Be thankful for what you have

(R-L) Tan Aik Huang and his father Tan Cheng Hoe together after his victory at the 1966 All-England Championship.

THERE's a saying I've learned to be very, very true. You can take a Malaysian out of Malaysia, but you can't take the Malaysian spirit out of a Malaysian.

It was true when I was an undergraduate in England in the 2000s, and it was certainly also true exactly 50 years ago when my father, Tan Aik Huang won the Men's Singles title at the 1966 All-England Badminton Championship on March 26, 1966.