A Food For Thought

I love sports. I guess i got the interest from my parents. Both my parents are sportsman and sportswoman. I played mostly outdoor games. Enjoyed every single of them.

Netball
I played netball since i was in standard six. "Centre" was my position then. Netball is not the kind of game that you can simply come and play. The most basic thing in netball is the footwork, apart from the throeing techniques.

I was the netball team captain, representing Sekolah Seri Puteri (SSP) back in 1985 and 1986. Played thw "Wing Attack" position.

Continued playing netball, representing ITM cawangan Pahang in 1988 and ITM Cawangan Johor in 1990. In 1991, during my first semester of Advanced Diploma in Accountancy (ADIA), i represented ADIA in "Sukan Antara Kursus" at ITM Shah Alam and after that represented ITM Shah Alam for the inter ITM games in ITM Johor.

Do i still play netball now? Yes i do. Recently, the college where i'm teaching were having "Sukan antara Pelajar dan Staf".ome of my colleagues told me that our team will not stand a chance to win since the students are musch younger and energetic. But, hei......who said we need much energy to play netball? We, the staff became the champion. Why? Not because we were more energetic, but because of our experience and strategies used. We played smart.....

Basketball
I started playing basketball when i was in form one. My school had the best basketball team among the residential schools in Malaysia. They had been champions even before i entered the school. And the school team were still the champion during my five years in SSP.

I joined the team in 1984. Represented the school in "Pesta Piala Perdana Menteri" (PPM) at SMS Selangor. Started playing in the "first five" (main players) in 1985 (PPM at TKC) and my last PPM was at SMS Machang in 1986). I played the right wing as well as the controller. We were the champion for all the three years.

I was lucky to be selected to play in Japan together with of my SSP colleagues, three players from TKC and two others from SMS Selangor. It was actually a students' exchange programme to Kohri Town in Fukushima Prefecture, as one of the programme in celebrating the town's anniversary. (How many years? I couldn't remember). Had a good experience playing in a cold weather as it was winter at that time. I scored a few goals (i was a very good three points shooter.....really!)

I don't think i can play basketball anymore. Unlike netball, we need pretty much energy to play basketball. Tried playing once....that was lastb year. Well.....i can still dribble well but by the time i reach the goal, i felt like fainting. Just didn't have the stamina anymore. But i can still shoot from the three-point line. Basically, basketball was the game i enjoyed most.

Volleyball
Never got the chance to play volleyball in school. Took volleyball as my co-curriculum subject in ITM Cawangan Pahang. It's true what they say. Once a sportswoman will always be a sportswoman. Teach me to play, i can play anything. Remembered when i was in SSP. We, the basketball players were not allowed to play softball because they (they softball players) feared that we will be in the softball team and not them.
Anyway, i got an "A" for the subject. Still play volleyball for leisure. And i'm now teaching my son to play the game.

Bowling
The game i love currently. I first bowl in 1991, when my colleagues at Coopers & Lybrandt invited me to join them. I was the "Ratu Longkang" then.

Bowled once in a while with by boyfriend (my hubby now) in Shah Alam, when we were there for our ADIA.

And now, me and my family will go bowling almost every week. Thanks to Uncle John and Tuan Syed for teaching me to bowl the right way. No more "longkang".

Bowling connects me to my SSP friends. Every year (starting from 2006) the SSP alumni will have a tournament which they named "Battle of the Batches". I didn't join the tournament in 2006, but for the past two tournaments, i've been playing for my batch (1986 batch). My love for the game urged me to join the tournaments although they were held in the Klang Valley. Last year we were the 1st runner up. This year, we were still in the top three. (2nd runner up).

The stars of our team are Soso (Tg. Soraya), whose scores were very consistent, and Bien (Farah Sabina) whose scores were mostly 150.

Apart from the games i mentioned, i like table tennis. As i said earlier, i was and still am a sportswoman. Whatever game.....surely i like lah!