bashing here...harap ampun ok?).....:squeeze::squeeze:.

Zhang Yi Mou did a veri veri good job that Hollywood needs to copy....a fantastic 3D show......

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIuwCmHUnSSImkFw3pgrtPI084bQ

I don't mind watching the whole opening ceremony again and again...:):)..

Tarak apa......2.3b may have watch it first, but i will be watching it in Hi-Defination in all its beautiful glory!!! Next best thing to being there!!!!

[Fishingman]

Wow the opening was fantastic! The opening in Athens kalah teruk man!

[datokuan]

Tarak apa......2.3b may have watch it first, but i will be watching it in Hi-Defination in all its beautiful glory!!! Next best thing to being there!!!!

agree with u with Hi D on 56" Plasma TV with a home Entertainment system...u will respect the PRC pple for making this Olympic opening ceremony that is out of this world....now let hope that the spirit of sportmanship will equal to this show...:).

[Anson F-Clef]

Go Go Usain B~!

[LaoZhang]

An awesome, spectacular show by the Chinese. Live up to my expectation of a great show !

The show reflected the creativity, organisation skills, discipline, dedication, tenacity, teamwork and strong financial resources of the Chinese people.

The show brought to life the history and culture of a great civilisation.

I thought the display of the huge Admiral Cheng Ho's fleets that rule the 7 seas was really impressive. That was about the last of China's great achievement before it closed it’s doors to the world 600 years ago.

Modern China really begun when the communist revolution in 1949 overthrew a feudal system that was rotten to the core and chased out the imperialist forces that were literally eating up China. Before the revolution, China was known as the sick man of Asia, which is an apt moniker as almost all its adult male population were addicted to opium and the economy was at a standstill with hyperinflation.

The introduction of universal education, promotion of women emancipation and reform of the land policies were the impetus that revitalized China. The momentum of change accelerated when Teng Xiaoping opened China to the world in 1978. Over the last 30 odd years China has experienced tremendous growth and it’s rapidly regaining its position as a respected nation in the world again. Most importantly, China’s teeming population now have proper shelter, are well clothed and have enough to eat. These basic human rights to shelter, cloth and food... are still being denied to the vast majority of the people in the Third World.

The real lessons we can learn from China's history are; for a country, it's important to adopt an open door policy and for a person, its important to have an open mind.

[Anson F-Clef]

The introduction of universal education, promotion of women emancipation and reform of the land policies were the impetus that revitalized China. The momentum of change accelerated when Teng Xiaoping opened China to the world in 1978.

Aha....now we see far more CAPITALISTIC lifestyle from that nation, what more China does Russia's copycat a lot - I go there to n fro and cannot wait to fly to Beijing as my maiden trip this October....(provided I bring some winter clothing - hard to predict its October weather tho' :p)

[Oddfather]

Go and hug some dolls to keep warm lor......

[shiruikage]

Aha....now we see far more CAPITALISTIC lifestyle from that nation, what more China does Russia's copycat a lot - I go there to n fro and cannot wait to fly to Beijing as my maiden trip this October....(provided I bring some winter clothing - hard to predict its October weather tho' :p)

october? still dem warm lar dude. even in november, the weather at most is as cold as genting at night oni...no need for winter clothing.

[Anson F-Clef]

OK, now back to topic: Watch out Cheng Chu Sian, Ahmad Marbawi Sulaiman and Wan Khalmizan Ibrahim - tomorrow they shall be into the repechage for the semis spot in the recurve team event of archery (for MEN). M'sia is now ranked no. 4 in the world and are now lying no.3 in the Olympics points to date, tailing Ukraine by a mere 5 points or so.....aku doakan mereka ni masuk final dapat at least perak :D

Sad thingie that Chin Eei Hui & Wong Pei Tty is out of the women's badminton doubles comp.....and Daniel Bego has broken a Malaysian record only to see himself bundled out of the finals of his event.....

