South Pacific exports
Malaysia is definitely in need of more than raw sugar from Fiji.
I noticed from the COBRA 10s last weekend that the Malaysian sides, namely Kedah Blues, Sandakan Eagles and COBRA, have many Fijian players in their teams to play the key attack role.
Off the field, there is a diapora of Fijians who are imported players in rigby clubs from other countries. Some of them met their countrymen, for the first time, on-stage at the farewell party, but they put up a folk song, sung in emsemble parts, that was so harmonious and beautiful.
Next from the South Pacific are the Samoans. They, too, are scattered around the world with magnificient rugby players.
LensaPress pictures by Jeff Ooi
I noticed these Samoans, who are also renowned for their wrestling traditions, did no less than three rounds of haka in two days.
Small South Pacific islandic countries, but real good exports that make their nations stand tall on the world-stage of sports. Do they ever need to train in Azalina Othman's RM490 million London halfway house?
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If only we can offer one of the Fijian/samoan rugby player to sports minister, she would probably build the complex in the south Pacific instead.
And why not. The place is recovering from years of Nuclear tests and who knows what kind of sea creatures have evolved from this. If you want to go to the top, you will have to swim with the sharks.
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September 12, 2006 02:36 PM
Jeff, years ago we too had our sporting heros like our walkers, many who grew up trodding barefoot, through kampong paths and our earlier football legends who kicked around cheap soccer balls in the neighbourhood fields. They did not have the mega dollars but their home environment was their best training ground, and their passion their driving force.
Unfortunately, the following generations got corrupted by money too big for their own good and by politicians who think that they can produce greatness from mediocrity by throwing in big bucks into useless projects and giving them names with superlatives like our SUPER league, whatever project CEMERLANG, some sporting GEMILANG and of course our RM490M centre of EXCELLENCE.
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September 12, 2006 04:27 PM
sydput, we can produce our own x-men locally; just let the government proceed with the nuclear power plant and build Azalina's centre next to the nuclear waste disposal unit.
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September 12, 2006 04:31 PM