Sunday, August 19, 2007

My Greatest Day ever!!!

Yesterday, during badminton training, we were pushed to our ultimate limit!! We had to run to every corner of the court, and believe me when I say that my lungs almost burst. XD

After that, Audrey was telling us some stuff about the game and footwork and other stuff. Then she let us play games afterwards.

During all that running, my legs and lungs were about to give way, but after, something like, 5 minutes, I felt like I could do the training again. So, my first match went on.

It was me and my brother, against Hee Ian and Erik. My brother was playing damn well, since recovering from a leg injury, and me, well,

ALL MY SHOTS WENT THROUGH AS I WANTED THEM TO!!!

My backhand was phenomenal!! There was one shot were Hee Ian caught me off-guard, and I had to run to my deep backhand. I played a fantastic backhand, and scored a point!! AMAZING STUFF. And my brother did one smash that broke through Hee Ian's defenses!! We took the 1st game 21-14.

Hee Ian and Erik came back with a vengeance to win the second game 21-14. We just couldn't play up to speed in the 2nd.

But in the third, it was a very close match. We 16-18 down on them. My brother and I took the third game 21-18. IT WAS JUST THE BEST THING EVER. 5 points in a row is simply AWESOME!!!( what a corny word to useXD )

Then when Hee Ian and Erik went home, I played singles with my brother, playing amazing smashes from my forehand down the line. My net and drop shots were getting sharper, and I took the 1st game 21-16.

He came back in the second with a 21-14 win. This time, he caught me off-guard, with his, unusual strong, lobs. He displaced me well.

But in the third, he had no answer to my shots. we were at 8-8, when I pulled a away to a 16-8 lead. He clawed back some points, but I took the match with a 21-15 victory. All my backhand shots did not fail me.

I'm pleased with the way I played yesterday, I might have even been able to beat Hock Chin!!.

That's all for now, I got to go and study before the World Championship Final later at 2.

See ya.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

3 month physical workout...*dread*

I think you may know what i'm about to write in this post from the title alone, as it is around this time that certain a "lucky draw" is held.



NOOOOOO!!!

I've been selected for National Service...haiz.


Which means 3 things.

a) My long hair is gonna be cut short!!!! *argh*
b) My skin is gonna get dark!!! I like my relatively fair self. *damn*
c) I'm gonna need to get into shape (slightly) if I have to go through that place.


Hopefully I won't be chosen into the 1st batch, if not I'll have to differ. I think when you differ, they'll differ you to the following year( I don't know about that, so don't sue me XD).

So, before I go through NS, i'm gonna play badminton to my hearts content, and eat whatever I feel like eating, as I don't think I'll be able to do those things while I'm there.

Gonna miss 3 months of training as well, =(

5 Beta badminton game!!! This Sunday? You SAM and Form 6 guys holiday right? No excuse saying you can't come!! I still got college, so COME OR DIE!!
And I don't care, I'm gonna do the tournament thing.
Hock Chin is going down!!! (hopefully *prays*)

Maybe, can have PL1-PB2 badminton game as well. I say PB2 because Eu Jin told me before that Boo plays badminton quite well, so, I'd like to fight him.

And,

Trials are just around the corner, and I hope I can do much better than before. *prays again*

BADMINTON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS STARTING TOMORROW!!!
Can't wait to see the live telecast of the matches on Astro, channel 85!! WOOHOO!!! Lets pray one more time, that all the other badminton power houses ( Malaysia, Indonesia, Denmark, Korea) can topple the Chinese from winning everything.


Finally, my condolences to any of you that got "lucky". Just to ease each others "good luck", those that got selected please say so, and those that didn't...I'LL KILL YOU IF YOU EVEN MENTIONED A THING ABOUT NS!!!!