The World Cup 2010 reaches its penultimate game this evening exactly a month after the first South African – Mexico match on 11 June 2010. Lots of issues were raised among which included the proposed banning of vuvuzelas, questions on the “Jabulani” Adidas ball and many more which will continued to be discussed in the coming days and later kept as chronicles of the World Cup.
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Congratulations to Malaysian cyclist Azizul Hasni Awang and Mohd Rizal Tisin for their performance and achievement in the World Track Cycling Championships in Pruskow, Poland last week. Azizul grabbed the silver medal in the individual sprint event while Mohd Rizal Tisin snatched a bronze in the 1km individual time trial. They make Malaysians proud of their success and proves to the world the true “Malaysia Boleh” spirit. From unknowns in the last five years, both have sprung surprises to other competitors from other countries.
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The two are just some examples of our achievements. There are in fact many more Malaysians that have achieved international successes and recognitions in various fields. And these people are not extraordinary in the beginning; they are just normal Malaysians with normal upbringing and background. They should all be role model which could be inspirational to the future generation. We do not have to wait to tell the younger generation of their successes posthumously. Perhaps one of our many TV channels could have some kind of program not only to highlight their successes but their background story – more to the human side – which ordinary people could easily relate to on the personal front. By having it on the TV, it would be able to reach all sectors of societies. Our media should not only highlight the incentive aspect of the successes because in the long run, our youth would only be relating success to incentive. Thus indirectly continuously propagating the materialistic aspect of successes rather than the importance of creating a wholesome responsible individual. Its a pity that Malaysian society are slowly losing its moral values. Everything now seems to be valued in monetary equivalent. Are all things for the taking in this so-called “development” era?
Watched the Malaysian Open Golf tournament on Showtime Sport Channel for the past two days and felt disappoined that we once again failed to capture the tournamnet despite having lead the tournament for the opening rounds. Well it looks like Malaysia will have to wait another year and see whether we will be able to make it then. Despite being away from Malaysian soil, I guess all Malaysian would want a Malaysian to make it whatmore with the tournamnet being held in Malaysia.
Though one would always saya that may the best man wins, but deep inside us we will always be hoping that a local would win. Still Chia has made Malaysian proud of his achievement and hope that he will bring more fame to Malaysia in the near future. Thats the patriotic spirit within all of us which we should nurture not only in sports but in all that we do. We must learn to be proud of Malaysia and what we stand for. Thats how a nation and its people could move forward especially with the catch phrase of Malaysia Boleh!. Malaysia is second best to NONE!
