An American Girl Learning Badminton in China
This week started with a root canal. Not an auspicious beginning. I put a picture on my wechat and my teacher, being very Chinese, said the root canal was because of all the cold water I drink. In China it’s…
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This week I was a little nervous to see my coach. You see, several weeks ago I told him that I didn’t think his friends (the other teachers that play with us Wednesday night) liked me. He said that wasn’t…
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So remember a few weeks ago when I wrote about how depressing sports are sometimes? Since then Wednesday nights haven’t gotten much easier. Training with my coach is always awesome, but then I have to play with the other people and…
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Tuesday was a bad day for rackets. I broke my beloved beautiful racket in the middle of a game. Luckily my friends have extra and a guy lent me one. In 10 months I have almost never even touched another…
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This week was a big badminton week. Monday was a holiday (Tomb Sweeping Day) so no school. But I tutor a young boy every Monday and we still met. His father is a badminton player (he’s been playing 3 times…
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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 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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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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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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This week I skipped playing with my friends Tuesday because I was feeling kinda sick and worn down, and I wanted to be strong for my class Wednesday. And I’m glad I did because Wednesday was tough as is our…
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