The Chinese Still Rule Badminton
Official results of the 2010 Badminton World Championships Mixed Doubles: Zheng Bo/Ma Jin beat He Hanbin/Yu Yang (last year’s winners)Men’s Singles: Chen Jin beat Taufik HidayatWomen’s Singles: Wang...
View ArticleThe Latest in Exercise Machines – Fluid Ergometers
Exercising in a gym can be boring, doing the same things over and over with the same machines. It takes willpower and focus on my goals to drag myself to the gym and exercise. It was a pleasant...
View ArticleA Busy Week
P needs to go back to his native Indonesia for his medical internship. The Twerp and I went with him to immigration to secure his exit clearance. Bad timing as it was the start of the school year and...
View ArticleSo Much for the Long Weekend
The Philippines celebrated its independence day on June 12 which was a Sunday, meaning for me, there’s no work on Monday. Yippee! I don’t have to file leave to take P to the airport and I get to spend...
View ArticleTrying Out Zumba
My friend Girlie was raving about the exercise benefits of Zumba. She said it really made her sweat and gave her a thorough aerobic workout. I had never joined any aerobics dance class before. The...
View ArticleTaufik Hidayat Magic
Taufik Hidayat is one of my favorite badminton players although he’s now nearing retirement. I love to watch him play as his movements on the court are very graceful and smooth. He is a very talented...
View ArticleNo World Championship Title for Lee Chong Wei
Lee Chong Wei has been playing badminton in the shadow of Lin Dan for a long time and I honestly thought that this time he would win over Lin Dan. I like Lin Dan too but for the good of the sport,...
View ArticleMy New Badminton Shoes
Once again SM Megamall and Robinson’s Galleria had three-day sales this weekend. Traffic was not as bad as I expected though, maybe because there are other sales in other malls like Trinoma. Anyway, I...
View ArticleWeighing in on the Badminton Scandal in the 2012 Olympics
I could not believe it when I heard about the disqualification of 4 women’s doubles teams in the Olympics. Nothing like this has happened before. The disqualification I mean. The women’s doubles teams...
View ArticleIcecapade
Daddy and the Twerp have been talking about going ice skating but due to the bad weather, it kept on getting postponed. Well, they finally did it last week. Daddy was proud of his little girl, saying...
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