Bro, a Turkish proverb says,
"If a father bathes his children, both will laugh, and if a son bathes his father, both will cry."
Honor the duty while you have the chance. Time spares no one.
so today at hospital, I chose to sit next to this old lady because she reminds me of arwah nenek. I mean, her hand wrinkle, her eyes, her nail. Hehe I miss you nenek. I hope you doing fine there.
Hind Rajab, 6 years old, was killed with 355 bullets.
An animated film documents the final minutes of her life before Zionists executed her with 335 shots.
Aireen @ 2y 11m — lately suka request nak tidur macam baby. berpangku / dicelahan mak nya. we will always tolerate with that asalkan dia tidur hkhkhk dah lena sikit kita ubah la tidur kat bantal. tadi ngigau pun cakap nak acam baby adududu mak kenot tidur duduk nak
@BWFScore I believe, Team MAS okay je kalau Team INA menang. Tapi you all yang tak rilek kalau kitorang menang. Kalau MAS kalah pun tak rilek jugak. Kenapa ek. Kurang faham ni.
Successful athletes are, by definition, supremely fit individuals. The display of mental fortitude and athletic ability while battling for supremacy in the sporting arena means we tend to place them on a pedestal, believing they are mentally and physically superior to the rest of us mere mortals.
But while that image helps cultivate the revered star status, it clouds our expectations and conceals the stark reality that every athlete is also a human being with the same frailties and vulnerabilities as the rest of us.
Not only do athletes suffer more injuries than the average person as they continually test their physical capabilities, but when they can’t train or compete due to injury, their whole purpose and identity as an athlete is compromised, which is mentally extremely challenging.
A little over a year ago at the #WorldTourFinals, while Lee Zii Jia was playing some of his best #badminton, he suffered a debilitating ankle injury. Since then, he’s made 2 aborted attempts at return to competition, playing just 7 matches throughout the whole of 2025.
This week the #Olympic Bronze medallist returns to competition at the #MalaysiaOpen2026. And after so long out with injury, the return certainly won’t be easy, not least due to the mental torment every athlete endures while unable to compete.
I also know from bitter experience, after several surgeries following ruptured ACLs in both knees, the expectations from others to immediately perform as you did before the injury is both a heavy burden and totally unrealistic.
So, whilst I, like most badminton fans, eagerly anticipate Lee’s return, we should also be mindful that we need to help and encourage any athlete in their valiant return from injury, not chastise and criticise. We need to understand the universal struggles of every human being in overcoming adversity. Returning athletes deserve both compassion and admiration for the courage and perseverance to keep fighting while on the seemingly relentless road to rehabilitation.
And above all we need to understand and be sympathetic to the fact the mental pain endured during recovery is often greater than the physical pain of the injury itself.
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