I don't know who decided to put me in these 3 events for sports day... thats 2700m added up!
I don't mind so much the 800m and 1500m, just hope it won't be on the same day. But 400m is a sprint... not exactly my cup of tea. I mean sure, stamina wise I can live through 800m and 1500m, but a 400m sprint will just kill me. No actually it won't kill me, I will only end up last.
Originally they wanted me to do 400m, 1500m and 1500m WALKING event. I nearly had to plead with them to pull my name out of that event, I have absolutely no idea how to walk! I mean yes, everyday walking sure, but competitive walking? In your nightmares... I just told the captain of yellow house, "Sure, if you really want me to I can join the 1.5km walk... but I'll be embarrassing you, myself and the entire yellow house." Hahaha!
But not been running lately... have to start soon. Or else I'll just end up dead... for the UDTA test I did the 1500m in 8 mins 41 secs... slow.. slow.. slow..
Exams are coming... drawing nearer... and I seem to be bored of my books already... 'Lord grant me strength'
I seem to be thinking more and more about badminton... every exam season it's the same... hahaha.
Today in training my coach had a sore throat.. being the idiot that I am I had to start laughing when she talked.. please lah, sore throat already talk less lah.. talk so much somemore in that croaky voice.. next thing, "Why are you laughing??" and she comes towards me. With the raised voice... HAHAHA the voice became even worse... hahahaha! I couldn't help it, she just refused to stop shouting in that voice and coming after me.. she was swinging her racquet and it terhit my hand when I was in the midst of my laughing fit... immediately she panicked and started talking even more, asking me how I was, where she hit etc etc etc. Of course I was too busy laughing and laughing to reply her.. all I managed to do was gasp, "STOP TALKING!" then she said, "Don't cry!" and "I don't want to stop talking/something along that line"Thats about the only sentences I can remember.. me crying because a racquet hit me? Hahaha only in your dreams. Anyway there was no pain, probably my laughter worked as an anaestatic because later when I looked at my hand it was actually red and there was some skin taken off. Just a very tiny bit, nothing much.
Next time when I've got a sore throat I know how to make others laugh.. just talk and talk and talk in that croaky voice without refusing to stop.
Oki.. it's pretty late.. I've got to drag this wretched body to school tomorrow... this year I'm really gonna kill myself, do or die to get perfect attendance in school. Hahaha. What I never managed to do for 15 years of my life is gonna change this year...
God bless
Joanne Lim
Webmaster@joannetmj.tk
Monday, April 30, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Double my efforts.. Triple..
Went to play badminton in Megah today with some friends... played singles with 1 boy... Now looking at his strokes and footwork I am quite sure I could have beaten him easily. The last time I played with him it was pretty easy, but today it was like I had so much trouble. First off I was down 2-12. Definitely not a good way to start. I made so many unforced errors! Kept smashing & dropping into the net + lobbing half court. Reminds me of MSSD this year...
I don't know what happened to me lately. If you ask my old coach, he will tell you that unforced error is something I rarely ever do in a game, especially not in tournaments. But of late it seems to be creeping in... perhaps it started a long time ago, just that I never really bothered about it until today. Today it hit me.. I beat that guy 23-21, but the score could easily have been way lower. Of course I can blame it on my lack of warm up(reached there at 11am, was asked by coach to play with him in about 5 mins), but no.. even later when I played doubles I smashed into the net more than usual.
So I've decided to take my training seriously. Been slacking off too long now. Have to double/triple my effort(if I even gave any). I just imagined if my old coach saw the way I played today he'd be ashamed to tell anyone that he was the one that made me who I am in 1 year of training. Arrgh.
I've not been using all the strokes/skills that I was taught before too. What happened to my spinning nets, slice-smashes, slice-drops, and all? Now I seem to stick to the usual drops and lobs alone. Once in a while an attacking lob, but thats about it.
Gotta do something about it. If I join Selangor Close this year(hopefully its on) I don't want to embarrass myself in front of my old coach(who will surely be there).
But now training only 4 times a month very hard to polish up my strokes. Last time training on court 3 times a week(about 3 hours training each time, and another 3 days in the gym) made life much easier when I wanted to learn/polish up strokes. So if we use Math, 1.5 weeks of last time is equivalent to my amount of training now(12 times a month on court compared to 4 times a month on court). Stopped my gym because wanted to start squash and had transportation problem there after the bus service stopped... Now stopped squash cause of transport problems too. Haiz.
