Review of my Goals
Six months ago I made some goals. Let’s see how I did. Goal number One: Be the obvious best girl in my current group. I’m not quite the number one girl, but I’m certainly in the running. My biggest problem…
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Author Archive: Becky
Becky Got Her Groove Back (WU #14)
So ever since that soul crushing Wednesday a few weeks back, I have decided to just accept my fate. Wednesday I will focus on my awesome class, and just deal with the humiliation that follows. The other people at the court…
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My One Year Celebration (WU #)
My one year badminton birthday started off more with a whimper than a bang. On the bus I had a five minute coughing fit. It happens when I am on the mend from a cold and actually signals that I…
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Best Badminton Blogs (I Could Find)
In the world of blogging, badminton blogs are few and far between. Many are just review blogs (for rackets mostly) or have been defunct for year. I guess following stereotypes, jocks tend to not be writers? Or maybe there isn’t…
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Thighs Were Made to Burn (WU #12)
So let me catch you up. I was forced off my computer for awhile as I basically had no internet for a solid week. (Damn Chinese internet!) Before the sad Wednesday night I was doing pretty good. Tuesday was a…
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It’s my Birthminton!
Today is my birthminton! Or should I say badday? (Badminton and birthday are hard words to mash up.) One year ago today I picked up a badminton racket for the first time! Woot! My friends had been playing badminton for…
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Badminton Costs: January and February
I’m combining the first two months of the year together because I was on holiday for two months, part of which was Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) which is a 15 day holiday in which everything shuts down. So, with…
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Depths and Despair
Sometimes sports suck. The challenge is so real, and so “in your face” failures can hit hard. Like tonight. I had my class, and it was exhaustive, but awesome like normal. Then after, my teacher found some people to play…
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The Inaugural World Chinese Invitational Badminton Team Championship Tournament
I’m the kinda person that doesn’t like to do things in a vacuum. I like to join in a community. Whether it is dating Chinese guys, or writing, I do better when I can get involved and meet with like-minded people….
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My Teachers Back! WU #11
Okay, I stopped the weekly updates because for a month I was traveling (no playing) and then it was Chinese New Years and places were closed and people were gone for the next few weeks, and then we slowly got…
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