the spirit of the games

in the midst of my olympics fever, honfoong managed to drag me out of the house and did some shopping today. today was more than getting flowers for the house, picking up the painting from the frame shop, refilling the fridge and visiting our favourite muji and uniqlo.

our visit to superbrand mall somehow gotten us to the adidas outlet. honfoong was checking out the official tees for the china team by adidas; contemplating whether or not to buy it for her dad. when asked for my opinion, my reply was "i'm sure old folks would love it, just get it". almost immediately after i said that one old man in his 70s old walked into the shop, stopped right in front of the national jacket and asked for the price. he said “要一件” almost immediately too. i turned around and saw a middle aged woman (whom i presume is his daughter) smiling broadly. i felt so proud that my theory of old folks loving the national outfits has proven correct.

the next thing i know, the oldman was stripping off his long worn polo-t and putting on the china team's polo tee on. he straighten the tee, tucked it into his track bottom while the shopkeeper fold his old tee and put it into the paperbag with the new jacket. his daughter was out of the shop paying for his shopping while all this was happening in the shop.


i can't help but asked the oldman, “要去看足球比赛吗？”

he replied, “我每天都运动！”


we left about the same time and we trailed the couple of son & daughter to the counter for issuing of the official receipt. the oldman looked so good in his new tee you can almost feel his patriotism bursting out from him. they then left the mall with the daughter carrying the paperbag in her hand and nothing else. i'm sure they made the trip to the mall just to get the jacket & the tee. the daughter might have spent RMB 1000 in less than 30mins but the smile on the oldman's face showed that he is feeling ecstatic with his new purchase.




35 golds and another week to go...chinese air is filled with the olympics spirit. i'm so glad i'm right where the historic moment is happening...

08.08.08

i remember growing up watching big sporting events opening & closing ceremony with my family. amongst all of us, grandma is always the most excited person. i remember we seating around waiting for the live telecast after dinner, i also remember walking with her to her favourite stall to buy her favourite hot ceylon tea before the closing ceremony of the 1996 atlanta olympics...

similarly, i'm seating in front of the tv in mulan's place, waiting for the historic opening ceremony of the long awaited beijing olympics' opening ceremony. all i can think about is my grandma and my mum. i remembered both of them being very 'pro-chinese', i remember both of them supporting the china team instead of malaysia team in any thomas cup...i wonder how are they feeling now. i'm sure my mum will be shedding a lot of tears; i think my dad will too...but i can't gage what will be in grandma's mind now...i'm sure she's as excited as how i always remember her to be during all these ceremonies...

its less than an hour away from the opening ceremony now...this time around, i will not be sitting around with my family back home; waiting for the live telecast. but the thought of us watching the same thing at the same moment makes me feel good. though i can't be in taiping with my grandma; but i can imagine her sitting down watching without blinking and occasionally puffing away her favourite sticks of salem...

a good day

it is one of those days where good things just happen one after another. small piece of good news lead to another...and the best thing about it is, it all happened unexpectedly. now i know how the saying "miracle happens when it's least expected" came by...

a friend told me today might be a 'goat' day, another told me this is what you call 'good karma', the same friend told me 'all you have to do is think hard enough if you want something, and you will get it', my cousin says 'she's excited', one very important person in my life just simply say 'yeah yeah!'. i'm so happy i'm blessed with all these wonderful people around me. this should be the ultimate of all happiness; to be able to share it and having these people feeling happy for you too. 

in the midst of me feeling blessed and happy, a friend told me about her beloved dog being rushed to the vet...i'm not sure what's wrong with the dog, but i hope everything's fine.