Badminton and Tennis

Today, officially it’s my sixth time (if memory serves) playing tennis in this college… Once at my old school in Cheras… Back then, I thought it’d be my first and last time playing tennis, when I sent the ball over the fence, into the bush, never to be found… Hehe… So, in total I’ve played tennis 7 times…

K, back to business… First of all, I am not comparing this to racket game in terms of their gameplay… I just want to outline their little differences… That’s all… They are both awesome in their own way… And I want to master both… I want to enjoy both…

One stark difference between playing badminton and tennis is their pace… Honestly, in badminton, the game is fast paced and at times abrupt… On the other hand, while I was playing tennis, time seems to slow down dramatically… I don’t know why… I guess tennis is slower compared to badminton… It’s obvious as badminton needs greater reflex in comparison to tennis…

Some data I manage to steal in the internet… Statistics don’t lie… But the people who made the statistic might be clouded in their judgement (What I learn in Sociology)…

At the 1985 All England (Tennis) Championships, Boris Becker defeated Kevin Curren 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. At the 1985 World Badminton Championships in Calgary, Canada, Han Jian of China defeated Morten Frost of Denmark, 14-18, 15-10, 15-8. The following is a statistical comparison of those matches:

Time: Tennis, 3 hours and 18 minutes. Badminton, 1 hour and 16 minutes.

Ball/Shuttle in Play: Tennis, 18 minutes. Badminton, 37 minutes.

Rallies: Tennis 299. Badminton, 146.

Shots: Tennis, 1,004. Badminton, 1,972.

Shots Per Rally: Tennis, 3.4. Badminton, 13.5.

Distance Covered: Tennis, 2 miles. Badminton, 4 miles.

Badminton player played half the time, yet ran twice the distance, if you noticed…

But what tennis lacks in pace and stamina, it makes up with strength… Tennis racket is waaaaaaay heavier… There’s one time when I went to the MPH to play badminton after playing tennis… The badminton racket becomes so light, as light as if it is made of paper… Moreover, to hit an incoming tennis ball, you’ll need more might to send the ball over the net, while at the same time enduring the impact from the ball… In badminton, you can engage in a net play… Which significantly uses less strength… The only time you need real strength in badminton is when you’re smashing or doing back hand…

All in all… For me, while playing tennis there’s more joy when the ball is sent over the net… May be because I’m still new in tennis… A small step like that seemed like a giant leap…

I am not saying that one sport is better than the other… This is all about personal choices, about what kind of sports will fit each individual… So, if you love both, both it is… After all, variety is the spice of life…

A little piece of advice… If you want to play both, start with tennis first… Because in my case (the other way around), it didn’t went too well…

Am I bored of badminton? Maybe… Maybe not… Is there any joy left in it? Definitely!!!

Facing Reality

I’ve realized, that…

I never felt anger without regret…

I’ve realized also, that…

The problem is not the game…

The problem is not other people…

The problem is not the racket…

The problem is not the net…

The problem is not the court…

The problem is not the shoes…

The problem is not the clothing…

The problem is not the shuttlecock…

The problem is not the smash…

The problem is not the intentional second smash…

The problem is what, then?

The problem is, I guess… I’ve given a small thing a very big shadow… It’s OK to be mad… But to let it control me and made me a slave in despair… And become mad in both senses of the word… That’s a problem… That’s so stupid of me… 

I’ve managed to put up a mental block to what has been haunting me… I’m not letting it to gain control over my life… Not anymore!!!

Indeed Topan, time heals everything… And it took time two days… Pretty impressive, I believe…

Puke…

UPDATES : These are a few new things…

• Wrote something in the About Me page…
• Removed the no.1 disclaimer… The blog is about my feelings after all… Hehe…

REMINDER : If this is not about you… Just keep it to your heart… I’ve been keeping this in my mind for a day… And it feels like the dam that’s holding the water is collapsing… Puking all it’s content… If you feel for what I write here… I extend my sincere apology, k?

So I’ll puke in this blog… My blog… Please bear that in mind…

Meor, what’s wrong with you today?

Hmm… Today? Today only you realized? Yesterday, the same hell happened (Albeit worse…) !!! Ask him! Don’t ask me…

First of all, I just want to say sorry to my partner in play, Masrizan… I’ve been playing badly… I don’t know what the hell is wrong with me (Well, in fact I do know… Too well, perhaps)… I bet you sure know what happened yesterday… You were there and you saw what happened… But I’m not sure that you realized… I bet you don’t…

Secondly, sorry for the opponents… Both of them… For my crappy game play… For my absent mindedness… For my lack of respect… For yesterday… And for today… But one thing I want to assure here is that… I never intended to smash you guys to bits… Never ever… Not until yesterday I guess…

I’ve shared this problem yesterday, with a good friend of mine… He said that the main problem here is communication… He said it’s my inability to convey my true feelings of the situation yesterday that made the scenario so upsetting… I’m mad, but I still conjure a smirk… So the one who was doing wrong thought that I’m still able to take it as a joke… I should, according to him… Tell the inflictor the truth, about how I really feel about things that he’s done to me… Things that for some, may be too trivial to be mad of… But for me, those detail hurts…

So today, I try to tell what’s in my mind… But it’s easier said than done… It’ll not only affect us both… It may jeopardize the harmony of all… So I choose to keep it in… I chose the hard way… Hopefully it’s for the best of all… hehe… 

So if I can’t be open to you, I can be open in my blog… And I hope by writing this, by chance you will read this too… And I’m absolute in my assurance that you know what wrong you’ve done…

The reason I believe that I can and have the rights to do this is because there are not so many people who read this blog… I don’t think this post will bring any impact at all to the world…

Whine… Whine… Whine… 

This is not anger… This is despair…

Thomas Cup – Malaysia vs China

Bile le meke nak balik Malaysia…

I’ve no class today, so I decided to go to the cafeteria and watch Malaysia Thomas Cup affair with China in the semi-finals…

Truthfully, I didn’t watch the first match… Which I missed dearly… Because apparently our world no.2, Lee Chong Wei defeated his nemesis, Lin Dan…

1-0… Yeah!!! When I heard about this I thought that our dream may come true!

The second match was kinda tight… With our golden pair Kien Kiat – Boon Heong outperformed by China’s world no.2 pair, Cai Yun – Haifeng… What a waste…

1-1… Hmm… 

The third game was even more frustrating, with the team captain Wong Choon Han outclassed by the young and upcoming star, Bao Chunlai… It was tight, initially but at the second half, Bao Chunlai proves to be to hard to be handled by Choon Han…

1-2… Come on, Malaysia Boleh!

The fourth match, between newcomers (well, relatively) Zakry – Tazari and I don’t know who, was much tastier… Hehe… Both Malaysians showed great composure to win in straight sets, to give Malaysia some kind of life line to stay in the tournament… Credits to the young lads… I can see that you guys will have a bright future… There’s strength… And will too… As strength without will is nothing and will without strength is useless…

2-2… Yeah!!!!!!!

Final match… Between Hafiz and Cheng Jin… I don’t even bother to watch the match partly because I’ve completely lost my faith in Hafiz and partly as I’m so pumped up to play my favourite sport, badminton… Hehe… I’m sorry to say that but he’s just not good enough… I guess it’s time for him to move on… But credits nonetheless to him as from what I heard, he put up a fight on the starting of second set, before crumbling in the end…

2-3… *Sigh*…

But nonetheless we put up a hell of a fight!!!