tennis, life and a few things in between

The club decided to renovate the lot But I think they need this: Two parking slots into 15 in five days. The many holes in 2013.
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2015.06.23
 

2015.06.26

Unfortunately Mets lost (3-1). The stadium is on par with CitiField but the surrounding area is excellent.
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Happenings at the club

Sunday. When I opened the door to the bathroom on the third floor, this little bug dropped on my left shoulder and fell off to the ground. It’s very quick, spared me of a heart attack.

Monday. The 9:45 yoga was so full, I and another girl have to practice in the hall way.

Please extend the club hours and recruit less members?

The lone chair by the elevator is missing at the gym. When I came down, there was an Asian man sitting on the long sofa, toward the right side. I hung my coat on the right hand side’s arm. When I realize the wifi isn’t working on my iPad, I went to the desk, asking for help (I was waiting for my husband).

There was only a single greeter at work. I chatted with a lady who’s masseur, learned a bit about it and her. While waiting, an older man came and asked where’s the chair. The greeter explained to him that it’s kaput – one leg was missing a screw hence was limping. He went over to the sofa, and asked who’s coat it was. I said it was mine. He then moved to the right, asking the man to move.

I didn’t watch what happened exactly, but as I was walking back to the sofa (the greeter fixed my wifi .. why couldn’t I log on on my own? I did it last time.), I saw he sat down to the Asian man’s left. It was kind of tight and the two men began to argue.

The Asian man kept on asking me if I knew the older white man, and if he’s my family. So the white man asked me if I knew the Asian man. I was bit bewildered. I have never met either of them.

The white man maintained all he wanted was to sit down and asked the Asian man to move.

The Asian man was saying .. you can’t just squeeze in ..

Next thing I saw was the white man held up his fists as if to punch.

At first, I really thought the white man was joking. But then realized he meant business.

The Asian man said he was threatened and asked the greeter to call the security or the policy. He was using his phone, then used it to take picture of the white guy.

I didn’t feel comfortable to sit there so I got up and moved to the counter by the window. The Asian man said, “you can’t leave, you’re my witness ..”

Another tall man came down and saw part of it, as he was exiting, he commented that the old white man’s rude and nasty.

The white guy went back upstairs so everything back to normal. The Asian man’s wife came down and they left.

Then my husband came down. As he was tying his shoes, the old white man came down too. The greeter asked for his name. Yes, the greeter did say, with so many members came, he did not know his name. The white man became ballistic again, and said,

“I’ll .. getting rid of this place.”

I could not remember exactly what the greeter said, but I felt nowadays, people seem to be looking for, or baiting the key offensive word, in order to make their case.

I felt sad for the white man. What made him acting so angry?

The title is alluring to Angry Asian Man’s messy legal fight with the angry little Asian girl.

Snow.
雪.
neige.
Schnee.

Nothing but snow. The parking lot was full at 9:53am at the gym and one staff stood by the entrance by the street, Bayview Avenue. Many of us have to park at the adjacent lot, which was also full. On a snowy day walking from that mile away (ok, just kidding) lot is very difficult because there isn’t a pedestrian path.

  Have the club ever considered, maybe recruit less members? I got to the 10 o’clock Pilate at 10:09. Four more women came after me, 10 some minutes. Fortunately Bonnie allowed us.  It was around 10:20. 10 more minutes into the class, just I thought we finally settled down and in, mates began to leave. Two left. One left. Three more left. To sign up for the next class. It was very unsettling. I asked a greeter at front desk, is it really necessary? The young woman apparently very uninterested in her job, replied curtly, “Yes.” Babe, if you don’t like what you do, please, move on. “Can you open the sign up early, like 9:55 or on the net?” Having the mates before the class, or using their phone during the class, perhaps is better than them physically leaving? It’s disturbing to the rest of the class.

“No.”

Ok, I gave up.

There are few 5s..

CSKA Moscow and Soviet National Team

1. Viacheslav Fetisov
2. Alexei Kasatonov
3. Sergei Makarov
4. Igor Larionov
5. Vladimir Krutov

The Five Composers

1. Mily Balakirev
2. César Cui
3. Modest Mussorgsky
4. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
5. Alexander Borodin.

Chess

1. Mikhail Tal
2. Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
3. Anatoly Karpov
4. Boris Spassky
5. Mikhail Botvinnik

Pianists

1. Sviatoslav Richter
2. Emil Gilels
3. Vladimir Horowitz
4. Evgeny Kissin
5. Anton Rubinstein/Nikolai Rubinstein

Russian Composer

1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2. Sergei Rachmaninoff
3. Alexander Scriabin

The Mighty Handful

• Mily Balakirev
• Alexander Borodin
• César Cui
• Modest Mussorgsky
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Novels

1. Crime and Punishment
2. War and Peace
3. Anna Karenina
4. The Idiot
5. Lolita
6. Doctor Zhivago

I have been frequent the AquaSport classes lately, and got to know the instructors. They are all female and Caucasians except one African-American lady, who loves to have fun. Her enthusiasm is rarely reciprocate. I think the unresponsive crowds is rather stiff. Tonight she screamed about loving her body, herself that she even composed a song. Very cute. Perhaps she could do well elsewhere .. which reminded me of a gigolo working hard at a bridal shower. The crowds was predominately Chinese from China and Taiwan, who were, a little aghast by the young man who stripped down to his speedo. He was young and inexperienced, who just couldn’t get the crowds going. He tried to get the women to interacted with him by taking an eyeglasses off from a woman. He was expecting her to chase for her eyeglasses or at least, interacted with him.

“Oh no, you can keep it.” The woman said to him. She wanted nothing to do with him.

He sighed audibly with the frustration was written all over him, not just his face.

I was bemused. The sister of the bride ought to know the crowds. Those conservative Chinese women gathering in a very average Italian restaurant on Northern Blvd in Queens would not appreciate this kind of entertainment. I felt sorry for both sides.

Anyway, tonight there is a new girl, young who took the largest dumbbell … then exchanged for the medium one. Ha ha ha. I was not the only one to be fooled.

Along with one of my favrit teams, I wuz invited to appear on the local cable show, “Something to Talk About” circa 2000.

The segment wuz titled, “Shooting for the Stars”

Some of u may recognise Corinne [2nd from right] with whom I’ve stayed pretty close.

The host wuz Bonnie Graham shown flanked by my two daughters.

She’s my dear friend’s daughter, who’s also excellent in tennis! The Daily Pennsylvanian 1997, the caption reads:

In her freshman year, point guard Chelsea Hathaway (No 11) has put up some impressive numbers. Hathaway is averaging 8.1 points and 5.3 assists per game.