Nonetheless I'll do my best during training.. from now on. No more backside shots and fooling around! Slacked off too long now.. practically wasted about 1 year in Megah doing nothing... I've got a good coach there, may as well try to use her. But for the month of May I don't know how much I can actually give because it's the exam period, with only 5 hours of sleep per night. We'll see though.
Take care,
Joanne
I don't know what happened to me lately. If you ask my old coach, he will tell you that unforced error is something I rarely ever do in a game, especially not in tournaments. But of late it seems to be creeping in... perhaps it started a long time ago, just that I never really bothered about it until today. Today it hit me.. I beat that guy 23-21, but the score could easily have been way lower. Of course I can blame it on my lack of warm up(reached there at 11am, was asked by coach to play with him in about 5 mins), but no.. even later when I played doubles I smashed into the net more than usual.
So I've decided to take my training seriously. Been slacking off too long now. Have to double/triple my effort(if I even gave any). I just imagined if my old coach saw the way I played today he'd be ashamed to tell anyone that he was the one that made me who I am in 1 year of training. Arrgh.
I've not been using all the strokes/skills that I was taught before too. What happened to my spinning nets, slice-smashes, slice-drops, and all? Now I seem to stick to the usual drops and lobs alone. Once in a while an attacking lob, but thats about it.
Gotta do something about it. If I join Selangor Close this year(hopefully its on) I don't want to embarrass myself in front of my old coach(who will surely be there).
But now training only 4 times a month very hard to polish up my strokes. Last time training on court 3 times a week(about 3 hours training each time, and another 3 days in the gym) made life much easier when I wanted to learn/polish up strokes. So if we use Math, 1.5 weeks of last time is equivalent to my amount of training now(12 times a month on court compared to 4 times a month on court). Stopped my gym because wanted to start squash and had transportation problem there after the bus service stopped... Now stopped squash cause of transport problems too. Haiz.
Nonetheless I'll do my best during training.. from now on. No more backside shots and fooling around! Slacked off too long now.. practically wasted about 1 year in Megah doing nothing... I've got a good coach there, may as well try to use her. But for the month of May I don't know how much I can actually give because it's the exam period, with only 5 hours of sleep per night. We'll see though.
Take care,
Joanne
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Still not sick! =)
Been sleeping 5-6 hours the past month everyday... only manage to catch up on some Saturdays (about 8 hours of sleep then) once in a while...
And the amazing thing is...
As healthy as ever!
Hahaha normally by 2nd to 3rd week am a total gone case, coughing/sore throat/flu... lol.
Not bad eh. Usually I go on like this until I fall sick... thats when I sleep a lot. Haha. But so far... this year... not too bad.
Anyway today took English literature mid term exam.. wrote nonstop for 2 1/2 hours... my hand was so painful at the end of it. Went to Ikano after that to 'lepas steam'.
O Romeo Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father, and refuse thy name,
If thou shalt not, declare thy love and I shall be but sworn my name
Something like that lah. I forgot the 3rd line so its modified. Hahaha! Want more?
O brawling love, o loving hate, o misshapen chaos that *forgot*
Whatever lah. Too much Romeo & Juliet lately. Hehe.
Tomorrow going to Melaka! Wanna buy my Aopo pen(a super cheap, fantastic ink pen)! It works even better than Pilot... RM7.90 for 12. Hehe. Good deal.
Need to play badminton already... quit the Friday night group edi... well actually they told me I can go whenever I want lah.. but don't want to, standing in front all the time.. quite the boring.. plus they dare not hit in front cause I kill all their shots. So usually the guy partner behind me will be running all over the court. But these old uncles have ego.. young ones pun ada. Haha. Of course my smashes not as strong as theirs... sharper yes, but not as strong. So they like me to stand in front.. stand in front never mind, but at least hit the shuttle in front lah..
Anyway dunno how I reached that topic. Oh yes... want to play badminton. But going Melaka tomorrow so will just have to wait till Sunday.. haiz.
Tomorrow Hari Kecemerlangan.. see how much money I'll get. I'm guessing around RM30. So can forget about entering class tomorrow already lah.. today cause of raptai enter half day only. But my school considerably simpler than primary school... primary school raptai for 3 days... haha. But maybe cause primary school small kids mah... sec. school most of us already know how to shake hands.. receive cert.. I think.
