Curve

Went to Curve with Peng Hong, Peng Shian, Hua Jen and myself.

Had Sakae Sushi for Lunch and then watched "UP", really a nice movie, worth a watch =D

Saw this Adidas Booth that is promoting their deodorants and perfumes, last day offer.

Bought a Perfume and Deodorant, and because i bought above RM30, i'm entitled to play a game to win prizes.

Played a Wii Game and managed to win another Perfume of different edition =D

What a fruitful day for me

Merdeka!

Merdeka!



Great....i missed it...why??



Too tired as a result of training and didn't manage to countdown and missed it...



HAHA

Winning

Winning by opponent's mistakes isn't an achievement...



But some said because i managed to cause my opponent to create mistakes...



But my opponent really made a lot of mistakes by himself during yesterday's match...



Argh...



I guess i should just move on and work on!

Motivations and Targets

After resuming physical exercise to get back my condition, i realised that i am slower than before.



Need to have some motivations and set some targets.



"Take losing as a stepping stone to success"

Resume

Just resumed Physical Exercise today. Feeling of laziness after taking 2 days break, now it's time to start working hard again.



This time, EVEN HARDER!



Break the tradition, no more first round exit!

So close yet so far...

Social Badminton Tournament was indeed a much more "disappointing" tournament once more, with me getting first round exit and second round loss.



The singles section:

First round against Wong Kok Yee.

The whole match was basically a much more....got opportunity to win but missed it? The first game was a lost when i lose out 10-21 because i was facing a lot of pressure and tense. Couldn't really read his game much and then a lot of mistakes happened there.

The second game was a much satisfied performance for me, but somehow i was lacking of something to close up the game. It was a neck-to-neck fight between my opponent and the score came from 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2....and so on...and i managed to take the lead twice with the 2 points gap...but i wasted it. My opponent was so tired till he kept asking for short breaks and towel down, but i just blow the opportunity to make a rubber game. When the score reached 17-17, i started to become desperate and wanted to go for some winning shots and my winning shots did not pay the price, instead most of it went OUT....and the game ended 17-21.


Score: 10-21, 17-21


Another exciting match of the day was the match of Kevin Lee Wei Yang vs. Ng Yap Siang.
This match was the match of the day when Kevin was really the player with Fighting SPirit, not willing to give up the match and tried to hang on it. He really gave that player(i assumed him to be a circuit player) some nerves and ....a really good match and good fight he gave today.

A player i will salute indeed.

The score was : 23-21, 15-21, 14-21



Doubles:

My partner and i managed to get Firstround-bye so we started off with the second round. The opponent we met was really great, doubles specialist. Today, my partner and i were lacking of communication so it didn't went so well, but we tried to give our best to our opponents. It didn't turned out to be that great...but...it already happened.

Score: 10-21, 17-21



Conclusion:

This tournament indeed gave me a new experience on where to work on and improve. A brand new exposure meeting all kinds of players and of cause...meeting pretty girls, anyways, Gotta work harder and perform well in the coming tournament.



"The moment when i wasted that opportunity was really......"


To Soon Ong: It's okay bro. Don't put the blame on yourself. We already gave our best and at least made them sweat! Haha! Let's now look at the future and improve on our mistakes.

The final day/hours to come

Alright, here it goes...



Just few more hours left to Social badminton tournament, definitely there's some excitement in me and also some nervosity, but i shall try to handle it well tomorrow...



Went to Pharmacy to find those Athletic tape but all of them are telling me "tak ada lah...sorry"....Darn....



Had training today in Nusa today. Coach Doni gave some shuttle drills and asked me to played a few games of singles and doubles today. From there, i was able to find the confidence which wasn't there yesterday.



At the end of training, had a small little chat with Coach Doni. He told me that my muscle was tired and worn out for the few days back, that's why i couldn't perform during the match against Bryan yesterday.



Currently resting at home, preparing myself and going to sleep early tonight.



Judgement day tomorrow !



Here i Come !

2 more days, but with all sorts of obstacles

Just 2 more days to Social Badminton Tournament. The usually-me getting excited did not happened, instead, something disastrous happened....



Had sparring sessions with Chris, Bryan, Chiu and Henry today at Taman Megah. It was okay at first, but then things happened later on...



It was all fine when we played doubles properly, but today was a bit lacking of the speed and precision, so i made pretty much mistakes. As the game moved on, i was trying to bring out my best but couldn't.



That moment, when i played a net shot which is slightly higher, my opponent tapped the shuttle and directly the shuttle flew towards my cheekbone(right directly below my eye) and immediately the whole cheekbone went swollen.



Applied some ice and rest for a while. Tried to play back and resume the sparring session with a one-sided blurr vision.



After playing loads of doubles matches, we had singles sparring session. I played against Bryan and it started off by a neck-to-neck points, but later on my mistakes came in and ended up threwing the first game away.



The second game was a disaster. I didn't know what was i playing and my movements(footwork) were seriously SLOW compared to few days ago. In the end, i lost the match.



Just couldn't hold up myself, broke down and tears flow down from my eyes. The moment of silence revolved around me.



