Jia You Singapore!

Hey all! I guess tonight may be one of the biggest nights in the history of Singapore football as our Youth Olympic Soccer team competes against Haiti at approximately 8.40 LIVE! Indeed our Singaporean team has worked hard to reach into the Semi-finals and we ought to give them all the support they need... I think.

Just last friday, on my way to the Singapore Sports School along with Marcus and Samuel Yu, we chanced upon a taxi-driver whose son was from St. Andrew Secondary School and was coincidentally in the water-polo team. Well, we had a fun and beneficial discussion with the taxi driver, talking about the YOG games, entrance to Secondary Schools and then a short lecture on the way the meters worked in the taxi. It did seemed that we were fortunate enough to flag down the 10 minutes before 5, which meant that we did not have to pay extra, for some reason. I was glad to hear that Singapore was doing quite well in ares like Soccer and Sailing, as the taxi driver was confident that Singapore would get a Gold medal for Sailing.

However, he then told us that would be also cheering for other countries, like the Swimming event later on. He then jokingly expressed his dissatisfaction with the rest of the other Sports Singapore would be competing in, saying that they were not up to par in comparison with other countries especially outside Asia.

To me Sports is something that is meant to be judged on its own, regardless of the country people come from. It's just another form of entertainment, and you get to enjoy the wonderful skills and talents portrayed by each individual competitor. Basically,

I just watch to enjoy the game. As I belong to Singapore, I should rightfully support my own country. On the contrary, I often think about it.

Why should I just narrow this scope of mine? Personally, I believe that there is always someone who is better than you in something, no matter how good you are at it. As the Chinese saying goes “一山有比一山高”；there will always be one mountain that is higher than the other.

My point is not saying that I do not support Singapore. I mean, I will give my very all for my country. But if, if Singapore does not manage to make it through somehow, be it whatever the reason, I will then change my focus to the other competing countries. Instead of stopping and lamenting over the loss of Singapore (touch wood!). I guess it's just about time we see things from a global perspective, be exposed to everything else beyond our comfort zone, just like the Singapore Table Tennis team which sent their team overseas to train and be exposed to how the real competition will be like.

On the whole, let us not give up and continue to hope for the best for Singapore. Jia You Singapore!