Slice Of Life #246 - Badminton - Tuesday, January 14th, 2020

    I smashed the ball hard, then took two steps to the middle of the court. I turned quickly and ran towards the net to hit a drop shot. Then, I turned again and repeated the same thing.
    I was at my badminton class. My teacher was a person who used to play doubles for the Malaysian team. "Come on!" He urged me. "Keep going!"
    I was taking badminton lessons more frequently now, especially because my teacher wanted to train up my skills in certain areas because he thought that I had the potential to train in his "elite group". Today, he was training my ability to react to drop shots and hit the ball to the back of the court to try and make the opponent run.
    My badminton coach's goal for me was to hit 20 consecutive shots running back and forth, but I had passed that goal by a lot, as I was already at 80 shots. I breathed short, shallow breaths as I ran back and forth, clutching my badminton racket.
    Time flew as I hit the ball again and again. Finally, I managed to get to 150 consecutive shots before my coach stopped me. "Great job," He said.
    I grinned from ear to ear. I had done it.

Slice Of Life #209 - Currently... - Sunday, April 28th, 2019

• My mom is mopping the floor.
• I hear the creak of my mom moving a few chairs.
• I have just finished my piano homework. I have also practiced a few songs on the piano.
• I don't know what to write about.
• I am texting my friends but none of them are online.
• Later, I am going to be going to a badminton class.
• YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! I have just received an email from my band teacher saying that I have earned my double gold belt! In band, we have a belt system where we play songs for our band teacher and she gives us belts according to the songs (if we can play the songs well). This makes me the first kid this year to earn a double gold belt! The double gold belt is the highest rank in the belt system. After the double gold belt, I just play a few scales for my band teacher to get stars next to my name.
• My mom has just told me that I'm probably going to go cut my hair just before I go to my badminton lesson.
• I actually don't know what to write in this post.
• I'm probably going to leave now! Bye!

Slice Of Life #195 - Badminton - Sunday, April 14th, 2019

    Today, I went for my first badminton class. When we first started the class, we just ran a few laps back and fourth between 3 badminton courts. I thought it was pretty easy, but everyone else looked like they were going to die. If they were doing the pacer test (a running test) in my school, they would have failed after just about 10 laps - and the healthy fitness zone is 4 times that number (not that most people in my school make it anyways).
    After we finished running laps, we did some actual training. The girls went first, so us boys got some free time to play with each other.
    After that, it was the boys's turn. Today, we practiced hitting the ball with our backhand and smashing upwards with our forehand.
    After practicing, we did some "cooldowns", where we jumped back and forth between our rackets.
    Our teacher made 2 kids do pushups because they weren't listening, and their pushups were terrible. They either bended only their hands or only their hips. They wouldn't have scored a single point if they were doing the pushups test in our school.
    After that, we got to do some more fun playing. I managed to beat everybody in my class.
    After that, I got to go home - and my parents let me eat lots of junk food!