Comments on: A badminton gold? http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/08/17/a-badminton-gold/ candour is good Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:22:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: andrea http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/08/17/a-badminton-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-444 andrea Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:45:12 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=176#comment-444 Er, Chris, how can I write about Singapore Idol judges, I've never seen the programme. I'm in China, remember. Er, Chris, how can I write about Singapore Idol judges, I've never seen the programme. I'm in China, remember.

]]> By: Chris http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/08/17/a-badminton-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Chris Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:17:47 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=176#comment-439 Ugh. This guy lost and deservedly so. He totally gave up in the second set. Wimp. Now Singapore's medal hopes rest solely on two non-Singaporeans. I find the media and government's lust for a single medal (any medal, mind you) to be a matter of such national pride. Is a medal supposed to signify that Singapore's sports programs are any good? Andrea, when are you going to blog about how utterly lame the Singapore Idol judges are. They let through some of the most untalented people ever. I think they should have saved time and just gone through their normal Mediacorp Artiste selection methods ... with these judges conducting the tryouts, the results will be the same anyway. Ugh. This guy lost and deservedly so. He totally gave up in the second set. Wimp. Now Singapore's medal hopes rest solely on two non-Singaporeans. I find the media and government's lust for a single medal (any medal, mind you) to be a matter of such national pride. Is a medal supposed to signify that Singapore's sports programs are any good?

Andrea, when are you going to blog about how utterly lame the Singapore Idol judges are. They let through some of the most untalented people ever. I think they should have saved time and just gone through their normal Mediacorp Artiste selection methods … with these judges conducting the tryouts, the results will be the same anyway.

]]> By: TuTu http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/08/17/a-badminton-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-438 TuTu Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:49:55 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=176#comment-438 Same in any country (including my home Australia). If you are any good and they want to bypass the citizenship rules they will find a link to your great great great great great aunt's sister's second cousin's nephew and claim that you are therefore eligible! Same in any country (including my home Australia). If you are any good and they want to bypass the citizenship rules they will find a link to your great great great great great aunt’s sister’s second cousin’s nephew and claim that you are therefore eligible!

]]> By: andrea http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/08/17/a-badminton-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-433 andrea Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:34:31 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=176#comment-433 I was enlightening a Belgian expatriate on the habit of importing Chinese sportspeople into Singapore at lunch yesterday. I was enlightening a Belgian expatriate on the habit of importing Chinese sportspeople into Singapore at lunch yesterday.

]]> By: mark http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/08/17/a-badminton-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-432 mark Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:21:37 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=176#comment-432 gold, shmold. a million dollars baby! gold, shmold. a million dollars baby!

]]> By: kristen http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2004/08/17/a-badminton-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-430 kristen Tue, 17 Aug 2004 23:03:02 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=176#comment-430 maybe he was indonesian, but now he's singporean? singapore likes to import winners! maybe he was indonesian, but now he's singporean? singapore likes to import winners!

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