Sunday, July 6, 2008

Yey, happy days!

One of the best things about weddings is the reunion among friends. Ah, those things we talked about, they’re just the nicest things of all!! Just recently, I caught up with my old school mates and reminisce about the good old days. One that always brings back much laughter and fondness was the growing up with my badminton kaki- group! We were in form 2 and being crazy about badminton, we wanted so much to play “real” badminton. By “real” means, having a court, a net, real “feathered” shuttlecocks and a super light racquet (not those wooden racquets)!
But, back in the early 90s , the badminton courts were scarce, and being students, we don’t have the means to rent the courts. So, we played at an alley between 2 houses just right opposite my house. That, became our faithful court for the next 4 years.

We played throughout our SRP and SPM years. Shared much jokes and tales along the way. We met boys, who wanted to join us, simply because they were curious about how we four gals were so darned committed to get together every Saturday for a good game. Sometimes the group got so big - almost up to 10 people, and we all had to take turns playing doubles. But, still at times when others failed to show up, we faithful four, always managed to get together come rain or shine!!!

Looking back, it was awesome how a simple court could bind us so much. Thank God for those treasured memories. To Grace (my loyal doubles partner), Joyce and my sis, thank you for these wonderful times of laughter, lessons about commitment and about living passionately! (and of course, honing of my badminton skills, too!) . Long live the badminton kaki’s !!!

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