Training today was not too bad.. quite fun. Well partly because it wasn't the usual run-as-many-rounds-as-possible in 10 minutes in the beginning. It was just run-as-fast-as-possible 1 round, taking turns. So I still breathing normally lah after that. I mean, sure, I like running.. but I prefer to do it fast, and covering whatever distance I'm supposed to, not just go on and on and on in a time period. Gets kinda boring.. lol. There's like, no goal, just waiting for time to pass.
Then the coaches did the 'lat'?? Don't know what it's called.. then the coach that won was so happified and said, "Joanne!" Fine. Whatever.
Later on ask us to play games.. so yeah lah.. I played.. enjoyable. Friendly game only mah.. cut down on smashes, do more lobs today.. a couple of games I meant to win 21-19.. you know, at least it was a 'close' game.. so I walked lah. Today not jumping around the court. Haha. After a while life gets boring you know.. must slow down the game a lot. I brought them too far and lost. But no big deal right.. friendly match only.
Haha. Or so I thought. Turns out we were actually in teams.. I was supposed to win all my games. *shrugs* I told them to say that in the future.. never tell that we're supposed to win.. it was a tie. Lol. One coach went, "You thought friendly match only ah??!" Knowing me.. I gave that stupified smile and said, "Yeah."
Well.. I suppose in my old coaching place this would never happen.. me playing walking games. My old coach always wanted me to be serious, no smiles and jokes.. like a tournament. Gah. I can only perform my best in.. well, tournaments. Haha. In tournaments I'm a totally different person.. only the occasional apologetic smile like when I smash people.. but training.. training is the place to play mah. =)
Which is why I'm rather pleased with Megah's training. It allows me to fool around a lot. Hehe. Running no need to run my best.. just.. well, enough to please the coaches. Playing.. I have fun, can already. Besides, in Megah now not so much fight.. so yeah, I admit I've slowed down a lot.. doubt I'm improving at all. Truth be said, if I remain exactly like where I was in my previous training without dropping I'd be superbly happy already.
Oh yeah. Not to mention no more injuries. =D
There's only one problem. I don't get enough badminton! It used to be every other day.. wah now wait 1 whole week for the next session.. can die lah. I really need to find a group to play with already.
Been thinking.. it was really an amazing journey last year.. the titles I won.. the occasional upsets I caused.. 1 scene I still remember.. all my training mates rushing in the court to hug me after I beat a player I was expected to lose to in a 3rd game. That feeling.. wow. The disappointments in losing.. the awesome feeling of becoming the champ.. breaking a record by entering 4 finals in a tournament.. being known as Lim Ee Wei in most tournaments because my coach never got it into his head that 'Joanne' was in my birth cert.
Really past all that now.. now I'm just another social player.. join only the occasional tournament..
Well, so many factors.. and the reason I give most people who bother to ask is the least of it. I said they moved to Kepong. But there are so many other reasons.. afterall I have no problem about Kepong.. they provide transport mah. It was my shoulder, my wrist, my studies, my parents, myself, my life...
I had no idea how far my coaches wanted to bring me.. I think as far as I could go. My improvement that 1 year was by leaps and bounds. But.. well..
Anyway, yeah I enjoy Megah's training now.. no pressure, fun.. hahaha my old form is rarely seen. Except maybe just as glimpse in the MBA friendly match. Maybe more if it hadn't been 15 points without service. Hahaha!
Yep yep yep. Life is good.
God bless ya all!
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