Sunday, August 26, 2007
there's always room for firsts
Being forever thin, I never imagined myself (or ever dreamt of) joining a sports competition. Not that I am such a loser in sports (the type that can't hit a ball even if it was the size of a planet); I just preferred to stay away from all the umm.. sportiness. I mean, I was never that kind of person at all. Really, I just love stagnancy more. hehehe.

But, as anyone can guess from my title, I sampled the weird world of physical activity. Yes, I joined a sports competition (cue shocked faces). It wasn't some crazy sport like boxing or ice hockey, though. Nor was it chess or darts or anything like that. I just played plain badminton.

I'd like to say that I was UP's representative for a national badminton competition, but that's not the case (and as if anyone would believe me if I said that). In fact, I was only forced to join because of P.E. class. Our finals for badminton was an inter-class tournament, and each class must choose representatives, which includes four women. I was chosen as one of those four women (there were only 7 girls in our class), and so began my sports saga.

Anne and I won 2 games out of 6 at women's doubles. That kind of sucks. But it was okay, we had fun (and isn't that the very essence of sports? haha). Plus, we looked hot in matching pigtails. hehehe.

In the end, our class won silver (Our team mates were that good). I got a silver medal! Wow. It was my first sports- related medal. It feels different when you're drained of energy and you get an award- you don't care about it 'till the next day.

A really big thanks to all our team mates for training us and giving us tips. I totally blushed at the kindheartedness of our biochem kuyas. If only they brought a certain someone along. hehehe.

By the way, I found my pencil case! Surely there is no better reward than that.


{I'm feeling: tired but on a high}
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