Portraits of Masters Athletes - A tribute

These 3 young masters are from different clubs

Taka, our superman

Tan Yew Yong, fastest in his age group

Wong Foong Yee, fastest in 400m

Henry Lim

Charles Ang, sprinter and everything else

Leong Hon Cheong, fast sprinter

Mogan, residing in Perth but always returned where there is a meet

Tan Kim Seng, still nursing his injury and running and jumping

Tan Nam Chong, marathoner turned sprinter

Jack Lam, the most improved sprinter

Sprinter from another club

Chee Seng took this for me using my camera

Young master Augustino

The ladies masters are going to kill me if I leave them out. Here is one from another club

Another from another club

Here is Christina Tay aka TayC, not kopi O

She is from SMA, can't remember her name

Abitha, the most improved lady master

Shuh Lan

Karen, a sprinter, marathoner, jumper, javelin thrower and everything you want to know

This is Yenn

She is from another club

Thana, our middle distance champion

First time see this uncle

Michael, the medal collector

John Chua, his fuel to run is alcohol, oops I mean wine

Wee Teck, just returned to running and is slashing his timings in every race

(Just received this pic taken by Ming Ham, nearly all the masters from SMTFA taking part on 27/7/19 were in the pic.)


This is a tribute to all the masters that made it to this meet. Of course there were many more but these few happened to run into my camera lens. I was unable to take too often when I was also running. Very difficult to worry about my camera in my bag unattended. Risk this time to try out some shots.

Pesta Sukan - SMTFA masters in full force

I have taken quite a number of pictures yesterday on the masters participating in this year's Pesta Sukan. SMTFA was there in full force, running, jumping and throwing, in practically every event available. I will post the pictures in batches over the next few days. Here are some of the actions that took place yesterday.

Yew Yong and Foong Wee trying to outrun each other

Christina setting the pace

Taka pushing himself at the finishing line

Men's 400m with Foong Wee on the right, Hon Cheong centre and Hoo Tim on the left

The determination of John in the 400m for 70+

Yenn making a leap in the Long Jump Event

Karen reaching for the sky

Abitha making a landing

Uncle Salam at 70 can fly too

Kim Seng showing how to land

Jack Lam landing a bit too deep into the sand

Charles trying to do it his way

Jason showing how it should be done

Pretty medal winners

Christina is sooo happy with her win

The guys can win medals too

3 of the fastest men from SMTFA with Tang Weng Fei, President of SA, after the medal presentation

Charles, Hon Cheong and Henry and their 100m medals. The shortest man wins. Also for Long Jump.

Now the tallest man wins. Mogan, Kim Seng and Michael with Tang Weng Fei

Uncle also wins a gold in the 100m for Men 70+ with Salam and John

Will post more pics tomorrow.

Singapore can have all the sand it wants

Malaysia and Indonesia did not want to sell sand to Singapore. The Americans too would not want to sell sand to Singapore. They are only interested in selling weapons like the F35s to Singapore. How much sand could Singapore had for the price of the 4 F35s it is ‘forced’ to buy from the Americans? Goh Keng Swee must be turning in his grave if he knows that Singapore is spending billions to buy 4 flawed fighter aircraft and hoping that the flaws would be rectified before delivery. During his time, Goh Keng Swee would not even buy aircraft that had not been tested in operation, not just being flawed.
 
How is spending billions related to buying sand? There is sand everywhere, especially in nearby South China Sea. The Chinese are the experts in dredging sand from the sea to build islands that could equal the size of Singapore. Their cutter suction dredger(CSD) are the biggest in the world. The CSD Tian Kun Hao could dredge 6,000 cubic meters of sand in an hour, filling the size of a football field.
 
If only Singapore’s relation with China is better, Singapore could buy all the sand it wants from China in the South China Sea. And these are clean sea sand. Why isn’t Singapore buying sand from China? And the cost of the sand would be so little compares to the cost of the F35s. How much sand could Singapore buy with the money spent on the 4 x F35s? Maybe enough sand to build a land the size of Tekong.
 
Did Singapore approach China for sand? Or was Singapore rejected by China as well? It would be so easy for the CSD to fill up the barges in matters of a few minutes per barge and Singapore can have all the sand it wants to reclaim more land and more islands. If Singapore can buy sand from Vietnam and Cambodia, the South China Sea is not too far away and the cost not prohibitive to do so.
 
Better still, just hire a CSD from China to dredge from our littoral sea, deepening the surround sea and building islands at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

How to save Iran and the rest of the world

The Americans are dead set to attack Iran militarily and are amassing the biggest naval force in the Gulf of Oman since the invasion of Iraq. There is no good and justifiable reason for the Americans to start a war with Iran under international law and norms. The only reason for the Americans to want to start a war with Iran is for American hegemony and dominance in the region.
 
The world cannot allow this to happen. Russia and China and other friendly countries to Iran cannot allow this to happen. What can Russia and China and the rest of the world do while the warmongering Americans are beating the war drums and mustering up a coalition of pro American countries to attack Iran?
The British have started the ball rolling by hijacking an Iranian super tanker on the false allegation that it was supplying oil to Syria. This kind of international piracy is irreprehensible and cannot be tolerated by the rest of the world.
 
The unilateral sanction against Iran by the Americans, like the sanction against Venezuela, is causing untold hardship to the people of Iran, and also Venezuela. Both countries are suffering from economic hardship with Venezuela at the verge of collapsing.
 
Small countries cannot be subject to the bullying of the Americans, be threatened by economic sanctions and the threats of war. Small countries must be free from the coercion and threats of big powers like the Americans and European powers to choose their way of life. For this to happen, small countries must have the option to say no to the American and European bullying and threats.
 
Russia and China must step in to fill this void, to offer small countries the protection and support when threatened by the Americans and European powers. A very good example is the Russian and Chinese support for Syria and Venezuela. Without these supports, the popularly elected governments of both countries would have been toppled by the Americans.
 
Iran is facing the same threat and more deadly with the Americans ready to attack Iran at any moment. It is better to prevent a war from starting than to get involved militarily once a war is started. The best and most immediate action to prevent such a dangerous and disastrous war is for Russia and China to sign a military alliance with Iran to tell the Americans that an attack on Iran is an attack on Russia and China. Both Russia and China would then have the obligation and justification to come to the defence of Iran when the latter is attacked by the Americans.
 
The Americans have been using military alliances to justify their military involvement, in the name of defending their allies, to engage in a war with other countries. Russia and China must do the same, to justify their engagement in wars against an aggressive power attacking their smaller allies. Military alliances are necessary to save and protect smaller countries from being attacked by bigger and belligerent powers like the Americans and Europeans. In the absence of such alliances, more and more small countries would be at the mercy of the Americans and European powers as they are absolutely hapless against such overwhelming military might. Only Russia and China can provide the protective umbrella to smaller countries to live alone and in peace.
 
Russia and China have to shoulder this responsibility to protect the rest of the world from the aggressive American hegemony and threats of war and economic sanctions. Russia and China combined today are economically and militarily strong enough to keep the hostile Americans and Europeans from bullying the rest of the world.
 
Russia and China cannot wait for the Americans and Europeans to start attacking Iran as it would be too late. Iran and its people would suffer untold damages and destruction when attacked by the Americans and its coalition of equally militarily adventurous allies.
 
Russia and China must act now to protect and defend Iran and prevent the outbreak of war in the Persian Gulf, a war that would engulf the whole region with neighbouring countries being involved and destroyed. A military alliance with Iran would tell the Americans and its belligerent allies to cool off and leave Iran alone. Without this military alliance, the Americans and its lackeys would be emboldened to attack Iran.