I'm not much of a shopper but I guess it doesn't hurt to indulge myself once in a while, especially when there's a good excuse for it. My most recent major material indulgence was last year when I bought the new Apple MacBook laptop to replace my aging (5-year old) iBook. Since I'm feeling so deliriously happy tonight, I've decided to buy myself a gift. Why a gift? What's the occasion? Well, I just had the oral defense for my thesis earlier today--and I passed with distinction! I guess this calls for a celebration, don't you think? Sinae treated me to a dinner at the King of Falafel tonight, but I still want to treat myself to something special. I didn't set out to buy a new badminton racket, but that was exactly what I did! I was initially reading online reviews of badminton rackets and one thing led to another, and voila... a Yonex Armortec-500 is on the way! An impulse buying definitely. Why badminton racket, you ask? Well, lately I've been playing a hell a lot of badminton games, at the rate of at least twice a week. Some of the Malaysian students here got bitten by the badminton bug, including moi, and we have been playing pretty consistently these past few weeks. Also, since I'll be leaving for Indonesia in July and will be living there for the next year, it's a good idea to bring along a badminton racket to the land of tempe and shuttlecock. Now I just can't wait till my racket arrives, so I can start kick some serious ass--it's not like I don't kick these guys' asses in badminton before!
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Self-pampering
I'm not much of a shopper but I guess it doesn't hurt to indulge myself once in a while, especially when there's a good excuse for it. My most recent major material indulgence was last year when I bought the new Apple MacBook laptop to replace my aging (5-year old) iBook. Since I'm feeling so deliriously happy tonight, I've decided to buy myself a gift. Why a gift? What's the occasion? Well, I just had the oral defense for my thesis earlier today--and I passed with distinction! I guess this calls for a celebration, don't you think? Sinae treated me to a dinner at the King of Falafel tonight, but I still want to treat myself to something special. I didn't set out to buy a new badminton racket, but that was exactly what I did! I was initially reading online reviews of badminton rackets and one thing led to another, and voila... a Yonex Armortec-500 is on the way! An impulse buying definitely. Why badminton racket, you ask? Well, lately I've been playing a hell a lot of badminton games, at the rate of at least twice a week. Some of the Malaysian students here got bitten by the badminton bug, including moi, and we have been playing pretty consistently these past few weeks. Also, since I'll be leaving for Indonesia in July and will be living there for the next year, it's a good idea to bring along a badminton racket to the land of tempe and shuttlecock. Now I just can't wait till my racket arrives, so I can start kick some serious ass--it's not like I don't kick these guys' asses in badminton before!
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4 comments:
sudah lah wey abang mil...dulu main free throw basketball dengan saya pun tak lepas...sekarang badminton pulak...hahaha..aper aper hal congrats lah thesis defense lepas...ok chiow..saya ok kat sini..tengah finals..pastu vietnam
new racket! yea!
balik msia kang, bleh main badminton sekali. aku pun skrg tgh cari racket baru nih.
syahril: elehh.. kalau setakat sepuluh kali baling dua kali jer masuk baik tak yah hahaha... gi practice betul2 dulu.. naikkan average free throw kau ke 70-80 percent pas tu baru lawan balik...
meon: tak tau lak aku ko main badminton. nanti balik mesia boleh la main. aku ader racket kat mesia (yonex carbonex 21sp) tapi racket yg aku baru beli ni lagi power la... tu pasal la equipment kena hebat walaupun main tak seberapa hahaha...
hahaha betul tu, biar main tak seberapa pun, asalkan menang gaya.
aku dah lama tinggalkan badminton, last sekali main time form 2. tu pasal kat madison aku tak main. tapi aritu office aku buat main2 badminton, aku join ah dan tak disangka2, masih ada sedikit bakat tu. hahaha. alah bukan nak main utk tournament pun. for fun jek. kan?!
tu racket pinjam tu. kalau racket sendiri? ah terjobo lak hahaha
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