Wong Mew Choo is into women's singles Quarterfinals - dunno who she is gonna meet, tomorrow, Chong Wei meets Ronald Susilo and as for Choong Hann, I hope he can trash Taufik Hidayat off his attitude :mad:

[LaoZhang]

Aha....now we see far more CAPITALISTIC lifestyle from that nation, what more China does Russia's copycat a lot - I go there to n fro and cannot wait to fly to Beijing as my maiden trip this October....(provided I bring some winter clothing - hard to predict its October weather tho' :p)


I think October is about the best time to visit Beijing. Weather wise it would be just nice for thin skinned tropical people like us. Autumn is the time when fruits ripen, so you can get to enjoy fresh fruits which you can purchase from the street hawkers.

And.. you would get to visit the Olympic sites without the crowd and also without competition on lah .. :laugh::laugh: !!

Will you be there as a tourist or going there for a performance ??

I went for a 7-day tour of Beijing 10 years ago. As with my normal practise, I'll scribble some notes of my travel. I managed to retrieve my travel notes and here are more impression of Beijing :

IMPRESSION OF BEIJING - APRIL 1998

1. Fairly clean, especially tourist attraction areas. Many cleaners can be seen busy picking up and clearing rubbish left behind by tourists.

2. Main mode of transport is the bicycle. There are 8 Million bicycles in Beijing and there are special lanes for bicycles along side the Expressway. The bicycle lanes about 4m wide are separated from the Expressway by a green reserve planted with trees and flowers.

3. There are very few motorbikes in Beijing as sale of motorbikes is prohibited. The reason being to reduce fatal accidents and pollution.

4. The road system is fairly well planned and developed. There are 4 layers of ring roads around Beijing, and the 5 outer ring road is being constructed. There are no traffic lights on these ring roads. All the intersection and junctions along these ring roads have multi-tier flyovers or interchange.

5. There are many vehicles on the road. Most are Gov't owned or taxis

6. River/canals banks are planted with trees and flowers or have been converted to parks

7. The people are well dressed. Women are quite fashion conscious. Spotted some girls with false eye lashes. Saw only one pregnant woman and 2 beggars in 7 days.

8. The greatness and grandeur of the Chinese history and culture can be seen from the many impressive ancient buildings, the level of skills and command of language, art and craft of the people.

9. The people speak very beautiful Chinese, with intonation and sprinkles of idioms in their normal daily conversation.

10. Tourism is big business in China.

11. Beijing has 99 Universities and Colleges

12. Food is plentiful with many street traders and hawkers. Signs of private enterprise everywhere.

13 Very few petrol stations. Petrol price Y 2.20 per liter (about the same as Malaysia). Diesel Y2.00 per liter (more expensive)

14. Pollution is a problem. Main sources; vehicle exhaust, burning of coal and dust storm churned up by the north wind blowing over the Gobi desert north of Beijing esp. during the spring season

15. Hotel TV has 27 stations. Central, provinces, Hong Kong and Star TV (Satellite). All kind of interesting programme; Opera, Sport, Science, Agriculture, Soap (present and historical), documentary, social etc

16 Social issues such as unemployment etc. are widely discussed in the press and TV. People talk quite freely and village heads are elected.

17. The parks are quite well used for cultural and recreation activities like; social dancing, calligraphy, martial art practises and exercising.

If you're interested to read my write-up of the places I toured in Beijing please pm me.

I'm sure Beijing has undergone much changes over the last 10 years ! So what I wrote may not be true anymore.

[KeeOng]

Forget about the TV broadcast. This is even better. Watch whenever you want in high definition, live or recorded. And not dictacted by the station of which games they are broadcasting.

E.g. badminton: http://www.nbcolympics.com/badminton/index.html

In US, # of badminton games broadcast on TV station = 0.
Watch whichever game, and whenever over the internet in Hi Def = priceless :)

Even better if you download Silverlight: http://www.nbcolympics.com/silverlight/index.html

Only caveat: needs broadband.

