Steven Sighting in Nanjing

Nanjing, makes me happy!











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Earlier, Steven was sighted inside a Nanjing mall but these people could not be sure if it was him so they kept checking him.  And later more people sighted him on 3rd floor inside a restaurant but they were too timid to ask for signature and to take pictures.  

罗马时差EASTERN: Today in HK flight (tn: to Nanjing) encountered Steven.Handsome and friendly. Even took pictures with us. Hope you get over your cold quickly.

罗马时差EASTERN: 回复@欣苒: Handsomer than on screen, cos' of his skin complexion. Very polite.

micky_s: Real person much more handsome

SM, a great fan of all national Olympians

Were you stunned when Li Yibing was robbed of his gold for rings in gymnastics. Even Even the USA tv commentators were stunned as were the audience on site when the camera panned on them.  Just like Steven I was impressed by Li YiBing's graciousness at that moment when the score flashed on the board announcing he had lost the gold and had to settle for the silver.

Did you see how Liu Xiang fell down on his first hurdle? I didn't but my sister who did skype me that unfortunate misstep.  Seems like Liu Xiang was vilified by people on weibo and other Chinese forum for his misfortune and below are Steven's heartfelt weibo entries for these two Olympians whose olympics dreams have fell short.  Steven always finds the right words to express feelings shared by many.


8月6日22:35   
Calm and collected, have bearing and grace, such demeanor truly the commander general of all generals. Good for you, Chen YiBing. Don't be sad; you made me proud.
 
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8/8/2012 01:29  
Accompany my win are hundreds of thousands people; accompany my loss, how many are there?.

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8/8/2012  02:06   - Liu Xiang's negative press
At this moment, feelings stirred 
Win or lose, not the most weighty 
What I see is their effort Post a comment, who doesn't know how? 
One comment can erase all blood and sweat 
One comment can negate all tears and effort 
Using a simple comment 
To void someone's whole life 
Don't say again you're the kind of person who call it as you see it. 
Let me ask, exactly what kind of person are you? 
Put yourself in someone else shoes 
Feel that someone's emotion 
So simple, can't you? 
I've all along learning to be more tolerant 
Won't you? Can't you?

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-- on the disqualified badminton players and Liu Xiang and all athletes

8/7/2012 06:10  
No athletes wouldn't want to put in their best effort.

Empathize, understand, tolerant and cherish

is my attitude towards them

Their blood, sweat, tears and pressure

I did not have that personal painful experience

But empathy tells me 

I should try to understand

National athletes

No matter what

I love you all.

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8/6/2012 22:35   re-Gymnastics, Li Yi Bing - 'lord of the rings'
Calm and collected, have bearing and grace, such demeanor truly the commander general of all generals. Good for you, Chen YiBing. Don't be sad; you made me proud.

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8/1/ 2012 - re disqualified badminton duo Wang Xiao Lin and Yu Yang
Have known many athletes and some have even become good friends. The pressure and bitterness they carried through the years, how many people actually understand. From rational angle, I dare not comment but from emotional angle I'll say I still love you all, friends, I love you all.

8/1 1:48: Women team, don't be upset, you did your best. Your performance was awesome! Don't cry! I'm proud of you! National sports team members, even without medaling I'm still very proud of you all. Those with medals are heroes; those without medals are also heroes because your sweat and tears and your pressure, I see them all. National sports team members, win or lose, I love you all, regardless.

7/31 21:45 On the sports arena, to get a medal, so difficult; blood, sweat, not known to outsiders; from a different angle, likewise, the journey of life is akin to Olympics arena. Maybe the goals are different but the attitude is the same. The only thing to do is to strive hard.  You add oil, I add oil; medal, up to heaven ba! 

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Steven says he prefers wearing glasses to contact lens, eyes more comfortable.  But I think he looks handsomer with contacts than with his black frame glasses which aged him.

Used Books Auction - with Vivian Chow

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Talk about writing and publishing books to motivate younger generation to read and write. One of the speakers in Used Books Auction. 「旧书回收义卖大行动」

Vivian Chow, Steven Ma and Dr. Leung were asked to draw their dream occupation when young.  Steven wanted to be a policeman, and Vivian wanted to be an artist/painter. The proceeds from their donated books will be donated to the build a school for Shanxxi children.

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weibo 8/1/2012

Have known many athletes and some have even become good friends. The pressure and bitterness they carried through the years, how many people actually understand. From rational angle, I dare not comment but from emotional angle I'll say I still love you all, friends, I love you all.

Steven as compassionate to his friends as ever but..in a sports competition, cheating is still cheating and should not be tolerated in any circumstances so they should be summarily punished for their infraction to ensure a fair competition. Only the other day, Steven sent his best wishes to the China pair badminton players who are his friends, and now they are disqualified for deliberately trying to lose their preliminary matches.  Must be heartbreak for Steven to watch his friends being dishonorably disqualified bringing dishonor to themselves, country and their fans. Just hope the disqualified athletes know they were wrong to cheat. Yes, the competition rules are flawed and they were probably told to buck the system but what honor is there to be champions if they did not do your best in every competition you were in but played the game to win at all cost but without integrity the spirit of competitive sports and disrespecting your fans and audience.  To be respected as champions of anything, one must win with honor not with duplicity, end of story.

 News Report: Badminton Players Disqualified for Throwing Matches  ; other news report

The disqualified players are Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang from China, the top-ranked women’s doubles pair; 2 teams from South Korea and 1 team from Indonesia.