{"id":1419,"date":"2008-08-16T02:07:48","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T18:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2008-08-16T02:07:48","modified_gmt":"2008-08-15T18:07:48","slug":"a-chance-to-the-gold-i-mean-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladysuki.net\/blog\/?p=1419","title":{"rendered":"A chance to the Gold&#8230; i mean Silver!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, after lunch, practically, few of us weren&#8217;t really at work.. or rather.. multi-tasking. I was debugging some issues at the deployment machine, and at the same time staring at my own laptop screen for LIVE updates on the table tennis match.<\/p>\n<p>LIVE updates came from Radio FM89.3 (but mine went low batt), then I found the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/results.beijing2008.cn\/WRM\/ENG\/Schedule\/TT.shtml\">Official Olympics website<\/a> which refreshes every 15 seconds for updated results, then came my even more reliable and updated source, odinChoy reporting from home! Hahaa.. I realized Singapore-lang bey sai oh loh eh! Haha.. everytime we praise them, they lose a point, then we started scolding&#8230;. and they won! LoL&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone got so excited over the close fight on the little white ball between Singapore and Korea. One of my colleagues even ran over to Amara Food Court to watch the last set of the match at 5.30pm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img02.beijing2008.cn\/20080815\/Img214546624.jpg?w=620\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img08.beijing2008.cn\/20080815\/Img214546626.jpg?w=620\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\npix from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.beijing2008.cn\/news\/sports\/headlines\/tabletennis\/n214546623.shtml\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Honestly, at first, I didn&#8217;t even know how many points constitutes a game point. \ud83d\ude00 Haha.. I juz knew I had to support Singapore!! It&#8217;s our first chance winning a medal in so many years~!<\/p>\n<p>And YES!! We won!! la la la la la.. Congratulations~~~~~~ ^^<\/p>\n<p>Next opponent will be CHINA~~~ Hahaha&#8230; never mind la&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>at least a Silver medal!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fladysuki.net%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1419&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, after lunch, practically, few of us weren&#8217;t really at work.. or rather.. multi-tasking. 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