[Dino]

Forget about the TV broadcast. This is even better. Watch whenever you want in high definition, live or recorded. And not dictacted by the station of which games they are broadcasting.

E.g. badminton: http://www.nbcolympics.com/badminton/index.html

In US, # of badminton games broadcast on TV station = 0.
Watch whichever game, and whenever over the internet in Hi Def = priceless :)

Even better if you download Silverlight: http://www.nbcolympics.com/silverlight/index.html

Only caveat: needs broadband.

Kenot stream such things in office....so kenot watch live!!! :(

[Oddfather]

Forget about the TV broadcast. This is even better. Watch whenever you want in high definition, live or recorded. And not dictacted by the station of which games they are broadcasting.

E.g. badminton: http://www.nbcolympics.com/badminton/index.html

In US, # of badminton games broadcast on TV station = 0.
Watch whichever game, and whenever over the internet in Hi Def = priceless :)

Even better if you download Silverlight: http://www.nbcolympics.com/silverlight/index.html

Only caveat: needs broadband.
aiseh.....can only watch in US only.:(

[Anson F-Clef]

Stop press:
1)Archery team MUFFED their own medal chances kau-kau only to trail Italy by merely 5 points in their quarterfinal elimination bout :crying: what more Italy eventually masuk finals only to lose NARROWLY to South Korea........

2)Wong Choong Hann and Lee Chong Wei are through to the 3rd round after beating defending Olympic champ Taufik H (padan muka!!!) and Ronald Susilo respectively. Chong Wei might have an easier opponent compared to WCH in their bouts tomoro, so better we pray hard that they don't crumble under tremendous pressure lerr.......

3)Wong Mew Choo is THROUGH to the quarterfinals (likely to meet China's Lu Lan) after beating 2 angmoh opponents including Bulgaria's Petya Nedtelcheva in straight games.

4) CTF-LWW & KKK-TBH start out in their men's doubles golden quest tomoro evening after dinner and awaiting them is definitely a TRUE test of FIRE BAPTISM, so better pray hard they don't crumble under tremendous pressure as well lerr.......

5) In a few more days, the individual Men's archery event will witness the 3 Malaysians getting themselves to become their opponents' punching bags again......IF THEY DON'T PULL UP THEIR SOCKS HIGH ENUFF :sick:

[Anson F-Clef]

6) CTF's girlfriend/fiance, Zhang Jiewen and her women's doubles partner (they are reigning Olympic women's doubles champs) got crushed by a Japanese pair in the quarterfinals.....

7) Tine Rasmussen and Wang Chen (Hong Kong) have been bundled out by their lower-ranked opponents en route to the women's singles quarterfinals. One player sure needing attention would be Maria Kristin Yulianti who herself scalped two angmohs who are ranked higher than her.....

[Sarah]

I desperately want to watch badminton too.. unfortunately here the main sport is swimming!

aiseh.. forgive my lousy english ar..:o

[Anson F-Clef]

I desperately wants to watch badminton too.. unfortunately here the main sport is swimming!

Has to be STEPHANIE RICE propaganda - all over OZ for sure leh!

BTW, Lee Chong Wei is now into round 3 of Men's Singles......his mate, WMC is to meet Lu Lan in the women's singles QFinals (better hope n pray that WMC wins!)

[datokuan]

I desperately wants to watch badminton too.. unfortunately here the main sport is swimming!

get a satelite dish to see the free channels on the badminton games....heard people are doing it...sorry that I can only have time to catch glimpse of some sports on SBS....Channel 7 have too much swimming until overkill my family interest.....:):)

[Odysseus]

I desperately wants to watch badminton too.. unfortunately here the main sport is swimming!
Sarah, you missed a very good game between WCH and Taufik. More like a final match !!!

[jerrychoo2004]

our singles are doing good atm
hopefully tonight our doubles men will prevail...gogo CTF/LWW and KKK/TBH

[Anson F-Clef]

our singles are doing good atm
hopefully tonight our doubles men will prevail...gogo CTF/LWW and KKK/TBH

Wong Choong Hann's dream run has been halted by a Taiwanese youngster in 3 sets and now and it's already been confirmed - CTF/LWW is OUT OF THE OLYMPICS for GOOD after falling apart against Lee Jae-jin/Hwang Ji-Man also in 3 sets....

