Monday, December 10, 2007
was watching sea games yesterday. finally ch5 has decided to show something else besides table tennis and swimming.
oh and i thought the young lions (soccer) put up a lacklustre performance against malaysia the other day. it's true that they drew to qualify but really they could have won by a big margin if they had taken their chances. but we have to give credit to them for remaining calm despite falling behind by a goal in the 70th minute.
anw yesterday i was watching seprak takraw (or however u spell that). i thought their serves were damn cool. the spin serve especially. too bad you can't put that much spin on a soccer ball in that kind of posture. other than the serves, the entire game was dominated by blocks, setting up and then killing with the overhead kick, so i thought it lacked some variety, haha. except once when the indonesian did a drop shot with his sole while in mid air in his overhead kick position. that was skill.
as for swimming, zach ong's gold medal finish in the 100m backstroke reminded me of how zhenjie won his 800m (track) back when we were in sec4. it was exactly the same - the way they were behind the others and come chasing and overtaking the whole world at the last stretch, and the way they punch their fist in the air in pure elation as they hit home for the gold (when they had not expected it).
that victory is sweet.
aaron | 8:32 AM