I know crying out loud isn't going to change the scenario to any better, but i just feel like doing so...



I just don't know how to answer myself. I don't mind losing, but the problem is i lost the match feeling regretful because I could not give my best. If i did give my best shot, i will lose without feeling any moments of regrets.



Anyways, credits to Bryan



I know i have to be positive at this moment, i have to put down this disastrous moment and look forward to prepare for this saturday's tournament. I wish that this nightmare will not haunt me on the day itself.



Please....i beg myself too....i don't want it to happen on me...



Tomorrow's training will provide an answer to saturday's performance, POSITIVE!

3 days before Social Badminton Tournament

Just 3 more days to Social Badminton Tournament and the feeling is just great. The excitement causes my blood to rush throughout my body like Blood Boiling =)



Yet, still some muscle aches around...



Had some light exercise today to maintain the fitness level and also to prevent my legs from getting lazy.



Shall try to Play-Safe these 2 days to be Injury Free =D

4 more days to Social Badminton Tournament

Just 4 more days to Social Badminton Tournament.



Went for training this morning. It was a tough one today, along with leg muscles aching accompanying me today, training was surely one hell for me XD



Managed to join Coach Zul and Coach Rahman today. Training was tough and really had to work hard for every exercise and drills given.



Currently experiencing Pelvic and Left thigh Muscle ache.



Eventhough it was tough, but it gave me a very brand new experience of playing Singles and a new way to improve my gameplay and playing style.



Draw is out today. Don't know who is the opponent, never heard of him before, but shall be careful and not underestimate.

Sparring Day 1/5 days left for Social Badminton Tournament

Today's sparring session at Megah. Played Singles and Doubles.



The Singles match-up was the thrilling, memorable yet a good experience for me to work on my weaknesses.



Opponent of the day: Chris

Score: 20-22, 21-16, 8-21



The first game was an equally fair out when both of us made a lot of mistakes such as my net shot couldn't pass over the net and Chris's clears going out of the baseline. Was a bit slow and couldn't build up momentum in the first game. Lost out 20-22




Second game was a much better game for me when i took more initiative to attack and put in the shots. Chris played in a lot of drives which were very dangerous to me. Luckily i managed to secure the second set with the score 21-16.








The third game was a disaster and lop-sided match. It was a neck-to-neck scoring from both of us from 0-0 to 8-8, but after that point, i started to make more mistakes such as smashing into the net, out, and so on...and that came to an end with the score 8-21.



Moments of disappointments...sitting down at the bench, looking at the floor and flashbacks of the match showing my mistakes. The sweat flowed down from my forehead to my neck....i sat down calmly....










It was a great experience for me and a pleasure to play with Chris. He gave me a new idea of singles after playing against him and some inspiration to add into my style. Last but not least, lets not forget Philip and Henry for giving a good quality of doubles games today.

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1 more week

Hi guys, im back again once more blogging...These few days i hardly blog because i'm really busy preparing for this upcoming Social Badminton Tournament.



Heart beats faster as nervosity finds me. This tournament will now show how much i improved after training for 8 months.



During today's badminton club session(after training), CRAMPED my leg and my shoulder muscle PULLED !!!!



Ahh....



Just for today, going to have more sparring sessions on next week before saturday arrives.



*Pant pant*

Social Badminton Tournament

Just 2 more weeks again, it's close to Social Badminton Tournament. The excitement that causes my blood to rush and pumped up! My heart beats faster and quicker than i normally do...




Been really putting in all i got and going to give it all out and the best of it this coming 22nd August. New challenges, new players and new styles of gameplay will be the biggest challenge for me in this tournament.





With the huge sponsors around, guess i cannot embarrass myself and really play at my best form, if not, really feel sorry for myself.





Nevertheless, let's not waste that much time talking...Work hard for this 2 weeks and ready to play!

REHDA annual dinner

On Monday, I was asked to go for REHDA's annual dinner last minute due to some of my dad's colleague who were down with flu, so i took over their place as "subtitutes".






When i arrived at One World Hotel, it was so grand, at the moment i stepped out of the car, it was like you are some VIP with all those porters guiding you, opening your door and leading you into the lounge.






When i arrived at the lounge with my parents and sister, there were so many BIG SHOTS chit-chatting and having drinks. Most of them are all famous Developers but i only managed to remember some, so some of it are Sunway, Malton and Tropicana.





We were finally allowed to be seated in our seats. The hall was so big that it can fit almost up to 100 tables.(i think there were 100 tables) The event was just awesome with a small orchestra group playing some music, really soothing...





At last, our long waited VIP of the day, our Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato Seri Najib arrived and he walked into the hall and everybody stood up clapping for him. Coming in along with him were the other VIPs such as REHDA's president and Ministry of Electrical Energy(if not mistaken).




The dishes that night was alright, but what caught me was the speech given by the Prime Minister of Malaysia. It was filled with motivation and you can feel some energy flowing through your body and you can say that his speech is really "Powerful", just can feel it.




Anyways, some pictures for all that night(didn't manage to get the Prime Minister's pics, he was too far)























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