not so baddy =)

I am preparing myself to eat my own words... They don't look very appetising, but I gotta do what I gotta do. I have to say, it goes against much that I believe in and I never thought I would say this but *deep breath*... I have to admit... that badminton is... pretty... fun. There... I said it. *phew*... OK, try to contain your laughter alright? You must remember that sometimes, even the very smart people in the world get things wrong, we can't always be right about everything - otherwise we would get too proud =P.

Tonight was pretty good fun, but my competitive nature came out once again. Whoa... I think I just heard everyone's eyes roll in unison as they read that... hahaha. I don't think it's my fault really... By nature, I'm a pretty excitable kinda person and I can really get into the game, so when my team gets a point, the competitive bug kicks into gear and I start carrying on as if we have one the game!

I really love the excitement that comes from sports. I love watching sports, mainly because I can't really play them very well. But the camaraderie and unity that comes from a band of supporters cheering on their team in chorus of encouragement is, to me, a beautiful thing!

I think that's why I love watching (some) sports - my whole family used to be mad Wildcats fans back in the day when they used to show the games live on TV. Some of my memories from those days included (all from the comfort of our own home - mind you!) yelling at the refs, cheering on the cats, me praying for Ricky Grace as he was taking a foul shot at the crucial part of the game (remember that famous look of concentration on Ricky's face when he was pausing to shoot the foul shot? Edge-of-your-seat-stuff man! I used to wonder what happened if I was praying for the Wildcats and some other fan of the other team was doing the same - I figured that if I had more faith, God would listen to me, but if they had more faith, I (and my beloved Wildcats) would be stuffed hahaha), my dad saying stuff like 'Crawford! So stupid! Always lose the ball like that', and my mum predicting the outcome of shots from downtown 'In!' *ball goes in* 'See, I know!'. Heehehe.. Good times, great memories!

I'm the odd one out amongst my siblings because unlike AJ and K, I am not particularly gifted in coordination and speed (I'm pretty crap at most sports). But because I am so enthusiastic and excitable, in games - most of my energy is exerted in trash-talking, celebration and cheering / encouraging the team. Occasionally I will have a moment of glory where I will do something just a little bit spectacular - but these, are truly occasional in occurrence and are, at that, few and far between.

The way I figure it, is that it's kind of like church life. Yep, here come the big-stretch-analogy-using-random-topics - don't kid yourself guys, it's what you read this blog for right ?? haha.... Not everyone can be good at different things - like singing, welcoming newbies, preaching, playing instruments, evangelism, followup - but everyone, if we truly believe in the team that we are on (God's team! The ultimate All Stars!!), can be cheering on the team and adding in our little bits of encouragement, prayer and doing our best when the ball comes our way (and through that, creating our own moments of glory - but giving the glory back to God!).

We might not be the goal scorers, the shuttlecock smashers, slam-dunkers, try-makers, home-run-hitting superstars, but we can cheer these guys on and get the ball to them so that they can do their thing! =) Hope that analogy wasn't too far of a stretch for late on a Sunday night. But there it was anyways.

Peace out guys - hope you aren't too sore tomorrow =)