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August 17th, 2008 — Notable Notes
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The dream finals as everyone expected did not quite materialise. World’s number two badminton player, Lee Chong Wei faltered at the final hurdle of the Beijing Olympics 2008 men’s singles badminton event, falling to world number one “Super Dan” Lin of China. Malaysia’s last and only hope of gold was quickly extinguished with Chong Wei simply outclassed by the Chinese 21-12, 21-8. Chong Wei was never allowed to settle in, committing many unforced errors while Lin Dan set the pace and pounced at every opportunity. The Chinese top seed showed exactly why he is the world’s number one with a splendid display of speed and perfect court craft, catching Chong Wei off-guard throughout. Many a times, Lin Dan was simply 2 to 3 steps ahead of Chong Wei leaving the Malaysian hopeful scurrying around the court.
Chong Wei did not have any real answer to Lin Dan’s fearsome pace and buckled under pressure. It’s a sad reality check for Chong Wei although he did exceedingly well to reach the finals. A little anti-climatic to be honest, but one can only imagine the kind of pressure Chong Wei went through throughout the match. All Malaysians were behind you, Chong Wei. Still a job well done despite your loss. We’re still proud of you. Better luck next time!
June 13th, 2008 — Hip Happenings, Notable Notes
The Inter-Agency Corbis Futsal Cup 2008 is back!
I will be playing for defending champs GanForHire AllStars again this year, for honours and for the super prizes (up to RM7,000 in Adidas vouchers!). There are 24 teams this year, divided into 4 per group. We’ve been drawn with Ignite, Grey Group FC and Young Rascals (Y&R). Teams to watch are definitely last year’s runners-up TBWA, O&M and DraftFCB. The competition is set to be fast and furious, so if you’re not up to anything this Saturday, pop by and catch the action! Bring lots of pom-poms and come support GanForHire!
Event details:
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Sports Planet, Subang Grand
Street: Lot 604, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Taman Perindustrian Subang
March 22nd, 2008 — Notable Notes
What started as routine futsal practice with the full GanForHire All-Stars futsal team, fizzled out to a disappointing, painful, premature exit with torn bits in my left knee. The Corbis cup defending champions’s top striker limped out just after 20 minutes into the game.
It happened as I was taking a shot at goal. As I proceeded to unleash a left foot shot, the opponent’s defender approached in a semi-sliding position from the left. Our shins met with force as I struck the ball. My left knee must have buckled from the force from the outside because the pain was instant, although it did not feel overly serious at that point.
The damaged goods.
I sat out the entire game with my swollen knee. Walking was excruciating, especially when it involved changing directions, or twisting.
I consulted a sports doctor in Subang Jaya the next morning. After some questions about how it happened, he proceeded to run some physical exercises to diagnose the injury. It was obvious that something was torn, the question was - how serious was it? The injured bit was the Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL), the largest ligament on the inner part of the knee.
Marked for slaughter.
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