FST?

i srly think that all that hoohah on FST's are downright sad...
ppl might say that they are foreign borned players and the silver medal won in the tabletennis women can might as well be China's considering that all 3 members are chinese born nationals that later gave up their citizenship for a pink ic, with feng tian wei only becoming a citizen jan this yr, but i say its still a singapore victory that matters.

after reading sumiko tan's article on the straits times today about how she feel that they are not born singaporeans and how they are unable to assimilate into our society, i'm liking thinking... for one thing her name sumiko suggest a japanese heritage, secondly she looks like one. thirdly if that's the case i suspect that she does have a close relative ie either a parent or grand parent who is a japanese. hence for her to say such a thing seems utterly ironic. what about them who also entered singapore to find opportunities. is she saying that their contributions to singapore no matter how big or small is insignificant as they were not born in singapore? utterly ridiculous...

in a small global city like singapore where immigrants from all over the world come and seek opportunities, i dun see any problems with foreign born athletes at all. after all, u think its so easy for u to leave ur home country and family behind and simply root urself in a foreign land?
i dun think so. furthermore people like li jia wei has been in singapore for 13 years out out of her 27 years, so to say that they aren't true singaporeans, i think is a tad cruel and mean considering half her life was spent in singapore and she helped us break the 48 year medal-less streak to clinch a not too bad silver. as for feng tian wei who only got her citizenship last year, i would say life is a matter of opportunity and in her case singapore was the place for an olympic dream. to say she has no loyalty to singapore is too early, and to say that she is still not a true singaporean is harsh as she only came in so recently. only time can tell. and seriously after winning a medal for singapore how can one not feel a strong sense of pride.

haha just some food for thoughts... (and indirect practice for AQ for thurs)