Go Go lovebirds plus KKK/TBH.......(we all know who laaaa :p)

[Oddfather]

Wow the opening was fantastic! The opening in Athens kalah teruk man!

An awesome, spectacular show by the Chinese. Live up to my expectation of a great show !


muahahahaha...........kena coned liao......lip singing and computer animation......hahahahahahahahaha...............

[datokuan]

muahahahaha...........kena coned liao......lip singing and computer animation......hahahahahahahahaha...............

I have already hinted that Hollywood need to learn from Director Zhang Yi Mou....:)

[shiruikage]

muahahahaha...........kena coned liao......lip singing and computer animation......hahahahahahahahaha...............

it's quite obvious that the kid was lip syncing. as for the computer animation....really unexpected...lol.

[jerrychoo2004]

oO computer animation...really unexpected leh

anyway we had a bad day for our badminton
hopefully WMC can overcome Lulan today
and our KKk/TBH vs the Indon today

things are looking gloomy for both of them :squeeze:
i was informed that today astro will show badminton :)

[shiruikage]

oO computer animation...really unexpected leh

anyway we had a bad day for our badminton
hopefully WMC can overcome Lulan today
and our KKk/TBH vs the Indon today

things are looking gloomy for both of them :squeeze:
i was informed that today astro will show badminton :)

crap...singapore showing nothing but swimming swimming and guess what, more swimming!

[LiLiaN]

well, the world wants to watch phelps i guess...
he's doing really amazing job this time round...
and now seeing how hard he works for his medals...
i do hope that he can grab the other 3 that he aims for...

[jerrychoo2004]

sien....all our players except Lee Chong Wei is out of the badminton competition....hope LCW can prevail against Sony later

[LaoZhang]

muahahahaha...........kena coned liao......lip singing and computer animation......hahahahahahahahaha...............


Exactly what I said about the importance and the need for opening up to the world .... when you'll be exposed to critical comments from around the world, people who will scrutinise every detail and spot light your faults... That's when your blind spots are exposed !!

The Chinese organisers may think it's not such a big deal whereas the western media think it's unethical and some people even commented that it's a con job !!

Well, I hope the Chinese would now look at the matter from the different angle and learn a lesson from it ?? It's part of the learning process in "opening up".

Granted there were some ethical questions in relation to the show ... but my opinion on this matter is that the western media is making a mountain out of a mole hill!

Nevertheless, it does not take away the fact that it was a magnificient great show !

I'll post something about the tremendous effort and techniques used by the 896-member "printing" block team.

[datokuan]

Exactly what I said about the importance and the need for opening up to the world .... when you'll be exposed to critical comments from around the world, people who will scrutinise every detail and spot light your faults... That's when your blind spots are exposed !!

The Chinese organisers may think it's not such a big deal whereas the western media think it's unethical and some people even commented that it's a con job !!

Well, I hope the Chinese would now look at the matter from the different angle and learn a lesson from it ?? It's part of the learning process in "opening up".

Granted there were some ethical questions in relation to the show ... but my opinion on this matter is that the western media is making a mountain out of a mole hill!

Nevertheless, it does not take away the fact that it was a magnificient great show !

I'll post something about the tremendous effort and techniques used by the 896-member "printing" block team.

I agree with you that it is mole hill story. Don't forget that we have live in many decades of bigger western media lies and worst of all, still never want to admit it. Just like the reasons to invade Iraq by Mr Bushie.... even his right hand man Colin Powell does not agree to his story at UN. What is the right ethics then?

Looking from another way... it is an impressive and well done con job by China.... hahahaha...:laugh::laugh:

[Anson F-Clef]

Yeah well done to the organizing job but the only flaw was the murder of an American tourist which ended up being the assailant from Hangzhou killing himself :mad: stupidity all right.......

