Things I do with my friends

I have very few close friends, many good friends and more friends.  They keep me company and I almost never feel alone.  Sometimes, as half introvert (more than 50%) who prefers to stay at home and be alone, I was forced to move out of my personal space and into the crowd, a place which I still find quite intimidating.  Last raya, me and my biz partner went to Tamparuli to buy some chilli seedlings and also a couple sacks of sand for our home repairing project.  As luck had it, our futsal friends invited us to join their Raya quest at their colleague's house at Tuaran.  I am not a fan of house visit but I guess no harm in joining one this year.  At least I would be able to taste Raya delicacies after so many years missing it.

Then...on 11th July 2016, another first time in many years, I went to friendly football match between our women national team and Singapore at Likas Stadium.  There were one or two players I could recognize.  I went there with 3 friends, 2 were former national players themselves, who knew almost half of the players on the field.  It was a nice experience, but a bit disappointing maybe because we expected a greater show than what we saw.  It was less aggressive, the players showed lack of stamina, well, it sort of fell short of what I expected a national team should be.  But then again, I wouldn't know because it wasn't me in that team.  It was interesting to watch together with former national players as I could get first hand comments from those who were once there.  Interesting experience.  The final score was 2-0, a victory for Malaysia.

My sporting routine continues even though I do not update it here often.  Badminton with friends is a must for me.  My 5 years old wrist injury haunted me again but that won't stop me from playing badminton almost every other day.  That and my gym session are my daily routine.  I used to have great rackets, one of which I loved so very much, a gift from my close friend.  In just a few months I broke two of the best rackets I had, leaving me with the heavier one.  Now, I had to constantly borrow my friend's racket, hoping against hope that someday I would be able to buy those elusive, very light (only 68g) flypower racket I fell in love with.  I am currently building my strength at the gym, a little over a year and it shows satisfactory result, thank God.  Now upping the game by merging the workout to serve my two goals, to have a very toned and strong body, and to play a lot better badminton.

We will have our annual SDA Sabah sports carnival at Kota Marudu in October this year.  However, I don't think I would opt to play both futsal and badminton, that is, if I get selected again.  Futsal training is so rare this year that I wonder if the spirit to defend the title is still there.  We are focusing on badminton, but there are better, younger players out there too.  May the best one wins.