Malaysian Athletes in Beijing Olympic-Day6

One last standing Lee Chong Wei kept Malaysia’s flag flying in the Beijing Olympic Games when he sailed through the semi-finals of the men’s single beating Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21-9, 21-11 . For this tournament, it is undeniable that Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan are visibly in form and solid in their game compare to others. Bao Chun Lai and Sony are a bit sluggish and struggling to tune in their peak performance. For the semifinals, Lee Chong Wei will face Lee Hyun Il from Korea. A match that in favor of Lee Chong Wei but he must stay focus.

My hats off to Sony Dwi Kuncoro when he said this “”Chong Wei is in great form and it will take a lot to beat him. I wish him luck,”. Sony, bronze medallist in Athens four years ago, said Chong Wei’s game meant the Indonesian had no way of repeating the win he recorded in the Kuala Lumpur World Championships last year. That’s a true sportsmanship and I salute those athletes who lost but responded with such a humble and sporting attitude. Truly, the spirit of Olympic is with them.

Malaysian badminton fans are expressing their disappointment over the player’s lost in the Beijing Olympic Games. I feel sorry for the owner of badmintoncentral.com and certainly these people are too emotional in expressing their opinions. There are quiet a number of Malaysians actively discussing about the badminton events in the Beijing Olympic but they are unaware that the forum is international forum which people all over the world can access and share opinions about badminton. It is suppose to be an interactive medium that benefits everyone in promoting badminton. Unfortunately, some emotional fan expressed their frustration in the forum with criticism and insensitive messages. They are not ashamed of their attitudes but feel proud of how they are expressing their human’s right, freedom of speech and criticize other to use their brain before voicing their opinion. Honestly, are we Malaysian so kiasu? What kind of impression of the foreigners have should they have interacted with these Malaysian people ? Do they even aware that they formed a negative impression of Malaysian and in hokkien we call it “siasui”.A member of the forum pointed out that the Malaysian fans kept on posting the same rants, many reacted and criticize the Canadian forum member with some rude and arrogant words. I must say, it could be the Malaysian culture…. the pointing finger culture when things goes wrong. Immediately, there are suggestions that who (coaches) will be axe after the Olympic Games.

In the forum, i posted this comment

Malaysian fans are passionate about badminton and sometimes the Malaysian badminton fans/supporter in this forum will have ‘emotional’ expression messages after the players lost. I believe every badminton fans/supporter from different country will have the same emotional reaction when their countrymen fail to win in their matches. The difference is, how they express it. Well, i do agree that some might be a bit too far and selfish in exercising their human right, free of speech and thought they use their brain before they speak, lets not forget this is an international forum and we must respect Kwun by being considerate to other’s feelings. I believe a large pool of members of this forum comes from Malaysian and sometimes, they just unaware that there are members who are from different country.

People tend to be bolder in expressing their opinion in the cyberspace compare to face to face communication. We need to express our opinion in a humble way and not provoke others by using rude and offensive words. It doesn’t hurt to be more generous in using more kind words. This further convinced my belief that Malaysian can’t take criticism. If Singapore is tagged with “Kiasunism”, then the Bolehland Malaysia should be tagged with “Kiacriticism”.

If i could think of any reason to explain why these Malaysian badminton fans are so desperate, maybe its because we need something positive to cheer on. I feel sad because those Malaysian in the forum reflected the  colors of Malaysian and vulnerability of our own people. Honestly, i’m ashamed of it. Look at the current state of our country, its going backwards. People are suffering and coping hard with their life but still i wonder if a medal in Olympic by LCW would make any difference to the people of Malaysia. It would be a great present for M’sia 51th Birthday Day … Yeah, babi balik China and LCW balik China to bring back an Olympic medal. Well, I wonder if LCW would ever feel like what Muhammad Ali felt when he won the Olympic gold and thrown it to the river.

Yea, i might be emotional but yet i know deep inside my heart i love my country and i want to be patriotic but in the reality, my country doesn’t love me for i’m a second class citizen. This explains why so many Malaysian start to criticize of their own home country… not because we are not patriotic but because we care and love our country that never return our love.