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Yes, we were that close to ending our 22 years wait for our sixth Thomas Cup title. Everybody in the country throwing their support behind the national team hoping this day would be the day we finally end the drought. Before the start of the tournament, nobody in the country would ever think we will be able to make it to the final because on paper we have the “weakest squad in our history”. Just when we all salute the effort, sacrifice, and determination our national shuttlers had shown on the badminton courts, we still need to face the reality - we are still not good enough. The Japanese are a stronger team than us and the results on the final day itself proven that. One of the key to the Malaysian team’s success in the tournament is the two scratched pair combinations. These scratched pair are formed mainly due to the poor forms the existing pairing have in this year’s competition coming into this year’s Thomas Cup. There’s always a huge risk when you formed scratched pairings.

At last, KLIA2 is finally opened to air traffic after lengthy delays. Since the start of the project, there were a lot of controversies surrounding the building the terminal. The terminal was originally planned to be in operation in 2012. With failed inspections and delay construction works, the opening of the terminal was forced to delay. The cost of building the terminal was announced to be at RM800 million which was doubled the cost that was first announced at RM400 million. Recently, the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) questioned the RM100 million cost of of building the 1km rail extension from KLIA to KLIA2. KLIA2, situated beside the current main terminal is designed to handle 45 million passengers per year. The terminal has 60 departures gates all dedicated to low-cost carriers. Every passengers flying with airlines using the terminal will be able to board the plane using the airbridge. The existing LCCT Terminal was first opened in 2005 and handles more tha

May, the start of the wonderful and warm summer season for countries in the northern hemisphere. But right at the start of the month, it’s always the period where you are dealing with your final exam including me. So, I will try to wrap up things as fast as possible. But still there are many thoughts inside my brain forcing their way out of my mind. It all starts right now…….. The start of the summer movie season! I’m not sure why, but there are really not many movies I’m looking forward too. Not to say there are no good movies out there. Spiderman, Transformers, and X-Men will all hit the screen this summer. If there’s one movie I’m looking forward of all these famous franchise movies, I must say it’s the new Transformers movie - Transformers: Age of Extinction. We will see a new cast, a brand new storyline which pretty much not really related to the first three films, and not to forget the introduction of Dinobots to the current Autobots and Decepticons. The UEFA Champion