Will be having 2 back to back outings today so it will be a long day. And it will be a very long post as there were 2 events.
Badminton at Anchorvale CC at 2pm. Left my house at 1.50pm and half ran, half walk to Anchorvale CC which is only 2 LRT stops away. Although it seems a short distance of about a kilometre or less than that, it took me 10 minutes to reach because I never ran the whole journey.
Walked till the first station and ran from the first station to the second station. Went to the sports equipment shop to buy extra shuttlecock. But when I am outside the store, I could not find any door to enter. Lol dumb. walked one round and finally found it facing the swimming pool and not facing the people walking by that was why it was hard to find the entrance.
The hockey area is all setup for YOG. Cant believe that the YOG (hockey) is only less than 1 kilometre away from my house. Hahas maybe can feel the atmosphere.
Walked to the badminton room which was at the second floor. It was a long time since I last came so made a wrong turn and found myself walking to the swimming pool. Lol. Found the stairs finally and went up. Cool they brought in Table Tennis table. Can play next time.
Went into the room. The first 3 courts are used up for ballet dancing or something. The last three courts are closed due to construction. Hence, can only used the 6 courts in the middle.
Only Joseph and Zhen Hua were there. Nizar came later. Wilson came about 20 minutes before we left because he rushed down from his school after a YOG event. The following were the matches that were played and counted:
Match 1: Zhen Hua 21 - Joseph 17
Match 2: Ming Xuan 21 - Zhen Hua 8
Doubles match with different partners
Match 3: Ming Xuan & Zhen Hua 21 - Nizar & Joseph 12
Match 4: Ming Xuan & Nizar 21 - Zhen Hua & Joseph 18
match 5: Ming Xuan & Joseph 21 - Nizar & Zhen Hua 16 (At one point we were leading 13-0 but were soon caught up)
Singles Tournament (1 round with 11 points)
Match 6: Zhen Hua vs Nizar ended with a deuce of Zhen Hua winning 12-10
Match 7: Ming Xuan vs Joseph ended in a deuce with me winning 13-11
Match 8 (3rd/4th placing): Joseph vs Nizar ended in a deuce with Joseph winning 13-11
Match 9 (Finals): The only match in the tournament that did not end in a deuce. I won 11-8 against Zhen Hua
Matches played for fun
Match 10: Ming Xuan 7 - Zhen Hua 2 (stopped halfway)
The rest of the matches were played without counting points. 1 word: Undefeated. But was just plain lucky because they were too tired to run.
It was fun playing with Zhen Hua because both of us made each other ran for each and every match. Hence, cannot slack and have to chiong so it is a game of stamina and strategy whenever I played with him.
At 5pm, we went down to McDonalds where I bought dinner for my siblings. Walked to Farmway station with them and saw Raymond and his friends flying kites. We started to be like Secondary times and they started shouting Raymond in all types of voices and went to take the lift up to the LRT station so Raymond did not see them. But he saw me because I need to walk pass him. He became shy. Lol and his friends also started to call him in different voices. I looked up to the LRT station and saw them continuing to call Raymond at level 2. Then the announcement announcing the LRT was made so I did not know whether they caught the LRT at level 3.
Went home, took a bath and went out. Ran to Compass Point and took MRT to Outram Park and switched to Green line and took MRT to Bugis.
Went to Four Leaves in Bugis Junction to buy a cake since I reached earlier than the rest. Walked the wrong direction and ended up in another bakery. Forgot whether it was Bread Talk or some other store. Found my way in the end. Went to meet up with the rest after that. There were 11 of them (Allen, Minhui, Audrey, Eldred, How Cher, Thar Hwe, Mabel, Jiamin, Jiong Zhen, Jerald and Wenbin). Heard that Luck Koon had left. We went to Pasta Waraku for dinner.
Split into 6-6. Allen, Jerald, Wenbin, Jiong Zhen, Eldred and Thar Hwe sat together while the rest sat at another table. Took us ages to order because we colud not make up our mind.
Then to me, selecting the drink is quite a headache. Had drank a Big Gulp (Coke) and a 600ml Pepsi earlier while playing badminton. High Sugar level already so I was lucky that there was Ice Lemon Tea.
Ordered a Doria Set (inclusive of a pasta, bake rice, soup, salad and drink). Selected crab, mushroom and prawns as the pasta. After dinner, we sang birthday song for Minhui at the restaurant. Luckily not much people in there. Ate the cake with an already full stomach. Helped Jiamin finished her share too. Damn full.
Went to the MRT station. Was the only one taking a train going a different direction. When we were travelling down the escalator, my train came. Only managed to say goodbye to a few then I ran to a cabin that was empty. While running, heard someone, think it was Audrey telling Jiong Zhen to say goodbye. Lol I saw he reaction quite funny.
While in the cabin, it was damn strange. I ran to an empty cabin. The 22 cabins beside were damn full and my cabin was quite empty. Wonder why no one from those cabin came here but squeezed.
Changed to purple line and went home. Did not feel tired at all. Normally, will fall asleep, but never for this time. While exiting the MRT, received a message from Jerald about the DONT'S for Hungry Ghost Festival. Out of the 9, I got 3. To make matters worse, most of the lights are already switched off. Hahas I think I am superstitious.
It is time to exercise. Ran all the way below the LRT track to Sculpture Park where I did Pull-ups there. Some more at 10.30pm. Then ran to the Sculpture Park opposite then a funny thing came. Someone was cycling and I jogged past him. He tried to catch up while I pretend I never see him and continued running in Sculpture Park home. Hahas I think he wants to kill me for travelling faster than him on foot.
Reached home and realised I got 5 more messages about Hungry Ghost Festival from various people. Hahas but I am already home. Took a bath and finally can rest at 11.25pm.
Watched Zhong(1) Yi(4) Da(4) Ge(1) Da(4), the drawing and guess the idiom game. The person who was guessing was Liu Qian the magician. Hahas quite funny when he guessed. After that he drew and the rest guess. He drew a mouse then they guess tou(2) shi(3) something. Damn funny. They thought the mouse was a rock. Then the artist showed them her drawing then the rest guessed it. Hahas a big difference.
A very nice day. Thanks all for the day.
