Our team of para athletes returned from the Asian Para Games in
Indonesia with 3 golds, 2 silvers and 5 bronzes. This is a much improved
performance over their last outing. Understanding their disabilities
and limitations and how hard they have to work to overcome their
physical handicaps, their efforts and results are very admirable.
Yip Pin Xiu had two golds in swimming and a special award for the ‘World
Para Series’ Best Female Athlete for high support needs athletes. The
other two gold medal winner was swimmer Toh Wei Soong.
The govt has been very positive in supporting and encouraging the para
athletes to engage in sports, which is a good thing. Every sport needs
encouragement. The normal athletes too were given support by the govt.
Masters athletes – Nobody’s child
The only group that is receiving only lip service support is the masters
athletes. This group may not be as normal as the young athletes as many
of the masters athletes are ageing. Their physical parts are ‘rusting’
and getting brittle and stiff. They need many kinds of supplements and
exercises to keep their muscles ‘supple’ and their joints less ‘rough’
to be able to perform the same feat as the younger and normal athletes.
They are handicapped in their own ways, and some of their physical
conditions are not too far from the para athletes.
Imagine uncles and aunties in their 60s, 70s, 80s and more running the
sprint, doing high jump, long jump, hurdling etc etc. These activities
at these golden ages demand a lot of training, endurance and pains that
needed all kinds of pain killers to keep them going. Would the govt
seriously consider giving them at least the same support as the para
athletes to encourage them to keep on running, jumping and throwing? It
needs a lot of drive, determination and training for a 60-90 year old to
be running the 100m dash, something the younger athletes took for
granted.
Some of the masters athletes have spoken to Grace Fu but so far nothing
has happened. The masters athletic associations too had made their cases
for some support, but it seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. Why is the
govt/SportsSG not showing much concern or interest in supporting the
masters athletes other than lip service?
For so long, the masters athletes are like nobody’s child. They are left
to fend for themselves and to amuse themselves at their own time and
cost, living in the fringes of the athletic community. The darlings of
the govt/SportsSG are the para athletes. For the record, a total of
$250,000 cash rewards were given up in the recent Asian Para Games.
Next year there will be an equivalent Asian Masters Athletic Meet in
Sarawak, Malaysia. Would the govt think of including this masters
athletic competition in the same category as the Asian Para Games and
reward the senior athletics with some cash awards for the honours and
glory they bring to the country? Or masters athletics can do what they
want, nothing to do with the govt or SportsSg, non of their business?
This time there will be qualifying time trials for the Asian Masters
Meet. Does this mean that SportsSG is changing its mind and taking the
masters athletes more seriously? Would the masters athletes be
recognized finally? Many have been running for years without any
recognition from the state while carrying the nation’s flag.
What say you Grace Fu?
20 comments:
Chua San /For so long, the masters athletes are like nobody’s child. They are left to fend for themselves and to amuse themselves at their own time and cost, living in the fringes of the athletic community. /
The gahmen is very clear?
No?
What did your ex-blue eye boy told you?
Your job to exercise is go under hot sun rampage rubbish buns during lunch hours at MBFC in front of the sneering look of the "atas" India Indians, courtesy of bo tua bo suay georgie yeo yeo and the cha tao Mr Peanut $500k mediocre?
Precious tax $$$ is for the JLB to splurge on "expensive toys"?
Masters athletes?
TKK.
@ RB,
Ignore the ignorers lah. Run/ Jump/ swim/ fight your own race. We can still inspire each other. At the end of the day those sedentary Facebook addicts will get more fucked in the head as study after study shows that being too caught up with social media has terrible downsides for one's mental health.
Very soon, their physical health will follow. I get derided by my "strawberry/ snowflake" nephews all the time. When they want to makan, they suggest some fast food---very popular with the social media generation. I remind them that "I don't eat fast food, I avoid processed sugary stuff. You fuckers eat way too much sugar...everything you eat has fucking sugar" Laughter and sarcasm usually follows. So I deliver my punchline "Just try to make it to my age, and still be able to wake up at 5am everyday, and still be able to walk and breathe properly lah". More laughter, and they double down on the snark.
What to do? Absolutely nothing. I do what a ALWAYS do: I keep my long-term self interest in mind and...
Run my OWN race. The only opponent I want to beat is myself. They can have their facebooks, pizza and coke. ๐คฃ
P.S. and
Fuck the government. Always fuck the government. Their job is to run the cuntry, so that driven individuals can just get on with it....i.e. their own SELFISH objectives and lives.๐ช
Mr Redbean, to the PAP, used up dates of our dafts digits citizens are to be discarded and stowed away.
Considered as non productive and useless. But their own even those with terminal sickness are valued and even deceived the dafts in reelecting them.