BTW it's now down to just Lee Chong Wei in the singles quarterfinals fray against Sony D - the rest were quite teruk cases that got bundled out of Beijing Olympic badminton competition for GOOD......

[Guat Lin]

LCW is in the semi's. 32mins game.
but its still ??? if he can get to the finals.
Pray that his mental strength can hold up....

[jerrychoo2004]

great match by leechongwei totally outclassed sony
now we can look forward to the semis....his opponent will either be bauchunlai or leehyunil
i hope he met leehyunil, coz baochunlai i think might give leechongwei more problems
well the match is tomorrow at 6.30pm for lee...so don miss it
he is our hope for a first gold medal ;)

[Anson F-Clef]

i hope he met leehyunil

Strongly agree with u :p And YES, he shall meet Lee Hyun Il later this evening (all bcos BCL did not have enuff killer instincts) but dare not watch the scoreboard but to pray hard that LCW's killer instinct still goes rampaging like no man's biz - that's what LCW n LD's mentality is all about :p

[Anson F-Clef]

Stop press: Cheng Chu Sian has qualified for the men's individual recurve event Quarterfinals after eliminating current Olympic record holder, Lee Chang-Hwan from South Korea in the last 16 and will square up with Russian archer Bair Badenov at 4+pm.......pray, pray, pray.......but has lost to Bair B. who eventually bagged a bronze medal while Viktor Ruban won the individual archery gold tho' - better luck next time, Malaysia..........

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AR/C75A/ARM070000.shtml#ARM070407

AND NOW, FOR SOME SENSATIONAL NEWS: Lee Chong Wei is assured at least a silver medal when he enters the mens' singles finals this Sunday (after disposing Lee Hyun-Il in 3 games) AND, as our DPM announced earlier, every gold medallist shall win RM1 million plus monthly pension of RM5000 and silver medallist RM300k plus RM3000 pension - fatt tatt hor?

[Sarah]

MSIA:

LCW is playing tonight, finals.. !

Apparently 2 of the Msian cyclist are in finals too, if I'm not mistaken.

What happened to Msian rhythmic gymmnasts? They won gold during commonwealth before.. that was such a moment!

AUS:
Stephanie Rice and Liesel Jones are simply awesome!

Lisbeth Trickett, placed too much hope in her. Dunno what happened to her, the world record was hers, yet she only managed to get 4th place in 50m freestyle.

Grant Hackett, apala, world record also his, but got second.

I never know why Ian Thorpe retired ar??

Phelps... man of the Olympic Game 2008!!

[Anson F-Clef]

MSIA:
LCW is playing tonight, finals.. !


Erhmmm.....he played worse than a novice as many pundits would say - or was that purposed?? Only LCW has his own explanation tho' :p

[jerrychoo2004]

lee chong wei certainly crumble when under pressure
this happens before in the world championship 1/2 years ago when it was held in malaysia, and all eyes are on him to get a medal but he lost tamely in the first round
then for the few following super series championship he performed very well and managed to bag a few medals
yesterday is certainly not the usual Leechongwei that i see
his skills are certainly much better than that and his speed is certainly faster than what he shows yesterday
anyway must give him credit for getting a silver

[Dino]

lee chong wei certainly crumble when under pressure
this happens before in the world championship 1/2 years ago when it was held in malaysia, and all eyes are on him to get a medal but he lost tamely in the first round
then for the few following super series championship he performed very well and managed to bag a few medals
yesterday is certainly not the usual Leechongwei that i see
his skills are certainly much better than that and his speed is certainly faster than what he shows yesterday
anyway must give him credit for getting a silver

For Msian to get a Olympic medal is very good liao.....can show off ok.....:p

[datokuan]

For Msian to get a Olympic medal is very good liao.....can show off ok.....:p

and be a instant millionaire:)

[Dino]

and be a instant millionaire:)

Yah loor.......no need to study hard, just play ball can liao.

