I watched the Beijing Olympics and had a stirring nationalistic pride when i saw my flag entered the field of athletic prowess ambitions.
Perhaps it was just me, but my heart sank when i saw a PR holding the highest of all national symbols of our land - our flag.
But it was only for a fleeting second, for i realized that the fault was not hers, but our ( you and me and fellow singaporeans) fault.
In our mindless pursuit of academic excellence and the desire of material comfort at the expense of child bearing, we had neglected the sports arena as unimportant.
And thus lay the foundation of ruin and despire in our sporting hopes, of siring stronger, better, faster athletic prowess for our next generations of citizens.
Fortunately, the more sane and intelligent members in our community had seen a way out to keep such athletic dreams alive - by buying 'left out' potential sportsperson neglected by their own country, bringing them here and giving them the opportunities they would never have in their own homeland, while we deliberate and try the solve our own predicament of producing athletes of our own from our own loins.
Upon reflections such as these, the moment of shame passed, and i cheered these PRs whom had benefitted from our generosity, and had vowed allegience to our flag, to fight on our behalf against their own countrymen - to bring sporting glory to our nation and every citizen of this land that they may walk tall with pride, sharing in their achievements made possible by our collective support.
Let us not deny these PRs their glory like their own countrymen had, but cheer them on for doing each and everyone of us all proud, breaking records and history while at it.
Stand tall and revile in the olympic glory that we, in our self-centred lives, would never have without these great sportspersons, including those from our own loins.
its really is embrassing , imaging those singapore born citizen that is taking part in the game , work so hard , still have to serve ns , but nv get to hold the flag ,
That women better win something or not its just another waste of tax payers money.
As long as he/she is not a singapore born citizen , i wont give a damn.
I dont care wehther its a chinese/indian/malay/eurasian or some other mix , as long as its a singapore born citizen , win or lose i will still support .
I don't know about u but when I see the team of table tenis from USA and almost ALL r from china, then I realise tat every countries r playing the same game
Gao Jun borned in Baoding Hebei china represent USA
Wang Chen borned in Beijing China represent USA
Crystal Huang borned in Changsha China represent USA
David Zhuang borned in Guangzhou China represent USA
Originally posted by gUms:its really is embrassing , imaging those singapore born citizen that is taking part in the game , work so hard , still have to serve ns , but nv get to hold the flag ,
That women better win something or not its just another waste of tax payers money.
As long as he/she is not a singapore born citizen , i wont give a damn.
I dont care wehther its a chinese/indian/malay/eurasian or some other mix , as long as its a singapore born citizen , win or lose i will still support .
Then i guess you and me must work harder with our partners at night to produce the next Spore olympian, sacrificing academic excellence but groom him/her into greater sporting heights, if he/she wants and is so inclined, taking our national pride to higher athletic glory.
But in the meantime, never to deny the honour due to our current sportspersons who brought us fame and glory, be him/her a citizen, or a PR, whom fights in the olympic stage on our behalf.
aiya, what to do, all Singaporeans cannot swim mah, cannot swim said cannot swim lah, dun said swim suit too big.
I think we singaporeans are really embarassed not merely by the flag bearer, all countries may laugh at us, cos they know that we buy china goods with no guarantee.
Originally posted by xtreyier:But it was only for a fleeting second, for i realized that the fault was not hers, but our ( you and me and fellow singaporeans) fault.
Har? Wat have I done? DId I voted for her to come in? Do I care 2 hoots if there are no one representing Singaporean in olympics?
Originally posted by xtreyier:Fortunately, the more sane and intelligent members in our community had seen a way out to keep such athletic dreams alive - by buying 'left out' potential sportsperson neglected by their own country, bringing them here and giving them the opportunities they would never have in their own homeland, while we deliberate and try the solve our own predicament of producing athletes of our own from our own loins.
Har? my problem again? the millions can be used to help poor singaporeans or grants for scientists... Sportsperson millions? Sane? Intelligent? wat has their dreams got to do with Singaporeans again....