Sunday, March 26, 2006

Commonwealth Games...

Today marks the last day of the Commonwealth Games and Singapore made history by returning with 5 golds, the best haul ever.

The most significance moment is when our Zhang Xueling beat Miao Miao and book a place in the finals with Jia Wei(Xueling won the match eventually) and ensure that the gold medal come back with Team Singapore. Furthermore, the latest news is that our Xu Yan beat Miao Miao and ensure we have another clean sweep after the mixed doubles's one.

Talking about mixed doubles, can you imagine the sense of pride when you see not 1, not 2 but 3 Singapore flags being raised up? However, what make me even prouder is that the bronze medalists is of Singapore origins. People around the world may say that Singapore use foreign talents to win gold but what they say about the team that won the bronze at the just-ended Games? They are our OWN local talents. Jason Ho and Tan Paey Fern are born and bred here. But look, they won a medal. So it is time that we show the world that we don't just depend on foreign talents alone. We have our own local talents and we are definitely not shy to show it off. =)

Anyway, congratulations to Team Singapore for bringing 5 gold medals back. =)