A 12 years old Chinese supporter wrote about his once-in-a-lifetime encounter with the Chinese team during the 2006 All England. It touches the heart of any badminton fans out there and makes us wonder if we can be 12 years old again...
and i am darn sure any badminton fan can really understand and feel his happiness from just reading his story...

Here is a story of a 12 years old Chinese fan, Baderz_Jas-->

I am a Chinese supporter-12yrs old,I speak Cantonese and know a tiny little bit of Mandarin. My sister,mum and I went to watch the 2006 All England Open Championship in the NIA. Friday 20th was our first day,quarter-finals day. I was very excited to watch Lin Dan ,Chen Jin and lots more as I haven't watched live badminton since 2005 AE. When ever any players from China were playing, I was shouting China and Lin Dan Jia You as loud as I could. Chen Jin didn't play very well,he was slower and his smashes weren't as powerful as people said it was. Lin Dan wasn't aggresive enough in the first game against Kenneth Jonassen which was 15-10,but then he smashed nearly every point and won the second game 15-3. Saturday 21st,semi-finals day. My family and I were walking to a hotel see my friend Dominic(the person who gave us the live scores) and we saw Lin Dan jogging on the streets to warm up for his match against Lee Chong Wei. So we went to him and took pictures and I asked him to sign a picture which I took with him last year,then for the first time I saw him smiling We got inside the hotel and saw players from most of the countries staying in that hotel. My sister,Dominic and I took pictures with Candra Wijaya,Pi Hongyan,Lee Hyun Il,Widiato Natsir,Peter Gade,Zhang Jun,Wei Yili,Zhang Yawen,Xie Xingfang +lots more When they started playing I was shouting for China and Lin Dan really loud again. When Lin Dan was losing in the third game against Lee Chong WeiI shouted even louder so I lost my voice When he won he took his black t-shirt off and went through to talk to the coaches about the match. So me and one of my friends sprinted as fast as I could into the authorised area even though we don't have a pass We went up to Lin Dan,he asked for a signatlure and asked I for his t-shirt,he just gave it to me!!! It was the shirt he actually wore,it was very wet which made it heavy. I was so happy that I couldn't go to bed until half-past two in the morning. I thought it couldn't get better,BUT IT DID!!! Sunday 22nd,finals day. That morning we saw Lin Dan jogging again as we were going to met up with my friend in Jury's Inn,this time he gave me a five When we got inside the arena the MD was just about to start a member of the China team came down and told us that one of the coaches has invited me to go and join them on the players' stand and that the coach has a son-13yrs old. When she left we thought 'what just happened' When the MD finished I went up the players' stand with the woman who came down and I sat between Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun!!! I found out that Li YongBo invited me I was shocked. The headcoach of the best badminton country wanted me to sit with him I chatted with some of the players and coaches,they were all very polite and looked after me as well. When they started the XD we were all cheering for Zhang Jun and Gao Ling. It was so nervous when we were watching them because Robertson/Emms had 8-10serves to win the match in the second game. In the third game Zhang/Gao totally trashed the English pair 15-1,Nathan Robetson's body language was absolutely awful After the XD we all went behind the stand and played games with our hands Then we didn't watch the WS because it was China vs China.After that match it was the MS between Lin Dan and Lee Hyun Il. We were cheering for him every point(especially me). When he slipped and twisted his knee we were very worried about him because he couln't move,but when he gave Li YongBo a wave meaning he's alrite we weren't as worried After he won we all went down to clap when he comes round doing the lap of honour. Li YongBo told me that Lin Dan is going to gave me the racket his used. I was shocked again! LYB was so kind and polite to all the players,he is really funny as well. Then he went to the Doping Room where the doctor had a look at his knee,so I went in with the chinese woman holding a bag of ice for Lin Dan. His knee didn't look nice. I could tell that he was in a lot of pain Then I got told to get out of the Doping Room because children aren't allowed in. Dominic and I had to wait for about ten minutes before he came out gaving me his racket and saying 'Thank You' to me,then I said 'Xie Xie' then Dominic took a picture of us with his racket in my hands That night we went to a chinese resturant called Tin Tin and saw the whole China team! I went over there and got Chen Hong,Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun to sign pictures I took with them last year. The players sat on two big tables,Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang were sitting with all the coaches on another table. Then when we were going home I went over to say bye and thank you to LYB,Lin Dan and all the players. They all said thank you and gave a fives! I can't believe all of this happened in just three days!!! My dream really has come TRUE."

