Behind Two Medals

Okay, I know its a bit too late for this, but...

BRITISH PEOPLE HAVE FINALLY SET FIRE TO THE RAIN!!!

Yeah, you guessed it. This Slowpoke is finally gonna rant about the London Olympics. (Ranting at home, of course. I can practically smell the haze now.)

This year, we expected, and got, the usual set. Expensive opening ceremony, Malaysian contingent's heavily criticized tiger outfit, Phelps and Usain bagging some gold, USA and China bagging ALL the gold, funny diving pictures, and our own Dato' Lee Chong Wei once again meeting Lin Dan in the badminton finals. (And lost... WHYYYYYYYYY [its okay, we still have faith in you])

What was new this year was a whole bunch of new Olympic-inspired memes (Dissatisfied Queen, Unimpressed Mckayla, Scary Synchronized Swimmers etc... I'm still unsatisfied, disimpressed, and somewhat scares), scandals in the filed of badminton doubles (If you lose to win, you win to lose), and of course the unexpected but well-deserved, first-ever diving bronze medal win by the amazing PANDALELA RINONG!

Now, before you think that I'm getting my priorities wrong for putting her name in a bigger font than Dato' Lee Chong Wei, let me just say a few things.

1) Why in the world are we only showering our attentions on the medal winners in the first place? Sure, they did the nation proud, but you'll notice that no one is singing any praises for the non-medal participants, even if they did quite well. Did you hear any compliments or encouragement for our national badminton doubles players Koo Kien Kiat-Tan Boon Heong? Nooooo, its always Lee Chong Wei, Lee Chong Wei, Lee Chong Wei. (No offence, Dato'. I still think you're da bomb.) Listen, the KKK-TBH duo made it to the bronze-medal match, so technically they are the fourth best in the world. That's extremely good, but apparently, not good enough for national hero status.

2) Our Dato' isn't getting any younger. Soon, everyone has to hang their suit up. But when that happens, who's going to fill up his shoes? In China, everyone can see that current badminton champion Lin Dan will be  succeeded by current bronze medalist Chen Long. But who is worthy of the title "Lee Chong Wei's Successor"? Not me, I can barely do a smash. Even LCW himself says that there isn't one player in the national team that is good enough. When he leaves, a huge vacuum in the badminton arena of Malaysia will arise, and our pride and glory may diminish into a memory, unless something is done. Here's hoping that Pandalela can maintain and improve on her skills, so Malaysia's name can remain on the Olympic medal scoreboard.


Why am I so mad today? I don't know, maybe it's the haze, maybe it's the crazy memes, maybe it's the fact that we have yet to get a gold, maybe it's the shared pain of Malaysians for Dato' LCW. I don't know.

What I do know is that I do not give an expletive over the Evidence Act 114A. (Google it.) Read the URL above if you haven't noticed.

There, that's everything out of my system. I'm happy again, nice to meet you, and cya in Rio 2016. (If the world hasn't ended yet.)

Some final memories:

Until then....