Good start

MAYBE its still not too late to say Happy New Year, Happy Chinese New Year to all Malaysian. or in other word, SALAM 1MALAYSIA.
Well, i've been a little bit buzy for the past month...and do not have much time to 'entertain' and to update PulutMalaya.
2010 seems to be a good start for Malaysian sports. The year kicked off with a golden achievement by national athletes.It started with cyclist, Mohd. Azizulhasni Awang who lived up to his expectation after being crowned world champion at the World Track GP finals in Beijing. It was really really a great achievement by the 'Kampung Boy' from Terengganu. He ruled the world.
Then, it was Datuk Lee Chong Wei's turn to lift Malaysia's reputation at the world sporting map. He produced an otustanding performance at the Malaysian Open championship. No one can stop him before he wrapped up his campaign with the title.
Well, I really hope to see more outstanding achievement by the national athletes till to the end of the year. It's time to go for glory instead of 'politicking' to destroy the association. (I hope MAAU learned to stop all the useless dramas from now on...).
Its also nice to hear that our young Harimau Muda football team will be exposed in Slovakia. A good move actually by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) if they want to see Malaysian football moves forward to a greater height. If not now, when?
But, such kind of exposure should not stop there. There should be more programmes for the team once they complete their stint in Slovakia. I think FAM should know better. And they should learned from previous programmes which do not produced any results...go for success and then, funding will be much easier to find once the team started to produce result at international scene. Well, FAM don't give up hopes.
Some 'blunder' which caught my attention is the Malaysia Games (Sukma) in Melaka. I strongly feel that the event will not get much publicity from the media because it clash with the World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
Melaka set the date without taking into consideration of the World Cup...(maybe that because of school holiday as most athlete competes at Sukma are students)...
The games in Melaka will be out of the picture as the whole world will focused their attention to the World Cup.
The only way for Melaka to get better publicity on the event is to spent more money and buy pages from the local media to ensure Sukma gets fair coverage.
Well, Datuk Ali Rustam, do you have budget for that purpose?