Badminton Fever

During the past few days, the weather here in Saudi Arabia seems to be so cold and sometimes when we are playing outside (tennis) it seems that we were not able to sweat it out because of the weather. We enjoy the game more during relatively humid conditions as perspirations come out and we can feel that playing the game as a form of exercise is really working.

Therefore our group decided to try indoor sports as badminton. There is an old squash court which has not been used for a long time and we asked permission from the management to convert the place into a badminton court and it was granted.

Everybody was so excited and we bought the necessary equipment and rackets in order to start playing. Soon we realize it is not that easy. Our mindset being used to playing tennis is different and we have to adjust in practically many aspects of the game. Tennis involves different strokes and spins and you have to bring your whole body and arms up to the shoulder and waist into action. Badminton on the other hand relies more on wrist actions and you have to watch the ball's inconsistency (travel very fast when you are hit with a smash, but slows down as it hits the ground). At first, we were caught at having to slice and put top spins into the ball or sometimes totally not hitting it.

But I can say that it is all fun and I think it is also worth trying as a new sport to play especially with the current weather. When I go on vacation I am planning to play this game also with my family. There is nothing more enjoyable as a past time or games you play with your family.

Thankful

First of all I would like to thank those who have become my friends and considered me as their friend here in the blog world. I am really very very grateful for all of your support and comments that made my days meaningful and blogging more worthy to enjoy.

Just to let you know, I am starting to be little by little or slowly having some changes in my lifestyle. This is because of some influence gathered from what I've read in some entries from different Blog sites (personal, health, cooking, things to learn, etc.).

I did not enjoy much of my younger days nor have I improve myself much being an OFW . It's only lately that I found myself learning a lot of things that I should have done before. It was always been year-in and year-out and going home and coming back. I just seem to be contented on just letting time just go by.

I have a lot of good start last year, one of them learning to have a Blog of my own for me to write what I want to say about myself and people and things around me. This year I hope I do a lot of progress. There are lots of you who have been really inspiring.