Was deeply honoured to welcome Joseph Isaac Schooling and his parents, May and Colin Schooling to Parliament House today, where we formally congratulated him on his gold medal and expressed support for Team Singapore in #Rio2016.
Joseph’s win signifies much more than Singapore’s first Olympic gold medal. He sweated and sacrificed. With determination and fire in the belly, he has shown a new generation of aspiring athletes that dreams are worth striving for.
Achievements, too, are more than medals. Many of our athletes have come away from the Olympics with new personal bests, and valuable experience going up against the world’s best. Swimmer Quah Zheng Wen set two new personal bests in the pool. Rower Saiyidah Aisyah (Aisyah Rower) reached the quarterfinals, finishing as 3rd best Asian competitor. Sprinter Timothee Yap and shuttler Derek Wong went up against Usain Bolt and Lee Chong Wei respectively - both the best in the world. They have worked hard, and they all deserve recognition for their efforts.
The Games are still ongoing and our athletes are still competing in their respective events. I hope you’ll join me in cheering on our women’s table tennis team in their semifinal match taking place right now! - LHL
#OneTeamSG
(If you would like to see the 360° photo we took in Parliament, check out my Instagram account: http://bit.ly/2aVIyMR :) / PMO Video by Alex Qiu and Chiez How)
同時也有1部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過1萬的網紅Melissa Celestine Koh,也在其Youtube影片中提到,Last month, we travelled to Bali together as a team. We worked hard and played harder. It was so much fun bonding over good food, late night suppers ...
singapore table tennis team 在 Lee Hsien Loong Facebook 八卦
The weather has been stormy lately, but a good deed always brightens the day! Last Wednesday, four bowlers from the Singapore Sports School were on the way to a competition when their bus met a fallen tree across Rifle Range Road, blocking the way for both people and vehicles.
For the four teenagers the decision was easy – make a path for people to get through! Using their Outward Bound Singapore ( OBS ) experience, they soon made an opening through the branches, enough for people to pass through. At the risk of being late for their competition, they stayed to help others through the path they’d created.
As icing on the cake, two of the student-athletes won the gold medal in the doubles’ competition. Well done, Aidan, Jarred, Han Qin, and James! – LHL
#OneKindDay
Singapore Kindness Movement
It was a cold and dark morning. Thunder, lightning, strong winds and heavy rain swept over most parts of Singapore. In a bus sat four male student-athletes and their bowling equipment, and their coaches, heading for Temasek Club to compete in the National Schools Bowling Championships "A" Division Boys' Doubles event.
About 200 metres from the competition venue, the bus slowed down... and rolled to a stop. A huge tree had fallen across the road and caused the rest of Rifle Range Road to become impassable to man or wheels.
The team alighted and joined members of the public who were starring at the fallen tree and talking among themselves.
"Why don't we break the smaller branches and create an opening?" Jarred asked his teammates after assessing the situation.
A member of the public overheard him and suggested that there were ants and they could be bitten. A policeman said that NParks had been notified and help was on the way.
It was approaching 7.30 am and the team had to report at the bowling centre by 8 am or risk being disqualified.
James agreed with Jarred's idea and together with Aidan and Han Qin, looked around for a suitable spot to start clearing the debris.
They twirled some branches, they "tunnelled" through and soon, the four bowlers found themselves on the other side of the fallen tree.
"Luckily, we went to OBS and learnt a thing or two," James laughed out loud.
The four student-athletes returned to the other side of the tree and started to bring their bowling bags through the clearing, and then helped the public get past the debris.
The Aidan Poh-Jarred Lim Jia Le pairing finished their combined 12 games with a total of 2,458 pinfalls, while the Oh Han Qin-James Stuart Lowe Heng Leong partners knocked over 2,377 pins on 19 April 2017. They had done their best, and being unseeded teams, had to wait until the late morning of 24 April 2017 for the seeded teams to finish their games before knowing the final results.
Deservedly, Aidan and Jarred won the gold medal; Han Qin and James came in 6th behind three pairs from ACJC and one pair from ACS Independent - just 39 pins from the bronze medal team.
Kimberly Neo Kah Min and Charmaine Chang Yu Quan also did well to win the gold medal in the Girls' Doubles event after an uncharacteristic start of a combined total of 285 pins in their first game. Difficult though it was to catch up, they did not give up and fought frame after frame to finish with 2,290 pinfalls - ahead of TJC (2,267) and ACJC (2,206). Our second pair of Rachael Tan Soo Hui and table tennis player Angeline Tang An Qi finished 13th.
In the earlier Singles competition, Aidan and Charmaine won bronze medals.
The two-block Team events start today with the girls bowling in the morning and the boys in the afternoon. The second block will be played on 26 April 2017. And then, we wait... Until the seeded teams finish their turn on the afternoon of 26 April 2017 before we know the final results.
Words: Shirley Tan, Team Mum
Video: Catherine Kang, Coach, Bowling Academy
singapore table tennis team 在 Lee Hsien Loong Facebook 八卦
Visited UniSIM for the first time this evening. I have often read about UniSIM and its work. But nothing like seeing the place in person, and talking to the people, to understand what they are doing and appreciate their dedication and hard work.
Had an engaging and enlightening discussion with UniSIM students and alumni (http://www.facebook.com/unisimalumni). It is not easy to study part-time for a degree, while working and raising families. One student couple, Alfred Toh and Natalie Chen, had a baby midway through their course (and wrote a book “A Glowing Tale” about their experience). Another student is a mother of four children (with no maid). But they all had passion and commitment, and had set their minds to succeed.
Will do more to help Singaporeans like them upgrade themselves and fulfil their dreams. – LHL
P.S. I learnt about the table tennis team Bronze from the students. Congrats Team Singapore!
singapore table tennis team 在 Melissa Celestine Koh Youtube 的評價
Last month, we travelled to Bali together as a team. We worked hard and played harder.
It was so much fun bonding over good food, late night suppers and the very well-deserved massages.
Always so immensely grateful that work presents us an opportunity like such and I'm so incredibly proud of how much we accomplished over the trip.
Head over to my blog to read a review of our favourite cafes in Seminyak:
http://www.melissackoh.com/whats-good-seminyak/
The cafes featured in this video are:
FISH BONE LOCAL (newly opened, highly recommended)
LUIGI'S PIZZA (delicious hot pizzas)
MOTEL MEXICOLA (insta-worthy location!)
CHACHARA (great hang out location with table tennis!!!)
KYND COMMUNITY (great vegan food)
LA BRISA (pretty but crowded and overpriced beach club :()
CABINA BALI (cool beach club with floating breakfast)
LA LAGUNA (nice sunset spot with super chill vibes)
SISTERFIELDS (perfect brunch food)
MILK & MADU (Not bad but not my favourite)
ULEKAN (super yummy local food!)
POTATO HEAD BEACH CLUB (nice vibes, great food!!!)
SEA CIRCUS (insta-worthy store front, good food but slightly overpriced)
For a more consolidated review (based on location), stay tuned to my upcoming blogpost(s) on www.melissackoh.com
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