[elvin]

lee chong wei certainly crumble when under pressure
this happens before in the world championship 1/2 years ago when it was held in malaysia, and all eyes are on him to get a medal but he lost tamely in the first round
then for the few following super series championship he performed very well and managed to bag a few medals
yesterday is certainly not the usual Leechongwei that i see
his skills are certainly much better than that and his speed is certainly faster than what he shows yesterdayanyway must give him credit for getting a silver

I agree with you LCW not being in his usual mode. Too many errors and repeatedly doing the same errors. Look at how he is during the semifinal match...net play, jumping smash, drop shots all beautifully executed. such contrasting play he put on.

But even if he repeat the same mode against lin dan i would say he still lose because lin dan was at the top of his game. Suprised LCW with a few impressive net plays himself and he was just too fast and strong.

Crowd support was marvellous where i have to turn the volume down because it was just too noisy.

[athena]

Yah loor.......no need to study hard, just play ball can liao.
judging from lee chong wei... better to study harder!

[LaoZhang]

judging from lee chong wei... better to study harder!


Poor LCW was totally outclassed by Lin Dan... suggest he train harder in badminton .. instead of being led by the nose by the likes of MCA's Ling Hee Long to campaign for Ling during the General election.. Hope LCW will not repeat the same mistake during the up coming MCA election !!

[LaoZhang]

Usian Bolt's performance for the 100m sprint was superb !!

He's fluid running style is so elegant ... and the way he accelerated from the 50m mark leaving the rest of the field trailing was just astonishing ..

If he had not ease off in the last 20 meters...he could have shaved of may be another 0.1 secs ?? The record could have been 9.59 secs !!

He will naturally be the sprinter to watch during the 200m final !

Given his form, he will be racing against the clock rather than against the other competitors ! I'm sure he will secure a double !!

The question is, will he break the world record ??

The current men's world record holder is Michael Johnson, who ran 19.32 s at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

[athena]

Poor LCW was totally outclassed by Lin Dan... suggest he train harder in badminton .. instead of being led by the nose by the likes of MCA's Ling Hee Long to campaign for Ling during the General election.. Hope LCW will not repeat the same mistake during the up coming MCA election !!
y'know my colig was chatting with a Chinese (as in China) counterpart of ours and he also mentioned that as much as he was proud of LinDan for winning the gold, he said LCW just threw the game away! tsk tsk

[shiruikage]

well well well...china surpassed their earlier olympic gold medal tally. now has 42 against USA's 25...totally trounced the US. hmmm...why do i get the feeling that the americans will say they cant perform world class-ly becoz of the bad air in china?

[athena]

well well well...china surpassed their earlier olympic gold medal tally. now has 42 against USA's 25...totally trounced the US. hmmm...why do i get the feeling that the americans will say they cant perform world class-ly becoz of the bad air in china?
i tot Beijing's air quality has been excellent since the start of the games???

[Anson F-Clef]

Usian Bolt's performance for the 100m sprint was superb !!

The current men's world record holder is Michael Johnson, who ran 19.32 s at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Who knows what that Goliath can do.........All the best to the Jamaican Thunderbolt!

[shiruikage]

i tot Beijing's air quality has been excellent since the start of the games???

sore loser mah....like when they complained that their gymnast lose becoz the chinese gymnast is younger and more flexible. lol.

[Anson F-Clef]

HAIL USAIN the SPEEDY GOLIATH & THUNDERBOLT!! World records in 2 blue-riband athletics events in 100m and 200m....next to watch are two Americans in the 400m (one White and the other, Afro-American)....the White one, Jeremy Wariner eventually lost to that Afro-American, LaShawn Merritt.......:p

Elaine Teo kaputted again (she lost in round 1 in Athens 2004) in her Olympic taekwondo bout, round 1, this time against a Turkish girl, and later to a former world champ from US during the repechage stage for bronze medal....only hope left would be Che Chew Chan - let's check Bryan Lomas's performance in the 10-metre platform diving event too............