An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
So I made it to the semi-finals and got fifth place in a major (for me) competition! I’m kinda freaking out here!! This is the competition I played, and lost, with my Malaysian friend Steph one year ago. It’s a…
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I recently read an article a friend sent out on her wall from Forbes titled “10 Things You Need To Stop Doing If You Want To Be A More Effective Person.” But as I was reading it I realized that…
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I have more than 30 blog posts I wrote but never published for some reason or another. Some are half written or just have keywords, some are finished but circumstances changed so I didn’t feel right publishing them, some are…
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It’s been a rough few months for me. First I spent a week in the hospital and had a long recovery period. Then I got a major flu which knocked me down for 3 weeks and THEN I got food…
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You may have heard of the 10,000 hour theory that Malcolm Gladwell popularized in his book Outliers. It is the idea that anyone can become a master in any discipline as long as they put in 10,000 hours. Gladwell got…
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My coach and I haven’t started training yet, but we are back to playing and he has taken to playing with me so he can yell at me the whole time. Between being sick and the Chinese New Year holiday…
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A few months ago I wrote a blog post called Women of Badminton! Stop Doing This… But now I’m turning my eye towards you fellas. Why did it take me so long? Well, honestly? Guys are a little more sensitive…
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First weekend of 2018 and Azhi and I managed to win not only the game, but a team tournament! If that’s not a good omen, I don’t know what is. It wasn’t my club, but Azhi’s club. It was a…
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To say this has been a big year for me would be an understatement. Last year I competed in only one badminton tournament. This year? 11! Almost one every month. Last year I had seen one professional game which I…
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I was playing the other night and this guy, who I never met, walks in and sees me. “Long Xiao Bing!” he calls out in a booming voice. I was in the middle of hitting with a guy but I…
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