Oh... by the way, I got the Prefect of the Month for the 2nd time!
HAHAHAHA!
Very amazing lah.. I just try to do my best to stay within the 'useless but no reason to sack' boundary and get Prefect of the Month instead. Hahaha. Was doing duty as scouts den... as far as I know only useful thing I did was switch on the fan for myself so that I wouldn't feel hot. Maybe because I did 'kebersihan' duty twice? Kebersihan duty is to check the cleanliness of classes and give them marks.. supposedly every prefect have to do once only.. but for some reason they asked me to do twice... I fussed a bit but still did lah. =P
Hang in there Jo... another few more months and you get to step down and be duty free!
God bless ya
JoJo
And the amazing thing is...
As healthy as ever!
Hahaha normally by 2nd to 3rd week am a total gone case, coughing/sore throat/flu... lol.
Not bad eh. Usually I go on like this until I fall sick... thats when I sleep a lot. Haha. But so far... this year... not too bad.
Anyway today took English literature mid term exam.. wrote nonstop for 2 1/2 hours... my hand was so painful at the end of it. Went to Ikano after that to 'lepas steam'.
O Romeo Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father, and refuse thy name,
If thou shalt not, declare thy love and I shall be but sworn my name
Something like that lah. I forgot the 3rd line so its modified. Hahaha! Want more?
O brawling love, o loving hate, o misshapen chaos that *forgot*
Whatever lah. Too much Romeo & Juliet lately. Hehe.
Tomorrow going to Melaka! Wanna buy my Aopo pen(a super cheap, fantastic ink pen)! It works even better than Pilot... RM7.90 for 12. Hehe. Good deal.
Need to play badminton already... quit the Friday night group edi... well actually they told me I can go whenever I want lah.. but don't want to, standing in front all the time.. quite the boring.. plus they dare not hit in front cause I kill all their shots. So usually the guy partner behind me will be running all over the court. But these old uncles have ego.. young ones pun ada. Haha. Of course my smashes not as strong as theirs... sharper yes, but not as strong. So they like me to stand in front.. stand in front never mind, but at least hit the shuttle in front lah..
Anyway dunno how I reached that topic. Oh yes... want to play badminton. But going Melaka tomorrow so will just have to wait till Sunday.. haiz.
Tomorrow Hari Kecemerlangan.. see how much money I'll get. I'm guessing around RM30. So can forget about entering class tomorrow already lah.. today cause of raptai enter half day only. But my school considerably simpler than primary school... primary school raptai for 3 days... haha. But maybe cause primary school small kids mah... sec. school most of us already know how to shake hands.. receive cert.. I think.
Oh... by the way, I got the Prefect of the Month for the 2nd time!
HAHAHAHA!
Very amazing lah.. I just try to do my best to stay within the 'useless but no reason to sack' boundary and get Prefect of the Month instead. Hahaha. Was doing duty as scouts den... as far as I know only useful thing I did was switch on the fan for myself so that I wouldn't feel hot. Maybe because I did 'kebersihan' duty twice? Kebersihan duty is to check the cleanliness of classes and give them marks.. supposedly every prefect have to do once only.. but for some reason they asked me to do twice... I fussed a bit but still did lah. =P
Hang in there Jo... another few more months and you get to step down and be duty free!
God bless ya
JoJo
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Exams coming..
Yes people, the dreaded 4 letter word event is coming..
EXAMs.
Haha. How fun right?
MAD AH YOU! What fun is there in this terrible dreadful event?
Hahaha. A motivator once said, look at it with a positive outlook. It's a time to challenge yourself. Right.. if I were to challenge myself I'll probably be failing every single subject.
Let's be honest, I don't have much of a drive. Haha. It's how hard the people around me pressure me. Seriously. For instance, my History teacher is new and sees me like the rest of everyone else.. so I didn't bother to study for his subject during a monthly test, concentrated on Geography(my teacher scolded me for not getting full marks. Idiotic, no?) and got a 33/50 for History, and 58/60 for Geography. Lol.
If people expect me to perform my best, then yes by all means I do my best, even if I've got to kill myself to do better. If not I honestly, really, don't bother. I suppose I see no point in it. Wrong attitude I know, but hey, I'll try to change. TRY to.
