Won't it be a feeling funny??
Won't it be a feeling funny??
Tonight's the night where the eyes of most in this little red dot were locked onto the big screen for the decisive match between China and our table-tennis representative.
I'm not into sports and definitely don't know much about a lot of sports, for sure table-tennis is one of them. As the TV was turned on at home, sis was giving me a little briefing about the scoring, the numbers of matches per game, what determines the win or lose, etc. For one that is watching the match played LIVE, I felt the stress as well - maybe the stress was transmitted from the players, all the way from China into this little red dot, and plunging itself right into my home, right where I am, haha. The stress made me decide after a few minutes of the match that I'll be better off (ie. less stressful) for not watching, and return to my books instead, which in comparison, seems less stressful =)
The match that was being played by the 2 countries made me ponder about how funny it would feel, especially if our representatives from the little red dot finally manage to clinge a gold medal for us ...
Just think about it - our players are not born citizens in our country, they are imported, and to be precise, imported from the very country where this game is held. I wonder how they would feel if they successfully clinge the gold. Would they be really happy - happy that they represented little red dot?? How would their fellow citizens in China view them should they clinge the gold for little red dot, and not for China itself? Would they be deemed as betraying their country where they were born? And even if a gold medal was finally won for us, would we be REALLY happy about it? ... Yes, perhaps for the gold medal, but when we actually think about whether we deserve the medal, in actual fact, in my humble opinion, I wouldn't be, because it wasn't won by a true-bred citizen.
Nope, don't get me wrong, I'm not in any way demeaning our sports representative or failing to accord honor to them for their hardwork and practices all these while for the sake of the country. I just lament the fact that our own citizens seemed to be so absorbed in pursuits that seemed "much glorious" and beneficial that for us, that sports or music (any of the arena where entertainments, arts, sports, etc) are deemed to be something that we cannot survive on - impractical, to put it in plain terms.
I'm not in any way envious at all of our representatives as I try and identify with perhaps their dilemma in what I've written above, but I do thank God for them for their willingness to be counted as and with one of us in this little red dot.
Tonight's the night where the eyes of most in this little red dot were locked onto the big screen for the decisive match between China and our table-tennis representative.
I'm not into sports and definitely don't know much about a lot of sports, for sure table-tennis is one of them. As the TV was turned on at home, sis was giving me a little briefing about the scoring, the numbers of matches per game, what determines the win or lose, etc. For one that is watching the match played LIVE, I felt the stress as well - maybe the stress was transmitted from the players, all the way from China into this little red dot, and plunging itself right into my home, right where I am, haha. The stress made me decide after a few minutes of the match that I'll be better off (ie. less stressful) for not watching, and return to my books instead, which in comparison, seems less stressful =)
The match that was being played by the 2 countries made me ponder about how funny it would feel, especially if our representatives from the little red dot finally manage to clinge a gold medal for us ...
Just think about it - our players are not born citizens in our country, they are imported, and to be precise, imported from the very country where this game is held. I wonder how they would feel if they successfully clinge the gold. Would they be really happy - happy that they represented little red dot?? How would their fellow citizens in China view them should they clinge the gold for little red dot, and not for China itself? Would they be deemed as betraying their country where they were born? And even if a gold medal was finally won for us, would we be REALLY happy about it? ... Yes, perhaps for the gold medal, but when we actually think about whether we deserve the medal, in actual fact, in my humble opinion, I wouldn't be, because it wasn't won by a true-bred citizen.
Nope, don't get me wrong, I'm not in any way demeaning our sports representative or failing to accord honor to them for their hardwork and practices all these while for the sake of the country. I just lament the fact that our own citizens seemed to be so absorbed in pursuits that seemed "much glorious" and beneficial that for us, that sports or music (any of the arena where entertainments, arts, sports, etc) are deemed to be something that we cannot survive on - impractical, to put it in plain terms.
I'm not in any way envious at all of our representatives as I try and identify with perhaps their dilemma in what I've written above, but I do thank God for them for their willingness to be counted as and with one of us in this little red dot.
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