Friday, August 15, 2008
Today I went to school for an extra GP lesson, and then studied with Tse Mei in the canteen until about 2.30 or so. In the morning, Sheena gave me two presents, one a souvenir from Cambodia, and one a 'belated' birthday present - it really was belated, but she already gave me my cow! Thanks so much!!
Anyway, I went home earlier with the intention of watching the artistic all-around gymnastics to see who would win, understanding it to be at 5.30pm. Actually the live event was at 11 in the morning or so, and the one I watched was a repeat telecast.
Hence, I got home in time to see Li Jiawei playing against her South Korean opponent Kim Kyung Ah. On a side note, I wonder what it's like having the name Kyung Ah, since Korean people generally add an -ah or -ii to the end of a name as an honorific for friends, kind of like -san or -kun in Japanese, I think. Her name makes it kinda hard.
Anyway, it was gut-wrenchingly painful to watch the match, because I think they were rather evenly matched, even though Ms Kim won in the end. Poor Li Jiawei. At least I think the doubles match went excellently.
Then watching Wang Yuegu against her opponent was SCARY, because her opponent Dang Ye-Seo plays really hard and fast. Really sad to see her lose. Then it was the final match between Feng Tianwei and Park Mi-Young. Ms Park was really amazing with her defense against Feng Tianwei's attacks that reached out far beyond the tennis table.
In the end I didn't dare to watch the outcome because it was really nerve-wracking. Until my younger sisters suddenly called out something about too little time, and finishing the game by seeing who got 2 points more than the other. At that point Feng Tianwei had already won 2 games to Ms Park's 1 game. So Feng Tianwei managed to win and make it 3-1, so Singapore can be assured of at least an Olympic silver medal when meeting China.
What I don't understand is why South Korea doesn't automatically just play against Hong Kong for bronze, but plays USA, while Hong Kong plays against Japan. Oh well.
It's nice to have the assurance of an Olympic medal after 48 years!
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