Even in badminton.. during the KL Close when I had just managed to push a girl everyone(except my coach) expected me to lose to into rubber set.. my coach used the 5 minutes to give me the pep talk of my life. Haha. Seriously! I knew I had to win it because I could see thats what he really wanted me to do, not just a half-hearted effort on his part. So yes, I managed to secure a place in the semis, then finals due to him. =)
Now my teachers and family want me to get 12A1s! Okay okay, there is a limit you know.. if it's something I can control then fine, I'll try my level best. But we all know that in public exams anything can happen..
Haha. I have 2 choices. TRY to give them what they want, or just give up. What do you think?
I think I shall strive on this weary path... if I fall down lets hope it's just over a little rock and over a cliff. =P
Today was my stress-reliever.. haha what else? Badminton. Did exercises that I've not done in such a long time.. to imagine I used to do burpees/lunges/high knee jumps/push ups/sit ups/etc etc (1o exercises) during training last time for about 50 mins non-stop. Hahaha. 2-3 times a week too. I look back and consider how amazing I was then... LOL.
Btw, in my old training... 1 has left for BJSS, another current state player(bronze in MSSM) and aiming for BJSS next year.. another got silver in MSSS singles, entered MSSM.. another training in SBA.. another winning more and more titles in KL...
Hahaha. Amazing, ain't they? And to imagine I used to beat them all in training(except the current BJSS fella.. geram, should have beaten him at least once for ego's sake).. now they'd probably thrash me upside down. Hahaha. But whenever I meet up with them I always tell them to train hard and become M'sia's future players... haha at least I can tell my kids in the future, "Mummy used to beat so and so last time." =P
God bless
Joanne Lim
Webmaster@joannetmj.tk
EXAMs.
Haha. How fun right?
MAD AH YOU! What fun is there in this terrible dreadful event?
Hahaha. A motivator once said, look at it with a positive outlook. It's a time to challenge yourself. Right.. if I were to challenge myself I'll probably be failing every single subject.
Let's be honest, I don't have much of a drive. Haha. It's how hard the people around me pressure me. Seriously. For instance, my History teacher is new and sees me like the rest of everyone else.. so I didn't bother to study for his subject during a monthly test, concentrated on Geography(my teacher scolded me for not getting full marks. Idiotic, no?) and got a 33/50 for History, and 58/60 for Geography. Lol.
If people expect me to perform my best, then yes by all means I do my best, even if I've got to kill myself to do better. If not I honestly, really, don't bother. I suppose I see no point in it. Wrong attitude I know, but hey, I'll try to change. TRY to.
Even in badminton.. during the KL Close when I had just managed to push a girl everyone(except my coach) expected me to lose to into rubber set.. my coach used the 5 minutes to give me the pep talk of my life. Haha. Seriously! I knew I had to win it because I could see thats what he really wanted me to do, not just a half-hearted effort on his part. So yes, I managed to secure a place in the semis, then finals due to him. =)
Now my teachers and family want me to get 12A1s! Okay okay, there is a limit you know.. if it's something I can control then fine, I'll try my level best. But we all know that in public exams anything can happen..
Haha. I have 2 choices. TRY to give them what they want, or just give up. What do you think?
I think I shall strive on this weary path... if I fall down lets hope it's just over a little rock and over a cliff. =P
Today was my stress-reliever.. haha what else? Badminton. Did exercises that I've not done in such a long time.. to imagine I used to do burpees/lunges/high knee jumps/push ups/sit ups/etc etc (1o exercises) during training last time for about 50 mins non-stop. Hahaha. 2-3 times a week too. I look back and consider how amazing I was then... LOL.
Btw, in my old training... 1 has left for BJSS, another current state player(bronze in MSSM) and aiming for BJSS next year.. another got silver in MSSS singles, entered MSSM.. another training in SBA.. another winning more and more titles in KL...
Hahaha. Amazing, ain't they? And to imagine I used to beat them all in training(except the current BJSS fella.. geram, should have beaten him at least once for ego's sake).. now they'd probably thrash me upside down. Hahaha. But whenever I meet up with them I always tell them to train hard and become M'sia's future players... haha at least I can tell my kids in the future, "Mummy used to beat so and so last time." =P
God bless
Joanne Lim
Webmaster@joannetmj.tk
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