i never thought i would be interested to watch badminton until i worked for the AVIVA Open Singapore 2007 event.. the difference between watching badminton and other sports like soccer or basketball, is that it keeps u at the edge of your seat at every second.. its really amazing how they can return all the forehand/backhand/serve/smash/dropshots so easily and at such ridiculous speed.. its almost like a mini-olympic with the world's top ranking players and fantastic audience.. now i know why so many ppl are willing to buy tickets to watch the matches..

the player who stand out most is boonsak ponsana from thailand.. he is like the underdog from nowhere.. stunning everyone when he beat china world number 1 lin dan in quarterfinals.. then moving on to trash ronald susilo who was really disappointing in the semis.. and finally winning the champion when he beat china world number 6 chen yu.. opponents are all left speechless after the game.. so u can imagine how good he is.. and most importantly he is still young at 25.. and no harm that he is quite good looking and a law student haha.. fellow ushers all wan to watch his match.. i got the privilege to stand 4m away from him when he was doing his cooldown stretches to prevent ppl from disturbing him.. haha as if he is some superstar :p be sure to look out for him in years to come!!