This is my story...

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

First off Happy birthday to my mei, Hui Qi! She's seventeen this year and still growing. Older by one year, so it's one less year to live. Hahaha so life is all about enjoying. Live for the moment and enjoy it too the fullest because another year has passed and it's really fast isn't it? Anyways it's your sweet seventeen this year and I hope you will get what you want! Maybe your dreams come true my mei~

Anyways I've just heard news of an earthquake which occurred near Penang or something.. correct me if I am wrong and tremors are felt in parts of Singapore. Oh man in a few years time the earthquake will come really near to our island and that's the end of it. Yeah. Everyone will just die. The earth will split into two and you will fall in between it. There is no turning back. You will drop into the eternal burning molten lava which is tens of thousands of degrees cold. And you will burn there, there will not even be a single bone left behind of you.

I went to play badminton, again. While I was waiting for my bus there were a group of Chinese teenagers dressed in different uniforms making HELL LOTSA NOISES with their chinese accent at the bus stop. It was really really very irritating. They thought this was China and they spoke so loud that the whole bus stop was trembling. I guess that was one of the reasons what sparked off the eathquake at Malaysia. Anyways I ain't having any prejudices against the Chinese (I am a Chinese) I mean the China Chinese yeah. They were so damn loud that I needed to blast my mp3 player to the max volume and guess what, I still could hear them bickling with one another. Some irritating assholes indeed. I just feel like slapping their faces with my racket but on second thought, I had to get a new one if I'd done so.

There was this guy, a middle aged man, who frequent badminton with us spoked hell lotsa nonsense today. It was really hilarious watching him play and chanting his theories on "The sotong and the crab" stuff, his bets on ball senses and accuracies and so on. It just made me laughed for almost the whole session. He is a good player, he just lack of the speed and strength only (perhap he's old already). When he entered the hall he was carrying 4 large styrofoam boxes and 2 small cardboard boxes. He told us he wanted to place the 4 large boxes onto the corners of the court and whoever has the ability to take up the challenge of hitting the 4 out of 10 shuttles into any of the boxes, would win 5 bucks from him.

Though it may sound absurd, it is definately NOT an easy thing to do. I didn't even dare to try because you need a really high level of accuracy and ball sense to hit that shuttle into that box. 4 out of 10 is quite an impressive feat to do already. Boys and girls if you have the time, try doing that.

He also mentioned something about ball sense, saying if you cannot hit shuttles into that box, no matter how hard you train, maybe for 3 to 5 years, you will still not able to get the shuttles in. The way he spoke was damn funny lah, I really couldn't stop laughing, plus his dress sense was really cool; he has this bushy moustache and beard, he isn't that tall, and he plays the game half naked, with his belly shown, and the best part is his shorts are really short and tight, exposing his thighs. His outfit was really.. whao, cool man.. and he plays like a crazy man, speaks like one, really damn funny.

To those who are interested in badminton crap, please discontinue from further reading.

"The sotong and the crab theory"
Basically it's just moving front and back (sotong) and sideways (crab) in the court. Note that this theory only applies to doubles, and the gameplay between a singles and doubles game is entirely different.

Moving front and back (Sotong)is harder and a defensive play in a doubles game. The area of coverage (while stationary) is only from the utmost top when you stretch your hand fully reaching for the sky to the bottom when you stretch your preferred leg (right for righthanders and left for lefthanders). The distance covered is the entire length of the court.

Moving sideways (Crab) is alot easier. The area of coverage is both sides, left and right and usually most of the footwork done is only the side. The distance covered is the entire width of the court.

As you can see, moving like the crab is alot easier than the sotong. First off you have a your partner standing in front (or whichever you prefer) and move sideways only. This is an attacking stance which is commonly known as "front back". This way the court can be covered more efficiently and the attacking power and speed is there.

Of course these are only theories. No actions talk only also no use. Hahahah.

Oh anyways I spent like 30 bucks for these 3 days. Well it doesn't matter because most of them was on food and my parents say it's ok you can eat as much as you want just don't buy junk stuff. Hahahahaha.

Happy birthday to my precious mei again.

"Sometimes to find out the truth, one must move mountains."

Rambled by kaSh at 12:41 am