With an overhead shot from around the baseline alighting outward the court, his mental condition as well as with that, the Malaysian collective dream, ended. His opponent, dark, robust as well as roughly brooding, leapt in the air, incited around as well as ran around the court, with his arm non-stop far-reaching as if he was going to take off the ground.
Dato' Lee Chong Wei gave his best. The Malaysian spectators during the venue announced as well as screamed in unison. But luck wasn't with Dato' Lee. Nothing much distant the two players, really. It was the gladiatorial match. An epic. The most appropriate badminton compare you had ever had the wish of watching.
There were moments during the compare when you saw moves which were roughly non-human in nature. Impossible speed, roughly Spider-man similar to agility, the will as well as power of men possessed with an idealisation dream, an idealisation hope to win the idealisation prize.
At the single point of time, you wondered how is it to feel the weight of the hope as well as wish of 28 million people upon one's tiny shoulder. How does the single male understanding with that? How does the single male lift himself meaningful each pierce of his competence defect 28 million people? What is in his head each time he raises his racquet to serve, to smash as well as to lapse the dump shot?
I have zero though admiration as well as honour for Dato' Lee Chong Wei as well as all the Olympians. For all their sacrifices, their hard works, their pains, blood, persperate as well as tears, dispensed in the name of inhabitant glory.
The Olympics, si! milar to any other huge sporting events, move out the most appropriate as well as the misfortune in us. And the comical too.
Right after the opening ceremony, there were rumblings of how the Illuminati were during work to take over the universe in the Malaysian cyber-space. Clearly the little of us have unequivocally fruitful imaginations. Or maybe the little of us Malaysian Muslims were only display signs of low red red blood sugar turn during this fasting month. And so you read about the Olympic tree being the tree which in Muslim traditions, is the tree which is sympathetic to the Jews, for example. you even received the private message upon Facebook revelation me which the certain Prince is the phenomenon of the anti-Christ. So you suppose, this phenomenon is not limited to the Muslims only.
Then there have been people politicians, of march - who do not appear to know which there have been moments when amiability takes over as well as governing body do not appear to matter. Astounding as it might be, believe it or not, there was the idiot by an opposition MP saying which Malaysia will win the bullion medal in the Olympics after Pakatan Rakyat "takes over Putrajaya." Good then. Put which in their celebration manifesto as well as ask the people to vote for them in the subsequent GE with which promise. And while you have been during it, how about revelation the people which Malaysia will win the football World Cup too after Pakatan takes over whatever? Just so to complete the absurdity, tell us which the middle-east conflict will be finished by Pakatan too please.
The positive side of this is the actuality which Malaysians will lay together in unison to support the quest of the country-men regardless of the faith, the race, multiply as well as creed. To my mind, togetherness manifests itself in two forms, namely, situational togetherness as well as otherworldly unity. We experience s! ituation al togetherness in each aspect of the each day life. The idealisation task for the government is to foster these situational peace in to the some-more permanent as well as cohesive unity.
Malaysians have regularly desired sports. And as far as you could remember, sports have regularly been the highlight of Malaysian unity. Never in any other action have Malaysians displayed so much loyalty, conviction as well as togetherness than sporting events. you am old enough to recollect how all of us watched with honour when the inhabitant football team played in the 1972 Munich Olympics. How you jumped in rapturous happiness when James Wong scored opposite South Korea to send Malaysia to the 1980 Olympics. How the total Malaysia was transfixed when you hosted the 1975 Hockey World Cup. And in new times, Malaysians will of march fill with honour each time Dato' Nicol David or Dato' Lee Chong Wei win their particular tournament.
That proves which when faced with the single idealisation as well as common - target as well as purpose, the people of diverse cultures, faiths, as well as interests as well as of different competition might set in reserve whatever differences they might have, whatever misgivings they might habour opposite each other as well as unite.
Our task, in terms of perplexing to foster togetherness as well as harmony, is to create which ONE target as well as purpose. you suppose, you can begin by eliminating, or perplexing to eliminate, anything which threatens to divide us.
Or perhaps, you could only begin by display up during the airport to give the rousing homecoming to Dato' Lee Chong Wei as well as the Olympians.
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