some thoughts and the gold medals
8/26, an usual Thursday night, the least busy day of the week. I almost fell asleep tonight, playing games on my mobile didnt help much, and only when our DJ played the song, "Delima"" , did I shake my butt a bit..
A ring from a friend changed the whole night! It was around 0:30 am, when a friend called to talk about our meeting next day, and on the phone, i got to know that the Taiwan Olympic Taekondo team has just won two gold medals. My spirit was lifted up right away, and as soon as I put down the phone, I was so excited that I went to tell everyone. Soon after that, our walkie talkies lines were filled with the news. Yeah baby!!! That;s right!! A Big applause for the Taiwan team!!! First Olympics gold medals for Taiwan's history, and we won them in Athens where Olympic started, which made the whole thing even more significant!!
A few days ago, when Taiwanese basball team was playing against Cuban team. Since, I had to work that night, I wasnt able to watch the game on TV, but I followed the game through my phone closely. That night, I asked like 10 people about whether we might win the game, shockyly, only like 1 out of 10 said that we might beat them. I was so surprised and kept persuading everyone i asked. How can you win, if you dont even believe u can!!! that was my question to them.!!! You gotta have the winning spirit!!! Even when we were losing by 7 or 8, I still thought we could pull it!!! and even we lost the game at the end, I still believed that we would make it to the finals! Even after losing to Japan!!! WE MIGHT lose the battle, but we'll win the war!!!!!! One pharase I repeated when I was pursuading my South African workmate!
Many of us are settled with not bad, or just good!!! but I believed we need more than that!!! We need to push not bad to excellent, good to great!!! That's how we should live, and how God want us to live, and positive and winning attitude is the key!!! I was kinda dissapointed when the TW baseball team didnt make to the finals, but the two gold medals tonight not only encouraged me, but also proved that the phrase, "WE MIGHT LOSE THE battle, BUT WE;LL WIN THE war" right! Go Go Chinese Taipei! Go Go, my amigos and amigas!!!
here i also attached the Taekwedo ceremony file..enjoy it pals!!!! arent you so proud of them!!! Almost cried!!!
http://mail2.nhu.edu.tw/~g1142003/111.wmv
posted by flyingufooo @ 8/26/2004 11:46:00 PM
4 Comments:
go taiwan!!!
gogogo taiwan! ^_^
Hey, ditto to the winning spirit thing, neh... I also believed that we should have been able to enter the baseball finals, neh... (only if we didn't lose to Italy, lah.. darn! >"<) Well, good for the medalists, lor... I was really touched when I watched the clip on Sophia site, neh... especially when they raised their hands to their temples... just really touched, and, yeah, tears in my eyes... @@a
Sushi's 囉唆ing: urgh, it's "Lose the battle but win the war," lah... you keep quoting it the wrong way.. ~"~ The battle is each conflict, and the war is the whole thing... heh heh... ^^"
yeah..lose the battle but win the war...that's what i meant...sorri
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