Some moments, thoughts and reviews of the 25th Sea Games

The game started with fireworks so brilliant that spark everyone's mood. (AFP)

Contingent marching in. ( AP)

The recovery centre for Singapore athletes. (SSC)

There is even pool therapy for the athletes. (SSC)

Swimming bringing 14 golds back home with the girls' team sweeping most of them.

One more gold for Singapore from shot put event.

The current best sports still for Singapore is table tennis with a relatively strong team.

All in all, the games at Laos were held successfully and they were carried out smoothly. I have to say as a person who has been watching these sports think that the host nation deserves a praise of job well done. They even actually send cheering team to support other nations that make most of the events with that kind of hype. Singapore managed to clinch one more gold from the field and that's about all. As expected it was not able to maintain its third placing in the medal tally. But certainly it was not bad as despite sending in the smallest contingent from previous years they won many 33 golds back. At this games, Singapore is also one nation that offers real good sports recovery service that won over the rest of the participating nations it seems. They offer food done by experts that can boost the athletes energy and recovery, therapists that help to massage them and even pools for them to relax and recover. Most sports are over now and just left a few events and a nice closing ceremony to mark the end of this great 25th Sea Games hosted first time by a nation that has certainly impressed other nations.