My badminton training....love it!

Hey hey...it's time that I share sum stories abt my badminton training. Having been thru' it for ard 3 months or less (due to occasional ponning =>) Yep, it's been my routine every thursday and Saturday... during this long break. I've got different coaches for Thurs and Sat but I enjoy the Sat one more... coz the coach give more encouragement and it makes me more excited...haha
A typical sat training started at ard 9 o'clock...plus plus....due to late comers and other lazy reason...
So I always do my stretching for awhile...twist here twist there, stretch leg stretch hand, squat left squat right...haha now i noe how impt it is to stretch if u dun wanna get muscle ache after the training...
Ok, so after the stretching part, here comes the intense physical training which i dread a lot...so damn tiring... Actually from the whole training, it's the physical training that is the toughest....it's mostly to train leg...got sprint on the spot, "angkat paha" or lifting thigh,"lompat kijang" (dunno wad is this called in english..), "lompat bangku" (benches arranged parallelly with some spaces in between and we must jump across the benches back and forth --> this is damn hard, I still cannot do it) ...etc etc...thanks to these series of training my legs are much more muscular than before...
Then after that, we got "shadow"... the names may be rather funny (but i'm just stating wad the others usually say) which means that u hold the racket and move to the direction which the coach says....for example..."kanan depan" or right front....so u must take ur fastest step there...and so on and so forth....btw, no shuttle cock invlove yet...
The whole thing from physical training till shadow is like ard 1/2 an hour aledy and by this time, my shirt will be totally wet aledy, like just coming out of the washing machine or worse....
So the next part will be the real training or drilling. Usually the coach will gather ard 12 sets of 20 shuttlecocks per person and he will hit to wadever direction that he wants and I must go and hit back obviously... Here I discover that I've not been doing the right thing for the past 19 years of my life...(ok, maybe not that extreme lah) but basically I realised that my holding of racket is wrong, my foot steps are wrong and those are the basics...Yup, but I'm improving slowly I hope...hehe...
Now I noe that every time u hit a ball, let's say netting on the right or left side (it doesn't matter), I have to put my right foot in front (coz I'm a right hander) and the opposite is true otherwise...
Now the problem that i have now is I still dunno how to smash, lop and do backhand properly...hueeekkksss....So u may ask, "wad r u doing then?" the answer is: I dunno...haha...
But it's ok, I'm still in the early process of learning.
The first few practises when I was asked to play wif a kid maybe ard 9 to 12 yrs old or even younger... This is like damn embarrasing lah. I'm like twice their height, my legs and hands maybe longer than theirs but, a big BUT... they can cover more grounds faster and hit the cock with maybe like triple my strength...omigosh...i'm like beaten so easily, like killing an ants I must say. Yes, I was damn embarrased at first but I realise that the amount of training i've been thru' now is nothing compared to them. They train like everyday including sat...and 2 times a day....They are the national athletes to be...badminton is their mowl of rice, their cup of tea. So u can imagine how good they are by the time they are my age... The thursday grp i'm with is the 9-14 yrs grp while the Saturday grp are those who are ready to be fished to the National team any time...Just like Simon Santoso. He was from the club I'm training in oso...I saw him came back once. He is just one year older than me I think... not that tall but not bad looking oso...
And the may whole training ends at ard 11 plus plus with 30 sit ups and 20 back ups...fiuhhh....by that time I've finished almost 2 bottles of water and I'm totally drained but satisfied
okiess...after such a long story I think I should end here...
and I'm going medan tml...Yay!!!

Songs that I'm looking for...

These are some songs that are in my "wanted" list....

