Super Tianwei!

I watched in real-time on TV how our gutsy Feng Tianwei gave as good as she got, facing China's World No1 Ding Ning in the women's singles semi. She's already a Singaporean hero, whether she subsequently clinches the bronze or not...

Olympics: Feng Tianwei loses to China's Ding, will compete for bronze

 By May Chen

LONDON: Singapore paddler Feng Tianwei may have been defeated in the table tennis women's singles semi-finals, but the Republic's hopes for a medal in the singles event is still alive.

Feng, the world No. 8, went down 7-11, 4-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 6-11 to China's world No. 1 Ding Ning. Ding is also the reigning world champion.

The Singaporean will play for the bronze medal on Wednesday at the ExCel Arena, where she will meet either China's Li Xiaoxia or Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa.

The table tennis team, which is aiming to defend it's silver in the women's team event, has targeted two medals for this Olympics.

http://www.straitstimes.com/the-big-story/london/story/olympics-feng-tianwei-loses-chinas-ding-will-compete-bronze

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Meanwhile, it's good to see that "eye sores" have been corrected.

I had much earlier spotted and posted this example of mangled English...

I happened to pass by the same place today and, whoa, that banner is no longer an embarrassment...

Likewise, I had recently put here this bad example of a print ad ("unique" is an absolute adjective; it cannot be modified)...

Just before the actual event, a career fair, the organisers corrected their ad...

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Giving a new meaning to the word 'backfire'...

Finally, yet another weird story:

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/weird/australian-man-burns-bottom-with-firework-5