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  • Nicholas Lee: PAP Deserve Credit For Almost Sabotaging Joseph Schooling, Singaporeans Need To Reflect

    Nicholas Lee: PAP Deserve Credit For Almost Sabotaging Joseph Schooling, Singaporeans Need To Reflect

    Long Re-post, but enlightening:

    Some Facts about Joseph Schooling, you decide for yourself

    Joseph Issac Schooling, born in SIngapore. Father is a 3rd generation Singaporean of mixed English and Eurasian Portuguese heritage. Mother is a Malaysian Chinese who is a singapore PR. She has been living in Singapore for decades but has not taken up Singapore citizenship.

    Went to ACS Primary school. After PSLE, his swimming potential was identified by the parents, and they decided to send him to the Jacksonville, Florida to attend the Bolles School, which is a school specializing in training atheletes, in particular swimmers. Bolles has had a swimmer alumnus or student competing in every Olympic games since 1972. Their swimming program was set up by Gregg Troy who was the US Olympic Swim coach for the 2012 Olympic games. Imagine your secondary school swimming coach is a former Olympic swimmer and coached Michael Phelps in the 2012 Olympics!! What a powerhouse your school would be in the pool. because he is an international student, Bolles has a boarding program for its foreign students. The cost of one year of school fees and room and board is USD $47,000. Guess how much the PAP and SNOC contributed to this amount. Zero would be a fair guess.

    After he graduated from Bolles, he was offered a swim scholarship at University of Texas, one of the top 5 swimming programs amongst US universities. The Head Coach for the U of T swimming program is Eddie Reese, former head coach of the US Olympics swim team in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. If you know anything about the swim program, you know that nothing is left to chance. Professional full-time dieticians, sports psychologist, strenght and conditioning coaches, multi million weight rooms, etc are all part and parcel of what atheletes get when they go there. But even on a scholarship, its not cheap, with frequent travel to Singapore to compete in the SEA and Asian games and other social visits. Also, out of pocket costs and other costs in USD is also not cheap.

    It was at this point when the big hooha between Schooling’s mother MINDEF took place over his deferment. After a protracted and public fight, where she used the news media to put pressure on the PAP, you know who won the fight. Unfortunately, in earlier times, without the aid of modern day internet and social media, many other atheletes were lost to NS and a short sighted govt. policy. The race driver Andrew Tang is an example of a failed request for NS deferment. Ang Peng Siong in an earlier time was another case.

    So to sum it up……………..
    The Schoolings and not the govt paid huge money to send Joseph to Bolles for his swim coaching and studies
    The Schoolings and not the govt got the U of T scholarship for Joseph, even though it seems the PAP is giving full scholarships to every tom dick and harry FT
    The PAP wanted to sabotage the whole thing by making him do NS at such a critical junction in his swim career, and it would have happened if not for his mother’s intervention.

    The other Republic swimmer Quah Zheng Wen was not so fortunate that his family can send him to Bolles and hence is stuck with no name national coach carlos lopez, a bronze medallist in the Olympics and with the pathetic facilities in singapore. If Quah had the same opportunities, maybe we have 2 medals or more.

    U decide how much credit the PAP should get. Then see how many of these assholes jump on the bandwagon until it breaks.

    Some more Facts about Joseph Schooling, you decide for yourself Part 2

    “I think it has to be said that as a nation, a people, a country, a govt., and as individuals, we did almost nothing to help Schooling get to the gold medal. We did not finance him, did not support him, the PAP chose not to groom and encourage this guy. Very little of our money went to training him, and providing him the necessary support, compared to the millions we lavish on 3rd class ungrateful atheletes from China and elsewhere. Not only did we not support him, we almost killed his career by making him do NS. When I say we, I mean the 70% of the morons that supported and elected the PAP. If his mother May did not fight MINDEF to get his deferment, he might still be in the SAF now doing NS. There was no mass petition from singaporeans calling for his deferment. there was no mass calling of the MPs to support him. There was no media support for him, and certainly no support from the Singapore National Olympics Committeefor his deferment. Instead, 2 angmos (one was his swim coach in U of T, Gregg Troy) and the other a technical director, Bill Swetenham of SSC, wrote in their support to ask for his deferment. Not one PAP asshole or Notable sinkie stood up for this boy.

    But now that he won the Gold, everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon and be proud of him. I say that you don’t have that right. Singaporeans have not earned the right to claim the limelight with him. Where were they when he needed them? Sinkies are really pathetic hypocrites. Although I am born and raised in singapore, I am ashamed of our treatment of this boy, and I certainly cannot rejoice without a hint of embarassment that we as a people almost kill this great moment.”

     

    Source: Nicholas Lee

  • mrbrown To Lee Bee Wah: Want To Claim Credit? Detail How You Secured NS Deferment For Joseph Schooling

    mrbrown To Lee Bee Wah: Want To Claim Credit? Detail How You Secured NS Deferment For Joseph Schooling

    Lee Bee Wah, please share with us a detailed breakdown of how you secured NS deferment for Joseph Schooling and Quah Zheng Wen, since you seem very convinced about your monumental contribution.

    Because my understanding is that their parents negotiated with Mindef at a personal level.

    But hey, you seem to be claiming credit too, so we would love to hear how much you did for them.

     

    Source: mrbrown

  • Lee Bee Wah: Glad I Convinced MINDEF To Defer NS For Joseph Schooling

    Lee Bee Wah: Glad I Convinced MINDEF To Defer NS For Joseph Schooling

    Congrats Joseph Isaac Schooling! Everyone in Singapore is so excited and proud right now! I watched it at Singapore Swimming Association and everyone is cheering like crazy!

