Ok, this is stunning. I just found out that the 200m Backstroke world record was smashed (and I mean smashed) about one week ago. And it was done by a 19 year old Japanese swimmer named Ryosuke Irie whom I’ve never heard before, clocking 1:52.86. And he took off almost one whole second off Ryan [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Impeccable Stroke
Monday, 18 May, 2009
Abraham, Sarai, And The Search For A Life Partner
Tuesday, 12 May, 2009
Some of our recent sermons have been on Genesis, and I was reminded of the story of Abraham, Sarai and Hagar. This story is found in Genesis 16 (here), and basically describes how Abaraham’s wife Sarai was convinced that she was barren even though the Lord had promised a son, and decided to take things [...]
C’mon Ferrari
Sunday, 10 May, 2009
Oh dear, this is getting silly. Ferrari is now officially the circus act of Formula 1, what with one blunder after another. I don’t think I can possibly remember all of them, but here are the few recent ones that come to mind: – Of course, the most famous one would be Massa dragging the [...]
Goodbye Chuck Daly
Saturday, 9 May, 2009
I received a huge shock when I read the news of Chuck Daly’s passing this evening. Chuck Daly was the coach of the first team I ever loved in basketball…the Detroit Pistons. This was during the late 80′s era of the “Bad Boys”, with players like Isaiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer, Mark Aguirre, Dennis [...]
Similarities
Thursday, 7 May, 2009
Has it occurred to anyone that the daily “Win Ten Grand with Shell” radio commercial sounds suspiciously like “Mr. Sandman” by The Chordettes? And why does Ron Artest recently remind me a lot of Chuck Liddell? (I think the mohawk plays a big part too.) And yes, now that they’re playing against each other…Sasha Vujacic [...]
Dear S’pore Male Athletes, None Of You Are Good Enough
Tuesday, 5 May, 2009
Gotta hand it to our SNOC, who organises the yearly “Singapore Sports Awards”. Today as I heard the news whilst driving home, I almost choked. According to the news (here), this year’s Sportswoman of the Year award goes to Jasmine Yeong-Nathan, but get this…there is NO Sportsman of the Year selected this year as “the [...]
Who Needs T-Mac?
Tuesday, 5 May, 2009
I’m saying this in the most respectful way possible. Look, I’m totally rooting for the Rockets and am ecstatic that they beat the mighty Lakers in LA in Game 1, but you have to really marvel at the sheer irony here: T-Mac never made it out of the first round of the playoffs in his [...]
An Interesting Experiment On “S Factor”
Monday, 4 May, 2009
I’ve slowly started to get hooked on the local reality show “S Factor”. It can be rather intriguing at times. I’ll give you an example: Yesterday, they ran this experiment which I thought was really interesting. Basically the four girls Kay Kay, Jessica, Michelle and Sherine (NB: Sonia and Xue Sha were granted “immunity” for [...]
Greatest Playoff Series Ever!
Friday, 1 May, 2009
Because today is a PH, I had the opportunity to catch Game 6 of Celtics-Bulls this morning, and I dare say that this is the greatest playoff series I’ve ever witnessed. (Not that I’ve watched that many playoff series…but still.) Regardless of how things turn out in Game 7, it’s a classic already. Truly riveting. [...]
