Waiting for Abedeng on podium's photos.............i think he will get his 'Dato' title in this coming National Day......Congratulation, Abedeng...
..Jan O. Jørgensen.. ..but yellow won in the MD Final. Wow, this theory truly has a lot twists & turns..
A Historic Moment For Malaysian Badminton 1. A World Champion Emerges to do, ahem, Battle (with non-existent challengers) 2. And thus the terrific Yonex/Li Ning duo is on top of the world (avataar is wearing Li Ning shirt, but the emblem is hidden) 3. As you can see, there are no points (or players) for 2nd and 3rd place ....
Pictures of Dejection Well, yeah. We shouldn't forget those who didn't make it ..... 1. Bao Chunlai being counselled 2. CHN XD Boys the day after their shocking losses
Pleasant Faces & Indian Fans Enough of the dejection, let's go to more interesting pics: 1. Pi Hongyan and davey (Pi asking Davey on places of interest at Hyderabad) 2. Raphy, avataar and davey (the 3 stooges of Badzine India ........ wakakaka) 3 & 4. Indian fans celebrating Saina's pts. 5. MAS Camera Girl looking for the perfect spot, on her left is WMC.
1. Chinese Fast Food is available here (no joke - they operate at night). 2. The cost of being part of the WC experience (too steep for local folks) 3. Li Ning signages, relegated to traffic police booths 4. None of these Yonex guys and gals won 5. Road barrier, good for practising your footwork
Within The Compounds ...... You'll never guess what these are: 1. Practice Court 2. Foreign Exchange - no joke 3. Food Court - but no place for sitting 4 & 5. Yonex Booths
Wakakakaka ...... we didn't even need to bring in our racquets, it's a win by default. Though I did think of throwing my shirt and cap ......
The Other BC Winners ..... Admittedly, avataar and I were not the only one who "won" that day, instead, we have to celebrate the victory of BC member Thomas Laybourn and his partner Kamilla Rytter-Juhl thru these pics. A victory that, I might add, may not have happened without the world championship winning "C'mon DENMARK!!!!" shouts of another BC member, pjswift. She was instrumental in carrying Lay and Juhl in the victories over Zheng Bo/Ma Jin and Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung.
A great many thanks to avataar and davey for their hospitality. We had many a long hour of discussions together, time came up a bit short.
Now, you can brag you were there when LD won his 3rd straight MS crown amid terrorist threat, food poison, England pull out and all
That's nothing, I could have bragged a lot more than that .......... I am the first Malaysian BC World Champion, remember. Where else are you willing to navigate on challenging roads on suicidal transports, just to "win a World title?"
The Road To The Championship Talking about my, ahem, challenging path towards BC World Championship victory, I'll just let these pics do the talking ....... 1. The road leading to my "training base" 2. Where I walked past this cemetery, in the middle of the main road 3. All the way to this traffic police-manned junction 4 and 5. Over the obstacles and "water hazards" 6. Eventually to reach the battle area and the grand prize
Alternatively, the suicidal auto-rickshaws are a good complement to walking. Here are some views of the challenges while navigating thru them:-
