Derailed

When the news appeared, I was shocked. I believe a lot of people are shocked too.

Being one of the most admired and respectful badminton player in the world, we don't expect to have such glimpse from his personal side. All the while we focus on his best form, his competition with Dato Lee Chong Wei, and his story with sweet heart of 12 years.

They said that the only thing he lacks of is a child, as his competitor has already 2 kids, while that time he had none.

And now his child was born, but the news of him having affair broke through, too.

We as badminton fans (or even non-badminton fans) were shocked, upset, angry, disappointed.

If we already feel such way, how about his wife? I believe she feels worse. Especially when their kid just born, she needs to handle a lot of stuff, just handling their kid alone takes so much time and effort. Being first time parents, she'll be frustrated enough just to wonder how to take care of their kid.

But with this news broke out, it's easy to be depressed. A child is a blessing, but when situation like this happen, somehow it became a curse.


Critics are all over everywhere, I would be lying if I say that I didn't feel disappointed with his behaviour.

Then I saw a short article that tells about the story about the adulteress and was condemned by the crowd who wanted to stone her to death. Jesus said let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone, and slowly one by one the accusers slipped away, because they all have sinned, and they have no rights to condemn the adulteress.

A lot of us knew this story, but we often forget about it whenever other people committed mistakes.

Before reading this article I even told myself that I'll never watch his competitions anymore. But really, it was just me judging his personal life with his professional career.

Though I'm pretty sure that his wife doesn't care about his success and fame and the number of games he had won, all she cares is his heart loyal to her.

It's brave for him to stood out and apologise the moment the news broke instead of giving tons of excuses, but it doesn't matter how we see him as a public figure. It's his wife whose heart matters the most. Forgive him or not is really up to her.

"Do yourself and your spouse a favor. Give him or her a gift that can continue to bless both of you for a lifetime
—the gift of honor.”