Honour, Pride and Glory.

48 years it was? And that was at the Olympics in 1960, a Silver Medal in Weightlifting.

2008, the table tennis team can be said to have done the whole Singapore proud by bringing back the first medal in 48years. Many felt that so what if the Table Tennis team would bring back a medal? They are after all, Permanent residents from China, the home of Table Tennis.

My thoughts were of that, till the point when I had watched the Victory Ceremony.

We had lost to China in straight sets, 3 to 0. In fact no one had expected Singapore to claim the Gold Medal. It was akin to going to the home of table tennis and robbing them of a Gold Medal that they were sure were in the bag. Even the coaches and the players had been rather pessimistic of their chances of winning. A 10% chance.

But what had evoked the patriotic spirit was when, three table tennis players stood there. In front of all in the Peking University Gymnasium. Standing proudly, the Singapore flag worn proudly over their heart. No matter if they were formerly from China, what matters now is that they are Singapore citizens.

What had made the victory even sweeter was when our very own Singaporean, the IOC representative for our Singapore had presented the silver medals to the paddlers. It was a historic moment.

Gold or Silver, they still shine as brightly.

The Singapore flag was then raised. The first in 48 years. Hopefully the next would be accompanied by the National Anthem. =)

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Lessons ended exceptionally early today, with Mrs Tang having extra Oral practice some from class. As such, lesson ended at 2.30, maybe a little later considering the incredibly difficult Physics test had taken up an extra 15minutes. Went out to Hawkerway with JS, SY, ML and JH for lunch before retuning home. Laughed quite a bit during lunch...

As quoted from JH : " The Price to Pay for being Cheapskate!"

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As if mysteriously planned. iPhone 3G is launching this Friday, my contract had ended last Friday. Which would mean that I would most probably (probably ONLY) be able to get a new contract and iPhone along with it. What opportune timing! But all hopes would be dashed if the price plan announced on Friday would be an astronomical amount. And by that I mean that if the iPhone reaches $300 WITH a plan.

Hopefully...

Not.