China Open 2007 : Random news from the arena.

[kwun]

lots of fans waits outside the officials entrance for their favorite players, armed with autographing materials, they starts to line up right after the match finishes. these ones are already waiting for BCL long before he got out and by the time BCL leaves, there must be 30+ girls out there screaming and cheering!

 

[kwun]

Tang Xinfu as mentioned is back on the Chinese team, which is great for the Chinese and probably done so because of Olympics and recent decline of some players. here is the best closeup i got of him from a few feet away.

 

[kwun]

a couple of members mentioned that CJ is wearing diapers. i was confused but now i understand:

 

[kwun]

Doesn't matter how many reporters, we know you're the one who provide unbiased and "WYSIWYG" report, thanks for all effort.

thanks Han.

naturally, 90% of the journalists are local Chinese. by their affiliation their reports are going to be more Chinese oriented.

i just write what i see and hear. but unfortunately what i see is limited by how much time i have. i just don't have time to go interview players like other journalists do.

 

[kwun]

And yes is u... I do have recorded the match between LCW vs CJ.Guys, take a clear look of our Boss. He is so engross into the game..That is one slow motion play the capture u.. Your head is following the shuttle till it drop on court...

oh dear, caught on tape slacking off!!

seriously though, it is very tempting to just sit there and watch the match instead of taking photos!

By the way, all the coaches know u? How come they can eat breakfast with u and chit chat with u? And is all the player & coaches aware of www.badmintoncentral.com??

hehe. i have connections...

 

[Cheung]

Tang Xinfu as mentioned is back on the Chinese team, which is great for the Chinese and probably done so because of Olympics and recent decline of some players. here is the best closeup i got of him from a few feet away.

Wonder if he'll be in HK again. I want my pic with him again!

 

[vching]

oh. the biggest news personally for me today was actually breakfast.

i had breakfast with ... Rexy, Hendrawan and of course HuangKwokHau, in the middle, TonyG stopped by and said Hi. and then all the time we were talking about match fixing and bad line calls and Saralee was just happening to be sitting behind us!

how lucky
I wonder if I could get some players signing the petition
haha im dreaming:crying::crying:

 

[kwun]

how lucky
I wonder if I could get some players signing the petition
haha im dreaming:crying::crying:

rumors has it that quite a few teams got together and complained about how the tournament is being carried out, and as a result, we see very few incident on the semi-final day. let's hope that will continue for the finals.

 

[ksooi]

Wonder if he'll be in HK again. I want my pic with him again!

dont be greedy...you already hav one

 

[jimbo]

kwun, by any chance (from Msia's camp), do u know what's Wong Tat Meng (WMC's coach) tactics when WMC facing XXF?

 

[kwun]

sunday. they have reduce the court further to just one court.

organizer seems to have prepared more for the final days. i saw a few sets of drums in the arena, as well as very very loud PA system with proper announcer. sounds exciting!

 

[kwun]

i saw Sudket/Saralee walking into the stadium 10mins ago.

 

[Cheung]

dont be greedy...you already hav one

I need a better quality one!

 

[kwun]

turns out drums are being played by what look like elementary school students.

and then there is dancing...

 

[Cheung]

Instant photojournalism. Do they have wifi in the stadium?

 

[vivian]

han , waiting for the final match ? haha same as me

 

[robin7]

i saw Sudket/Saralee walking into the stadium 10mins ago.

Kwun, can u kindly take a photo of LCW & WMC together?

 

[waile]

Kwun,

Malaysian Language and Indonesian Language has alot of similarities and they are from the same roots. All Malaysian knows "Bahasa Melayu" regardless of either they are Malaysian Chinese, Malaysian Indian, or the Malays. I believe that one time in a Chinese commentary in one of the game(i forgotten) says that the Malaysian Badminton team has very unique players and the most striking of all is that they know multiple languages even multiple dialects of chinese which includes hokkien, teochew, hakka, hainam, cantonese, mandarin...... english and malay..... should visit malaysia one time if you haven't !

please be aware that the national language of Malaysia is Bahasa Malaysia, and not Bahasa Melayu as was reiterated two weeks ago in the Parliament.

 

[kwun]

lots of dancing. must have gone through 4 or 5 dance groups.

Saralee/Sudket and Nova/Lilyana are all on court warming up for their finals match.

audience are starting to trickle in. not very full yet. but i expect it to fill up very quickly.

got some photos of the cups, flowers and the podium. so you know what to expect...

 

[kwun]

Kwun, can u kindly take a photo of LCW & WMC together?

i will if there is such a chance, but i dunno if i will get the chance.