World's No 1 Badminton Player

I was really tired today, but I don't want to miss out the excited feeling I am having now..

I was covering two events today for our Prime Minister's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor--both were outdoor..God knows how hot and humid it was today in Kuala Lumpur. Sweat non-stop and I started to fee dizzy..But at the second event which was the open house for national athletes - former and present athletes, I met one of the most popular badminton player in the world, Datuk Lee Chong Wei. Well, Malaysia claimed that he is now World's No 1..after he defeated Lin Dan from China in recent Commonwealth Games, he is even more popular.

I was never care about athletes but today I was just having this feeling, "wow, Lee Chong Wei is standing beside me". The feeling was good, but to add on that, the process before I was standing beside him was funny..

Other sport reporters from other media [they seem to be very close with Chong Wei] forced me to admit that I'm his big fan..Reason being was--I told them jokingly that we should not address him as 'Chong Wei', but instead we should call him 'Datuk', the title granted to him when he won in previous Olympic Games. They said I love him so much that I don't allow others to mis-address him...a big LOL on that...That's how they started to tease me and they told Chong Wei that I am his big fan after the press conference with him - Well, I'm not in the sport desk, so I was chasing the PM's wife on another side. When I finished my work on another end, the sport reporters just dragged, ok not to use this word, they asked me to take a photo with Chong Wei since I am his big fan. They said I should not miss this opportunity....another big LOL on this...One can imagine how awkward the situation was, when I don't really want to take pic with him, not that I don't want but just not that desperate [gosh, Chong Wei must be thinking that I'm really in love with him..another LOL for this @@'']..at the end we did take picture together..how embarrassing.... and to add on this, he is really a nice and humble man [well, I really don't know him that well, but first impression, yes he is humble].

So, now, I think he is really one of the people we should respect, Chong Wei did make our country proud, didn't he? It was so silly of me that never appreciate sportsmen from my own country.

So, yeah, I respect you now, Chong Wei..Thank you for your contributions..^^