Their Ministers L.K.K. as Whiteheads and senile were kept with Pompous Out of the World most prestigious titles.
Others, turns to exercise to pick cardboards for their Masters.
Their chiak liao bee scholars CEOs or ex CEOs who banktrupted their perious running of viable companies or boards are posted or transferred to other Boards or Companies with same or even higher appointments.
Next,Matilah is preparing down to tear you down with his NO DEPENDING on the government clutch.
Its better to live with dignity n no handouts. Why need grants from our public service hypocrite "dont know how much actual" pay ministers?
Even though its much better to give grants n prizes to aging Master sportsmen n women then wasting on ivory tower projects n wasteful spending which these hypocrites are highly capable of.
Well done without the hypocrites help.
Anon 9:08am may be right. Masters athletes or old folks should resign to a fate of exercising pushing cartboards. : )
Matilah, becareful about cutting down on sugar. Know your own body. Everyone's body is different. If I don't take sugar I feel drowsy. My intake of all food is normal, just like I was a 20 year old. I drink coke too, quite often and my kopi and teh would be standard order with standard amount of sugar.
Basically live a life of moderation. But if you have sugar intake problem, then cut it down. My favourite is still stewed pork leg.
My health is the only wealth that I have. At 69, my body condition is still normal and I can do what a young man can do, on the track, albeit a bit slower.
Virgo49 November 02, 2018 9:30 am
///Mr Redbean, to the PAP, used up dates of our dafts digits citizens are to be discarded and stowed away.
Considered as non productive and useless. But their own even those with terminal sickness are valued and even deceived the dafts in reelecting them.
Their Ministers L.K.K. as Whiteheads and senile were kept with Pompous Out of the World most prestigious titles.///
Wah, Virgo69, u so fast reached Genting? Or stuck at check point so very free plenty of time to kpkb?
Btw, you seem to know the parasites and JLBs and grasrot very well based on your insightful comments.
Always enjoy reading every single word, sentence, paragraph, anecdote, example, analogy, account etc of your comments.
Unlike some other mati quah cha. So LO(OOOOOOO)NG winded, copy and paste from internet sources, repeat and repeat maciam the annoucement in mrt trains. Nothing new, refreshing.
Most imptly, as LO(OOOOOO)NG as the comment bears the Quah Cha Mati, skip as far as the mouse can scroll down. But ocassionally, song song nickpick some comment to tekan him JL JL like how he did to you and Chua San quite often.
Meanwhile, have a safe and enjoyable sanity trip to matland and Genting.
With Dr M now at the helm, matland lagi boleh. Majula Matland! All the way faster overtake the sickland and outlive the JLB in the LO(OOOOOO)NG run?
@ Virgo
No lah. No need to tear down. My belief is independence. Which means you cannot trust govt, even if they "help" you.
One day they stop helping, by cutting out or reducing the money...and then you are fucked.
Better start with an independent philosophy from the very beginning. You already have clear data to work with: they don't care. How much more confirmtion you want?
Here's how to get money. I know I am a critic of social media. But social media done correctly, can be very effective.
1. Start Instagram and YouTube accounts
2. RB has got good photogear and skills. Use them
3. Make content, upload, share.
4. Go to bookstore get learning on the social media marketing stuff.
5. Enrol in Cousera or Udemy etc. (very cheap) for a course on the above.
6. Within a week you'll have the skills
7. Set target. You are marketing. Health food, supplement, fitness gear companies etc. will pay BIG BUCKS for Instagram and YouTube content. The platforms also pay content creators---so you cna achieve multiple revenue streams.
8. Fuck the govt even harder. ๐คฃ๐. Now you have MONEY---which you "created" because you created VALUE for others, and for yourself.
9. Fuck the govt. AGAIN.
10. Govt. comes begging to you and attempts to carry your balls...because that's what they're like: they see "success", they oso want to masuk and makan. You can tarek harga, because now you negotiate from a POWER advantage.
Matilah, what you said is part of my plan. But must win the Asian Masters Gold first. Next Dec Asian Masters in Sarawak is my target. If I succeeded in getting Gold, the fastest Asian Old Man at 70, then can start talking.
@ RB
I didn't say I don't take sugar. I like fruits...especially manadrins and bananas. I avoid the processed sugary stuff because it usually comes with a load of other shit...stuff they claim...dunno if I'm willing to give them my trust lah.
I still have ALL my original adult teeth, no cavities. OK, part of that (and our health) is due to "good genes" which we won in the "genetic lottery".
I'm a 50-50 vegan anyway, so I have no problem with getting on on just veggies, fruits and nuts alone. But I also love the taste of burnt animal flesh...all of it---poultry, land mammals (kangaroo my favourite), aquatic creatures, even insects if they are prepared like the way the Thais do it.
