Giants had 3 TDs in the first half, yeeees Go Giants. Their defense is super aggressive. Falcon’s QB got sacked so many times, I lost count. Poor thing.
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Last weekend
Next week the indoor bubble will go up. It’s been little more than a decade that I’ve been playing with this weekend morning group. It gradually draw on me that we’re getting older and older by the day, and just couldn’t get up early enough to show up at work as we used to. When I first met them, every weekend, there’ll plenty players at the courts, 6:30am. Now it’s almost 8am, the 5 courts are almost empty.
Backhand
Did the light bulb just flash in my head? Seeing Fan’s lethal handsome backhand did something for my backhand – it’s improved a lot, suddenly, 🙂 – badminton that is. We played few very exciting sets tonight. In the beginning, there were only Yong and I, for good 20 minutes, we sweat to death. He asked me if tennis is more intensive, I said, no way. Badminton is more exhaustive, 短兵相接 IMHO anyway. Then came Fan and John. Fan and I played against them, won relative large margin, 15:9. Then John and I played against Michael and Yong, it’s a tough set. We stagnated at 2 for few change overs, till 2:9 did we catch up with them, but eventually we lost 13:15. The last set was with Fan, and we lost. Throughout the night, as if Simon was still there, they all hit to me, the weakest link, :). When there is too many players, we don’t get to play as much, but when few show up, we wear out early. By 10 we all wanted to leave, except Michael, who came late. Fan was nice, agreed to stay bit long. The points were long and we all played very hard. … ok, I’m out .. good night.
A 6:4 win
Pumpkin came home all sweaty and tired. She lost her match last week but won hers today, against a 10th grade boy. I’m happy for her: the match could have gone either way. “He made a lot of mistakes.” Mental toughness’ deciding point there.
After no to take up with Barry again, she enrolled with one of her buddies at a nearby setup, 3 hours each Saturday runs till end of January 2008. Holly molly, the young coaches mean business. I think that she prefers group was because of company she’d have, just more fun. At this stage, enjoyment is more essential. Ya, my standard is high and I’m pushy, 🙂 If my kids end up to be burden to the society, it’s my fault. And I’m Chinese. King seems pretty happy with golf, ‘sure I’ll do it again’.
A shutout home opener
The home opener was a shutout event. Pumpkin won her doubles 6:2, the happy duo walked off giggling. They both played sharp and hard. They giggled at start, either their way to deal with nervousness or just doubles has more fun – your partner carries half the pressure.
One parent suggested that we need to do a fund raising for new courts. Gosh, you have to see to believe it: the courts look like 3rd world! Few years ago I took them to visit my middle/high school in Beijing, they were impressed, ‘wow, mom, this is your school?’ The rose-tinted track and field, tranquil blueish 50 meter indoor pool .. .. were really world class. Superficial? What’s going on inside the classrooms are not easy to measure.. China will beat us back to the moon, said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin two weeks ago.
Ran into few mothers, some I played with long time ago, some I knew but haven’t seen for few years. One Korean mom chatted me up – rather one sided – telling me her 12th grade son is doing very well, busy, participate in chamber music – playing violin, golf and something else; kept on saying that he has to do very well academically .. he wants to go to Brown pre med .. There wasn’t a room for my participation, :). Is Brown offering 6-year BS/MD program? She looked at me blankly. Oh well. Maybe the ivy leagues have more than enough applicants, they don’t have to come up with new gimmick to compete for the brightest. Considering the long internship many fields required, the 6-year combo is a good way to start.
LT
Giants is leading 7:0 at half time. LT is there!! Wow .. he still pretty much looks the same. It’s been long time, then was all about LT .. and the Eagles had Randall Cunningham, big deal that he could run.
6:4
Pumpkin played her first doubles match against another school, lost 6:4. Very close, it could have gone either way. Tough love. She just got home, a long day, almost 12 hours.
Short hair is cool
I took them a while ago, thought to share it here .. Serena had her hair short, pretty slick. That reminds me I need a hair cut too. Pumpkin keeps telling me I look nice in long hair, the length belows the ears is long in my dictionary. I much prefer a boyish cut. But feeling the weight of the hair on my neck and shoulders are nice too. Crew cut won’t accomplish that, :). Ok, how about getting a wig or topee?
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Moon cake
The moon, the moon .. the roundest of all. Only 3 showed up at the badminton court. Gosh. John offered me a moon cake/egg/bagel = beat me 15:0.
Love Thy Neighbors II
Had friends over for dinner. When conversation drifted to our neighbors, tennis .. .. I told them about my calling police at the court. To my surprise, one of them said,
“The first court?” More of a statement than question.
“Yes. How do you know?” I asked.
“Oh, they did that to me/us few times.”
My jaw dropped.
“What did you do?”
She replied, ‘no big deal, I moved to the next court.’ She then went on to assure me that this kind of thing happens all the time and the police know about it.
This sounds right, because I remembered when the cops got to the court, they didn’t do any investigation or interrogation, just told the kids to leave.
