New Year, New Tournaments!

I was too sick to play badminton on Christmas, but I rallied for New Years because I had tournament to play on New Years Eve day. A Team tournament. And I was chosen to be captain again! This tournament was…
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An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
I was too sick to play badminton on Christmas, but I rallied for New Years because I had tournament to play on New Years Eve day. A Team tournament. And I was chosen to be captain again! This tournament was…
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My motley team of strangers finally got together and played our competition together. We lost–bigtime–but I was totally expecting it and I actually had a lot of fun, so it was kinda a win. I was put together with a…
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Now, I talk a lot about my coach and how great he is, but actually I don’t have just one coach, I have a few. And these days, my coaches are trying to do everything in the power to kill…
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So I went to the Tahoe 2017 China Open in Fuzhou, China yesterday and oh my god you guys, I MET LEE CHONG WEI!!! And we even chatted for a minute and everything. He was super nice, and asked me…
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Hello my badminton sisters. We need to talk. Cause I see you, I watch you, and I learn from you. But there are some things you do that drive me FUCKING CRAZY and you need to stop. Because what you…
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So I had yet another competition, this one spanning a few days in the middle of the week at a court very far from my home (read: hella inconvenient). This one was majestically named the National Fitness Games, but it…
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By some amazing miracle the China Open is happening in a city a mere hour and a half away from me and Azhi and I got tickets! My friend Yang Ping suggested that the semi-finals are more fun to watch…
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So last post I was talking about badminton competitions and how I haven’t had a ton of trouble, but it was something I was worried about. Well, lo and behold yesterday I woke up to my phone lighting up. (It…
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When I was in America I got my coach a shirt from Boston Badminton. I got one for myself too and the other day we both happened to wear the same shirt and shoes at the same time. Twins! Our…
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It’s been three months since my last rant, but I’m back at it again because after playing the other night I had it, I just had it. Since last time I’ve been pretty good at ignoring sexism on the court…
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