Saturday, November 3, 2012

Loughborough Friendly Match

The badminton team of Nottingham Malaysian Society is having a friendly match with the Bruneian team of Loughborough University. This is actually my first time travelling to some other place for badminton match. It felt so cool when our team step into the train with our badminton gear, looks like pro. It's a warm up match before Nottingham Malaysian Games, but my intention is just to visit Loughborough :P

Arrive at Loughborough University after 20 minutes of train:

My teammates just told me that Loughborough Uni is famous for sports, and their facilities are superb. They have 4 courts JUST for badminton, and it's the proper rubber floor, best grip and jumping condition for players! Our team won all the matches, seems like our pairs are doing good although we don't get to practice much.

I really enjoyed the game:

After that, the Loughborough Uni team brought is to have a walk around town (with our badminton gears). We had early dinner at a Thai restaurant, I love this gang massaman curry rice recommended by Jia Wei. Had a good chat there acting like a young student, and then head back to Nottingham by train.

Catching the train after Thai dinner:

"Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another."
-Zechariah 7:8
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What a wonderful experience to do something like this in UK, but most importantly, I think it really helps to build up the friendship among team members. I really thank God that we had a safe trip back and forth, no injuries during matches (especially my shoulder) and a great time spent with both teams, Amen.

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