1. Jay Chou's ...the OST for Fearless...
2. Jay chou's Fa ru xue...dunno whether I've spelled them correctly or not...
3. JJ Lin...the new album... There are some songs that are preety nice too....Okay, maybe I should comment more on this artist... First time I saw his album cover.."the one with him having the silverish tear drop thingy..." My first reaction was...YUCK...! wad kind of gut would like that kind of cover...I even thought that he was Rain (due to the tear drop thingy lah). Budden, I must say that my impression really changes 180 degree after I heard him sing...WOW!! his voice is really really super nice. He even wrote his own songs i think. I think that his slower songs are much nicer than the fast one, cos they really showcase his angelic voice.... I remember there is one music video of JJ which is quite cool....Too bad I dunno the title, coz u noe, I can't read uch in Chinese. Basically, in the video, JJ is singing n playing piano amongst all the Chinese warriors n their horses on war. I think it's quite special.
4. The next of course is Wang Lee Hom. I noe that he is legendary...doesnt mean that he's old, but means that his name is aledy very well-known in chinese music. Again, I'm the late comer. Only since i've been watching Taiwanese channels that I noe that his music is very easy listening. Especially wif the R&B style that he has which I like the most. Thumbs up for his voice too... Ow ya...a plus point is that he's a American Chinese or sumthing like that. So, when he raps in English, it doesn't sound awkward or funny. I fact, they are goooddd...

Ok, up to this point, u may be wandering why I keep listening to chinese songs. Previously, I was always into western songs and hated chinese songs. But exposure opens my eyes.... I have less source of english songs now. though I could still get them from radios or MTV, but I'm just not into it now...

Nevertheless, I' really crazy abt Neri Per Caso now...haha Am I so old-fashioned??but I dun care. They are the best Acapella grp i've heard. I've been listening to their songs over and over again....Just never get bored over them. Their harmonisation is CRAZY!!.... and particularly the bass singer, I never knew that ppl with such a low voice can sound so so good and I think the bass is the key here... Thanks to my bass speaker at home, I can enjoy the superb bass...

Okay, I've got nothing more to talk abt.

"Music makes me loose control"

Tagboard installed....yipeee!

Okay, I've changed my mind...last time I said that i'll try to create a nice blogskin myself... now I realise I'm not that good i.e. can't make it... so i'll just look around for nicer blogskins available...(not so ambitious now..)
Yup, but at least now i've got a tag board. Hopefully can make my blog more fun..haha...
Maybe that's all for now...

Just pouring it out...

Today quite sad coz I'm not able to make it for Mangdu outing or specifically shopping wif dwee n alice...again simple reason: no transport... I really feels that I've "no legs" without a car and a driver here...sigh...So tied down. If i'm in s'pore maybe this won't happen...buses n mrt are so convenient... Here, I won't even dare to take public transport myself, so useles...! Haiz, but wad can I do..?even if i've learned driving, I dun think i'll be allowed to drive by myself, maybe I oso won't dare coz the traffic is a real killer. Am I being paranoid here?or is this normal...?
okay, maybe I should forget all those unhappy feelings behind...coz for the past few days I've been feeling uncomfortable and I juz couldnt concentrate on doing stuff...Ireally dunno how to explain. It feels like having so much thought going on inside ur head but dun really noe exactly wad is it...sumtimes it's discontentment, sometimes it's juz some random feelings...haiz...so abstract yet so real...someone, help me!!!arghhh!

Another thing is, I'm bored with my blog layout...I'm thinking of creating one myself, but how arh? actually I havent had any experience doing this kind of thing before....but I aledy haf some ideas in mind...I really really hope that it'll work...hopefully... maybe I've put down or realised those ideas n thoughts my mind won't be so crammed anymore...yepp...

cynorita....out!

