Still two days to go before the summer holiday ends. Neither a very sad thing, as I have enjoyed certain part of my summer holiday, and most importantly re-ignited my passion for badminton. What I hope is that my passion for badminton lasts. Nor the end of summer holiday is a very happy thing, as there are quite a lot of things that happened all out of a sudden, and I wish I can travel back to that time, try to stop myself from doing so, and probably enjoy a little more but work harder on other things on the other hand.

Maybe it's right for me to shake all these things off right now, better concentrate on three things that are lying in front of me. First, I will strive to get the annual journal finished within October, and let it go on printing in November. This is what I certainly hope for, and longing for because I don't want to spend too much time after we are no longer ex-cos of PPAA, and to get my life return to normal. Second, a stable emotion, and be mentally and physically prepared for the coming test for the admission of the district badminton team. I would stress that it should not be a surprise if I failed to get admitted into the district team, as I acknowledge that there are so many talented players around, and much better players on physical terms and skills. I just hope that I can gain experience through joining this admission test, to let me know how much I should improve in the coming times, and how should I work that out. Finally, a much more active year in terms of studying. I think I can do much better than what I've done last year, and I don't want any shadow of failure to cast over me again. I know I can do better, and this is simply my responsibility to make it a better one.

Anyway, it's time for me to shake away all those shadows of the unhappy past, and be ready for the challenges ahead, get myself flying again....

My friends, let's make this together...~

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Suddenly re-discovering the beauty of a paino piece which I loved one year ago, Hungarian Rhapsody No.1. It's not just enlightening, but also a very delightful one. I think not so many piano pieces could be as humourous and sprankling as this one. I just don't know why there can be so many associations of this piece to different things, and probably people at times. There's only one thing I can say, it's unique, and irreplacable in many ways.

Out of a sudden, began to miss a person again. I have no idea why I miss him/her, maybe I didn't see him/her for quite a long period of time. I miss him/her now more than ever, probably as I am too sick, and feel extremely lonely.......><''

Haven't been this down for centuries, and there are so many things that I cannot set them straight and clear in such a short while available to be free, since I have to continue my rush for deadlines. No, I don't need to be too kind at this point of time, but there are so many, mixed feelings, that I feel I may need a break from what I am doing, and where I am now....

God......Help me out through this darkness and miseries. I admit that I am at fault for not cherishing every happy moment I have. I can't feel bad, and shouldn't feel bad about anything......But is there really a must for everything?

God, please help me as I am sick and helpless, and I shall return what I have gained by serving others when they need, not asking for any reward...

No, that's a dream.....I can't believe it....

Playing badminton in the park as usual just now, but suddenly a guy approached us, and began to praise me that I look to have learnt badminton before, and play very well...... What?!? Me? I am shocked as well as overjoyed. The more he commented, the more I was surprised. He went on to comment that my forehand smashes were excellent, while my backhand looked a little too weak.

Of course, being praised is always something that I dream for.....But better not at such an early stage. It means a lot to me, but what I concern most would surely be the coming test on badminton skills, on which I would be admitted to the district team or not. I am longing for such chances offered to me, but I won't know until the results are out. It boosts my morale in training, coz I finally got a stable partner to play with, whom has got excellent volleys, maybe my gratitutes should go to him for allowing me to train smashes, while I am learning his volleys on the other hand.

It's only about a month ago that I started to play with the people in Belcher's Bay Park, and I began to get the recongition of the people. It was so nice when I arrived at the place where we usually play badminton, saying that "the young brother has come", which means that we can start playing without delay. And after all the games, we chatted for a while on rackets and on other things as well. I still don't know them by their names, but I am confident that we can be good friends just because we all love badminton.

Log of my progress:
1. Tonight's smashes are quite good at first, but not really well as time passed. This indicates that I would need very intensive training on stamina, and probably the strengthening of my arms, which would generate better forces when smashing.
2. The backhands are not too strong tonight. I would need to work much harder to correct this problem by playing a bit more backhand later on.
3. Sprintings are doing okay in average. Maybe I got a little too lazy towards the end, which caused me to stand instead of sprinting around the "Court". I would have to urge myself to run more.
4. Jump smashes: Quite satisfied tonight except exceptionally low accuracy in hitting the shuttle in very early stages.
5. Services are not good enough tonight. Missed quite a handful of shuttles.
6. Generally appreciated efforts with the old racket, while new racket is a little too light for this open air "Court", and sometimes just left me with light touches instead of forceful smashes even when chances are out there.

Overall score for tonight: 7.5/10, need to improve stamina.....

Silence before the storm this evening...

Got a little rush as I was heading to my place from home, since I was leaving too late, and caught a very slow 103 that cannot go up the slopes faster than 5km/h...I suppose it would be an excellent idea if I can alight there and walk a bit before I re-join the bus again....But anyway, this just added time for me to be late to return to my place. I didn't head back straight, but went around Park N'Shop for the foodstuff that I would partly rely on the sustain my poor life in the coming week. Got something to eat for breakfast, at least for 2 days, which I would be saving at least 50-60 just on breakfast ne~

Hea-ed at the place for a while, packing and counting the number of my Tees, which with two tees at home included, would add up to a stunning, probably all time high at 22. 22 Tees are a little too far, I think, and probably there would be no withdrawals after this season, since all of them are still quite new, at most at 2 years. But some of them would surely relegate to trips down to the market instead of to school, and those that are not too over-sized might have their withdrawals earlier, but can't tell yet.

And after 11pm, it's time for me to practice a little bit. What to practice? Badminton in open air! Whom? People I knew after playing badminton with them. I am quite surprised at my performance in this evening, and actually am impressed. My honourable opponent discovered his "blind-spot" after playing with me for a while, as he missed the shuttle for at least 7 to 8 times around the same bricks on the floor, which he said that they should be good-balls if were in matches! I began to feel a little progress of my playing skills, as I love to smash the ball to the lower right corner of my opponent (Those who would like to play with me MUST pay special attention to this ne! :P), and the volleys got a little better than before. But what I need to practice intensively would surely be reflexes. I am still too slow to react against the quick smashes, and always missed the shuttle in that case. With my style of playing, I have to know and understand that quick smashes would be quite likely, and thus I must react quick enough to stop those smashes, as well as practicing better volleys to counter-attack~~
Maybe a little too much on badmintons right now~

Gotta return to my hea-ing style, and work much harder upon everything tomorrow lu~