Tag Archive: weekly update
Playing at my University

If you are a long time reader of my blog, you’ll know I hate playing at my school. That’s because despite having very nice, free courts for regular use, the only people that play there are teachers. And I have…
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Badminton Becky Becomes a Youtuber!

OMG y’all I’m a vlogger! That’s right, I thought it was time to take Badminton Becky to the next level and start a vlog. After all, sports is very much a visual thing and while I love, love, love writing,…
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Competition, Weather, Guests–And Other Updates

This blog has been a bit thin recently, not because I have nothing to write about but because I have TOO MUCH to write about. These days I am packed with badminton, Chinese lessons (I’ve started again), prepping for my…
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“This Time Next Year You’ll be a Gaoshou”

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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The Light at the End of the Tunnel….

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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Insults from a College Kid

There are three people I play badminton with regularly that hate me. One is a middle aged guy and he doesn’t just hate me, he hates all women. A classic misogynist he will regularly talk about how women’s, and mixed…
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Our New Club Shirts and the Magic of Badminton

It took forever for my coach to finally order them, but we got our new club shirts with our own logo designed by my coach! Our shirts are “in the style” of a Victor shirt and the China national team…
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My Threesome on the Badminton Court

The week between Christmas and New Years was a sad week for badminton. I had my last week of classes (final exams) and I had the holidays, a birthday, an anniversary, a company meeting and some other events to deal…
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In Which Both Me and My Coach are Annoyed (Not at each other for once)

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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