Anyway, as indicated, everyone is different lah. You can be the fittest and the healthiest and one day you board a Lion Air flight...randomness always has the last say. Sometimes, very suay lah.
P.S. Health is really the only TRUE wealth any one of us has. If you are rich but unhealthy, that is bad.
But if you are healthy, you can always get rich. Plus you'll have the stamina and drive to do what you need.
@ Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanNovember 02, 2018 10:15 am
//My favourite is still stewed pork leg.//
Mr Chua, hi-5 ... No ... Hi-10!
We can have that together one day. There are two stalls next to HLP selling pig trotters, not too bad. The best stall though is not there.
Mee also just master how to cook ๅ้ ่ and ็บข็ง่ from some Chinese chefs recently.
Another is ๅค้ ้บปๆฒน้ธก Beer stewed sesame chicken. This one perfected the art le. Need use 3 bottles of beer though. Good for confinement lady but need switch to high quality chn rice wine and lean pork with lots of sliced ginger.
Let me know if you happen to know any OL going for maternity. Can cook some sample for them to try first. FOC. Just love cooking for sweet ladies to enjoy their favourite dishes. They enjoy. Mee also happy that they have occassional indulgence in destress food. They need cos the lifestyle is making many overstressed and overworked. Many with grey hairs even in their 20s and 30s.
One TOP JC students in their 17s and 18s already spotting grey hairs and some already dyeing their hair le ...
Fart up place to bring up family or live in LO(OOOOOOO)NG term?
Oldies need pick cardboards and push trolley carts for exercise? Fart the HEARTLESS & EXTREMELY SELFISH JLBs Parasites.
Haha, what you mentioned are also my favourite. The best stewed pork leg I had was in JB on the way to Palm Resort. Used to play golf there and always went for the restaurant selling this dish.
Cheers.
Enjoy your food. BTW I am vegetarian on Mon/Wed/Fri, Matilah.
PAPies love winners & those with long runway "potential". Oldies are treated as soiled toilet paper with shit (unless you are rich old fucker).
Do you want to employ a 70-yr old maid even if she can do the work???
Would you hire a 70-yr old to be receptionist or do admin work??? (Maybe --- but I bet your offer will be hourly-rated $5/hr & your office is in some ulu industrial estate)
If a 70-yr old win gold at Olympics, you can be sure all the ministers will want to invite you for Istana dinner party, take Instagram with you, & link you up with sponsors and $$$$$$. Otherwise fuck off. LOL!!
Singapore & PAPies only reward winners.
And it's not just "age".
Compared to almost every other developed country, Singapore is VERY harsh & unsympathetic to those with no money (or not enough money), handicapped, medical issues, jobless, etc.
Basically if you're not able to generate high value & high income, you're not welcome in Singapore.
PAPies only entertain "losers" during GE when they need your votes LOL!!!
Cheers.
Good to dine in JB but if just a day trip, unless driving in at very early hours and back at very late hours, it does not seem to make much sense in the LO(OOOOOOO)NG run cos go in kena at least 2 to 3 hours gridlock both sides especially during weekends and come back at least another 2 to 3 hours jam both sides. Total 4 to 6 hours gone. One day only 14 hours left minus sleep, wash up, meals and some rest. After deducting 6 hrs from a 12-hr trip, left 6 hrs to eat, shop, do whatever necessary. Doesn't make a lot of sense. Some frens actually combined a few 1-day trips into one or two 2-day/ 3-day weekend Fri nite/ Sat morning through Sun nite trips. Make more sense.
Instead of going in 4 times 1-day trip eacg mth, make it once or twice a mth 2 to 3 days trips. Like that can support Matland PM Dr M and FM LEG in growing their economy via additional hotel revenue so that RM can get stronger and stronger :)
Cheers again. Enjoy your favourite stewed pork leg.
PS: Do you like women with skinny or big thighs?
@ all, JB day trip
Take the train from Woodlands lah. SGD 5 going, RM 5 retiring. 5 minute journey. Straight thru customs & immigration.
I'm in JB at least twice a month. Easy peasy
Rb, I have been following the Taiwan local election especially kaohsiung. One guy without resources not even paid by party for 7 months, using his Wife bank account to pay some party workers, single handedly fought the election and now moved from 20% support to 50/50. He is fighting the incumbent that resemble PAP 100%. So how he turn around the situation? He manage to get to what the voters wanted. In sg, WP fighting on Singapore needs opposition to check on the government and SDP fought on democracy. Sinkies are not very interested in these two issues so if opposition wanted to make any advance, they have yet to find out what the voters wanted the most and the future they wanted.
๐๐๐
Anon 12.00 referring to Mr Botak.
Southern Taiwan been the stronghold of the LDP for donkey years.
This Guy gonna to dislodge them like CST.
Hopefully Lim Tean can also do it.
Cheers
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