The most unforgettable 1 week or more... Part II

hola...
this is a continuation from the previous post...
Yup yup abt my short trip to sg again...1 week plus is damns short..especially when u get to have fun and shop a lot...I dunno why evrything in sg looks so tempting to buy...Luckily I still got some self control. haha so proud of myself...
Budden must admit that I spent some on tinkerbell sandals, S&K top, minibits necklace, books: Narnia n Digital Fortress.... erhm, maye got summore but I could not remember huaaaa Am I a shopaholic...??? Honestly, it's fun to be shopaholic when U got all the money in the world...bleh....wad a materialistic person I am...
Haha...but apart from shopping, I think I oso spent a lot on food...Swensen 3 times...for the ice creams of course...It's hard to get such a nice ice cream in Jakarta...maybe not say hard lah, budden Swensen is very tempting, just like shopping hehe.. Then 2 times of Sushi, one at Sakae Suntec wif S12 gals..fang, fish, jas n vd! U noe how much a sacrifice we (me n vd) had to have that sushi meal, walk all the way from citihall mrt all the way thru' Citilink and Suntec...and after the whole day of walking...fiuh...so glad we still made it...late though. But good food n good company, a little sacrifice was all worth it...Miss u gals a lot...so glad we could catch up that day...
Oh yah...the second sushi dinner was at Cine Suki....that was after skipping the lunch due to NUS application with YC, her cousin, Dodo, Lita n Dwee... So paiseh got a treat from her cousin even though we only met her for the first time....We could even had dessert after that, at Xi Liu Shan...A famous dessert shop from Hongkong which I missed so much. But it's so dissapointing that they dun haf the mango ice cream n mango pudding...hiks...That's actually wad I was craving for...so sad...But not bad lah, coz on that day we wandered around orchard till quite late at nite, plus sending yc off to mrt station...Poor thing she stayed so far at simei...but glad that she would always come so far to orchard to meet us...sorry arh yc...make u travel so far...
S'pore is such a good place for tourist really...good transport, so convenient, so clean...cheap accomodation readily available at Lucky Plaza apt...hehe...I reccomend this if u are on budget or if u want to stay for long...not bad lah, clean n comfy bed, toilet n got small tv...can watch America's next top model, the Apprentice n American Idol on Channel 5...haha that's wad we did there...plus the sleepless nite of bridge games, it's so addictive that one is never enuf...hahaha... but maybe we were just making use of our time as maximum as possible...u noe, when we all return to our homes, we got nobody to play with. sigh...that's wad happen now...miss u ppl so much n of course n the shopping n bridge games...
The fun of that whole week was not enuf just for one post...will keep that in memory...huaaaaa....looking forward to another trip together...but when will it happen?

The most unforgettable 1 week...or more PART 1

hayayayaya....As u can see, I'm in a great mood now....because of what??...of course because I juz came back from S'pore...getting back my A'level results and most imptly, meeting my "long time no see" friends...yup, I consider 3 months v long...esp, when u are looking forward to it...
Ok, lets start from the result, I dun mean to "pamer" or boast...but I'm very very grateful I got 4As, B3 for GP(wow...never had that before), and M-M for both S papers...yay!! (considering that I never put in significant effort for that...it was very unexpected....)
but I must really congratulate Alice, ...(sorry lice, make u famous a bit....but u should be proud lah!)....yes, the reason is,...her result is really really outstanding....4As, A1 for GP (I dun even dare to dream abt this...wow!) and of course 2 distinctions for S papers....kurang apalagi...hebat hebat...!!! I must also say well done to my other friends who got 4As and 3 As...It feels great not just because I got good grades, but most imptly, most of my friends also got good grades, so, evrybody can celebrate together without feeling guilty....yay..!!!
Maybe I should tell u abt the experience of waiting for the result...haha...that was the most thrilling 5-10 minutes of my life...Okay, so they set up a board near the GO and they put up all the names for ppl who got 3 and 4 As...So, when me n my friends arrived at sch that afternoon, we aledy saw so so so many J3s crowding ard the board...omigod..."should I go n look??" that's wad I thought... but in the end, my gut feeling tell me to walk there...
So, I started searching from the 3 As name list....o ow...dun have! So I moved to the 4 As list... When I was still searching, most of my friends aledy noe wad they got...(Yep, they got 4As...)..."huhuhu mammy, where's my name?"....I can really feel my feet feeling so cold due to my nervousness. Then, suddenly, my friend called me.."Cindy! Ur name is here....!" and yes!! I saw it...fiuhhhh..4As and mission accomplished...the reason I'm studying for these 2 years has been reached...and that closed the curtain for my JC life...Maybe next time I'll look back and say..."Wad an exciting 2 years...so stress but yet so much fun..."
After the principal talked a bit...which I think most ppl didnt really listen due to anxiety...then Mrs yik gave us our result slip and year book...
Now, when I flip open the year book, I see so many familiar faces from VJ which I may not noe, but I'm sure they are the ppl who made VJ so fun a school...and then some of the pictures of past events are just making me missing school life so much...VJ rox!
hope uni life will be as fun...