No torch, no medals, no records, no nothing…

On April 25, 2008 · 7 Comments · In Living

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The torch relay bypassed Sin­ga­pore prob­a­bly because protests are only to be held indoors, with a licence, in des­ig­nated areas. I dunno.

Then there’s news that the Youth Olympics might be a Games with­out medals or records. That is the sucks! Might as well not have athletes.

I mean, they even give out prizes in pri­mary schools for egg and spoon races and I per­son­ally would have had a record in my school’s hall of shame for most num­ber of eggs broken.

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  • http://kormmandos.wordpress.com Shu Yen

    No medals, no records, so no incen­tive lor.
    A bit cheap­skate by the com­mit­tee leh.

    “Can win, win lor. No chance, then relak one cor­ner and wait for R&R lor.”

    Might as well call YOG an international-scale school excur­sion to Sin­ga­pore.
    Oh wait, there’s already some­thing lid­dat, it’s called World Scout Jam­boree.

  • http://kormmandos.wordpress.com Shu Yen

    No medals, no records, so no incen­tive lor.
    A bit cheap­skate by the com­mit­tee leh.

    “Can win, win lor. No chance, then relak one cor­ner and wait for R&R lor.”

    Might as well call YOG an international-scale school excur­sion to Sin­ga­pore.
    Oh wait, there’s already some­thing lid­dat, it’s called World Scout Jam­boree.

  • James

    “Lam Pin Min beat me to it again. I was just about to post this up, and I log on and find that he’s beaten all of us to the blog again. Well done, col­league.” Miyagi.

    I was read­ing this “no medals” post and then decided to write a com­ment. But I scrolled too quickly and came across the Mas Sela­mat entry and saw this solid quote from Miyagi. That’s exactly what young ath­letes at the Youth Olympics should be taught. They may not come up first in a race, but they should be proud of them­selves and offer their spirit of sports­man­ship to the win­ner by con­grat­u­lat­ing him or her. That’s the true spirit of the Olympics.

    “You lost? Never mind. You did your best. Now train and try harder next time. We still love you.”

  • James

    “Lam Pin Min beat me to it again. I was just about to post this up, and I log on and find that he’s beaten all of us to the blog again. Well done, col­league.” Miyagi.

    I was read­ing this “no medals” post and then decided to write a com­ment. But I scrolled too quickly and came across the Mas Sela­mat entry and saw this solid quote from Miyagi. That’s exactly what young ath­letes at the Youth Olympics should be taught. They may not come up first in a race, but they should be proud of them­selves and offer their spirit of sports­man­ship to the win­ner by con­grat­u­lat­ing him or her. That’s the true spirit of the Olympics.

    “You lost? Never mind. You did your best. Now train and try harder next time. We still love you.”

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  • http://sg-youth-olympic-games.blogspot.com seen­thiss­cenethat

    It does sound ridicu­lous not to award any medals or records. No won­der they call it Games…not com­pe­ti­tion. But even when chil­dren play games at par­ties, some­one will end up being first, and deserve a token of appreciation.

  • http://sg-youth-olympic-games.blogspot.com seen­thiss­cenethat

    It does sound ridicu­lous not to award any medals or records. No won­der they call it Games…not com­pe­ti­tion. But even when chil­dren play games at par­ties, some­one will end up being first, and deserve a token of appreciation.

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