KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Singapore have a quiet rivalry going on in sports, but one teacher Noridayu Saat is making lots of noise – literally – to show that political boundaries will not stop her. The 42-year-old Noridayu from Bukit Panjang, Singapore, has been Malaysia’s badminton diehard fan since she was 10. That’s more than three decades.
She has watched every Thomas Cup Finals that Malaysia have taken part in since 1988; has crossed the Causeway and turned up at every stadium where the Malaysian Open has been held since 1999 except for the two occasions when it was hosted in Kuching, Sarawak.