    I’m glad I asked MINDEF to let elite male athletes defer their NS. Both you and Quah Zheng Wen have used the deferment wisely and done us proud.

    Team Singapore ‪#‎oneteamsg‬ ‪#‎Rio2016‬

     

    Source: Lee Bee Wah

  • 20 Belia Masjid Ar-Raudhah Singsing Lengan Cuci Kereta Demi Amal

    20 Belia Masjid Ar-Raudhah Singsing Lengan Cuci Kereta Demi Amal

    Sekitar 20 belia dari Masjid Ar-Raudhah menyingsing lengan membersihkan kereta bagi tujuan amal hari ini (13 Ogos).

    Para belia mula mencuci kereta di Bukit Batok Nature Park pada 9.00 pagi tadi.

    Pada akhir acara, mereka berjaya membersihkan lebih 25 kereta.

    Dua lagi sesi cuci kereta akan diadakan pada 20 dan 28 Ogos di tempat yang sama.

    Projek tahunan ini dimulakan kumpulan belia Masjid Ar-Raudhah, Al-Fateh pada 2014.

    Dana yang terkumpul digunakan bagi kegiatan belia Al-Fateh, termasuk lawatan amal ke Tanjung Pinang, hujung tahun nanti.

    “Dengan program sebegini, kami dapat beramah mesra dengan masyarakat di kawasan ini dan di daerah masjid. Ini sedikit sebanyak dapat memupuk semangat perpaduan kaum di kalangan belia,” kata Pengerusi Al-Fateh Nur Wahidah Arba’in.

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Olympics: ‘Nobody Is Happy To Lose, But I’m Proud Of Jo’ – Phelps

    Olympics: ‘Nobody Is Happy To Lose, But I’m Proud Of Jo’ – Phelps

    At the end of 50.39 seconds that made history, Joseph Schooling slapped the water in elation, and turned to hug his idol, swimming legend Michael Phelps.

    Chad le Clos of South Africa, also turned to pat Schooling’s back and ruffle his hair.

    Schooling , 21, beat three swimming greats to clinch Singapore’s first gold medal and an Olympic record in the 100m butterfly final on Saturday (Aug 13) morning.

    It was the culmination of years of hard work that saw the driven young swimmer chase his idol all the way to the podium in Rio de Janeiro.

    Defending champion Phelps of the United States, five-time Olympic medallist Laszlo Cseh of Hungary and defending world champion le Clos all clocked 51.14sec to share the silver in a startling three-way tie.

    The New York Times headline “Somebody (His Name’s Joseph Schooling) Finally Beats Michael Phelps” is indicative of the big upset Schooling has achieved.

    In winning his first Olympic medal, Schooling also denied Phelps a clean sweep of all the individual events he competed in at the 2016 Games.

    But Phelps, already hailed the Greatest of All Times, looked relaxed and spoke encouragingly to Schooling after the medal presentation – where Schooling stood alone on the topmost podium while Phelps, le Clos and Cseh lined up in second place.

    “Nobody is happy to lose, but I’m proud of Jo,” Phelps said at a media conference after the race.

    “It’s faster than I went four years ago to win, but Jo’s tough,” Phelps said. “Hats off to him.”

    The veteran, who has said this will be his last Games, seemed excited to see fresh talent in the sport.

    “What he’s able to achieve is up to him. I’m excited to see how much faster he goes. I think it’ll be exciting to see somebody else break 50 seconds again. I watched him swim last summer at the world championships. Ball’s in his court. As big as he wants to dream,” he said.

    The admiration was mutual.

    Phelps has been Schooling’s idol since he was a child, and in the rush of emotion post-race, one of the first things Schooling said was that it was an honour and privilege to race with the athletes alongside him in the pool.

    “I’m really honoured and privileged to have the opportunity to race in the Olympic final alongside huge names like Michael, Chad, Laszlo, guys that have changed the face of this sport, guys that have won the most number of gold medals in Olympic history, a guy that will go down in our history books as the greatest of all time of any sport,” he said.

    The now viral photo of Schooling, a bespectacled lad of 13, posing beside the hulking Phelps shows how far the young swimmer has come.

    Back then, watching Phelps at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, was a star-struck fanboy.

    Four years on in London, 17-year-old Schooling made his Olympic debut.

    Phelps comforted Schooling after their 200m butterfly heats as less than 10 minutes before the race, Schooling’s equipment was deemed to not fit Olympic regulations, and the then 17-year-old clocked a poor timing.

    Schooling said: “I was walking behind Phelps after my race when he looked at me and asked, ‘what’s wrong?’

    “I told him what happened and he hugged me and said, ‘you’re only so young, you still have a long way to go. It’s a learning experience so keep your head high and just keep moving on’.”

    Another four years, and the 21-year-old is now beating the legend.

    In June this year, Schooling beat Phelps to win the 100m butterfly final at the Longhorn Elite Invite Meet in Austin, Texas.

    Then won gold at the Olympic pool, leading the pack the entire race, and the only swimmer to clock under 51 seconds.

    Perhaps he could do it because he simply relishes the competition.

    When asked what Phelps said to him after the race, Schooling said Phelps told him ‘Good job, that was a great race’.

    He added: “I told him to go four more years and he said ‘No way’. Hopefully he changes his mind. I like racing him.”

     

    Source: The Straits Times

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