Was cLeanin a tiny corner of my house when i saw this..... the tiredness creepin in my each and every muscle dwindled to nuthingness at once...so cute the tiny little hole...i am not even sure that it's one...
guesS jerry does live here...but i don't have no tom here ...hahah...

was suPPosed to watch the memoirs of geisha today...but the movie time was way too late..got no choice so watch pride and prejudice instead...suppose to watch it at home...cuz i always think that this type of movie should be enjoyed at home .. the art of such movies tend to assert itself better then... couldn't really enjoy the movie cuz the group of ppl beside me just practically chat their way through the movie...damn * DAMN...they just pay to come inside and taLk...what is bloody wrong with this ppl man... and when the sad part of the movie came, they normal sniggers broke into laughters...idiOts...real IDIOTS...i hate to be interupted...especially with this type of movie which requires so much of attentiveness..with all the classically phrased lines... so hard to catch those heavily slanged words....anyway, did manage to watch part of the movie.. it was generally much happier than sense and sensibility... but i wonder if such maN-->mR.dArcy exists....or even...eXISted... eLizabeth is one blessed lass if such stories were ever true...
i still think cHarles dickens's NICHOLAS NICKELBY is really good...even though i only watched the movie...it was really touching..with a sharp swerving twist in the end... impressive work of dickens...i would really wanna watch oliver twist...but i doubt that i will go to cinema for that... hopefully i could get the dvd....
chineSe new Year 's only four days away... feel both excited and inexplicably sad at the same time...cuz it's not as happy as the 'olden' days were.. i seriously miss the sheer innocence of the past when i come to scrutinize the void of emptiness now.. with ppl we once loved no longer presenting themselves during such happy occasions..it does change the mood...still remember the time when my brother experimented all the fire crackers he bought and created one of his kind...it was daunting...but his 'creation' turned out to be breathtakin....it emblazoned the darK night with the greatness of light... and i still remember i always forced him to buy fire crackers for me...but i never dare go near any of it...stupidity...haha....those were the days....god i really miss you ako...
guess life does change from one phase to another...but sometimes deliberate and fast switches leaves you in much incredulity...and the only thing you can do is to meekly accept it...
anyway..HaPPIE CHINESe nEW YEaR!!

I was busy for preparing exams the whole week that i totally forgot about all england tournament! mY father just told me who are the semi-finalists and i am like wow...it's already semi's...anyway, quite proud of Malaysia this time round...cuz as usual lee chong wei got through...with three other semi-finalists from three different countries-->lindan fr cHina, gaDe fr denmark, lee hyun II fr korea ; then as for men's doubles three pairs of maLaysias faught through quarters....impressive...go maLaysia~~m'sia Boleh~~hahahah

yiPee!!
loOks like it'll be a good head start for my badminton star xia xuanze this year...just got updated with the swiss open results and hahahh...he got into semi's! I am almost drawn to the brink of thinking him retired as a trainer or something after quite bad performances last year...until he's given away his retained title as the world champion....well..look's like he really manipulates his trickiness this time.... with his deceiving drop shots all...but semi's gonna be quite tough for him this time cuz he's up against the dane peter gade, whom i must say is really in his top form despite some minor injuries...he did impressively well in copenhegen masters' 05 just two weeks ago..very precise smashes and good net play....but hopefully xia's in his top form as well..then winning the title would be a relatively good birthday present for him....
the whole week had been very boring....not so much of activities....slept the week through and keep thinking about chinese new year...goodness...thinking about plans all when exams haven't even started....aikss....
seriously hope xia'll get his way through to final!! damn excited to see him play again~~kakkka

Year 2005 had been a fast one....looking back at the things happened last year will get me burst in laughters ...indulge in some playful chuckles..or just a mere upstretch of lips...sad happenings are there to stay in memory... though they were never meant to be remembered...knew a whole loads of new friends throughout the year...especially in national service which gave me the chance to know really different kinds of people whom i have never met before ... not before them... did loads of crazy stuffs and underwent real ups and downs with the bunch of them...then back to school life before i realised half of the year's been passed... continue the boring life with books and lectures...but lectures in college weren't that heavy...as compared to the old secondary one which stretched up to seven hours excluding private tuition ... had to stay in hostel as college was kinda far from home...it wasnt too bad...know some real cool friends there as well... then in september two of my good friends left m'sia for studies...that was really saddening....continued my life in college and before long mocks started revealing themselves...then all sorts of festive celebrations set in...they all happened in a fast swish...haha...happy moments never stay long enough for you to realise them....
A neW brand year has annouced its arrival... heralding a whole new series of surprises .. both good and bad ones... there will be more to explore...more to be experienced ... won't set myself any resolutions...because they never really work well for me....just hope that my family and friends will stay healthy and happy..and the world will be disasters-free and attacks-free ... and hopefully i can equip myself with greater maturity in dealing with the rough turbulence in life that is yet to strike...