i didn’t know such a tradition existed until i started seeing lanyards suddenly bedazzled with multi-coloured metal pins, cling-clanging against each other, weighing heavier and heavier around the wearer’s neck as each day passed during the Games.

it stirred up my childhood fascination in collecting all things tiny and cute… (seriously, i loved pins when i was small.)

unfortunately, i didn’t get many opportunities to meet with the athletes or NOCs personally to practise the pin-trading tradition, nor did i have any to give away in the first place. i didn’t even know the protocol to go about it. TOO SHY LAH.

but! a fellow purple-shirted comrade offered her loot to me, collected from her venue. thank you Rafidah Meier! :)

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