Welcome! I mean, Hello!

**hellopanda3** · 04-09-2009, 06:18 AM

I've been a member for a couple of months now, but haven't really introduced myself. So here goes:

Hello BC! You can call me HelloPanda. I'm a guy. (Just in case you thought otherwise because of the childish username) I just happen to like the food snack Hello Panda A LOT and thought it would be an easy username to remember.

I am of Filipino/Chinese descent.
I'm fairly new to badminton (6 months).
I've played other racquet sports before though. Ping Pong at age 10 and Tennis at age 13.
I'm currently a college student.

Funny story on how I started playing badminton. (Maybe not too funny)
I am a member of my college's ping pong club; but one day, practice was canceled. I went to another gym on campus to play ping pong, but it was closed also. I didn't want to go back to my apartment without having done anything. I remembered that my school had a badminton club and called a friend to check online when the club times were. Luckily, the club was meeting that day. So I bought myself an $18 racquet from the gym and went to the club. I've been obsessed ever since.

I'm a left-hander and have since switched racquets twice. After 2 1/2 months, I switched from the $18 to Head Metallix 10000. Around 2 months after that, I switched to Yonex AT 900P.

So that's pretty much it for now.
A long brief introduction of myself.
Hope to learn a lot from all of you.

**ants** · 04-09-2009, 06:21 AM

Welcome to BCBF. You will be a popular Panda here.

***drifit*** · 04-09-2009, 06:21 AM

hellopanda3,
welcome to BC ...........

good to hear that you picked up badminton and will keep on playing.

hello panda..? like calling our master Dink

**ants** · 04-09-2009, 06:24 AM

We have an official Panda here now.

**george@chongwei** · 04-09-2009, 09:40 AM

hey panda!

another panda over here

lol
welcome to the forum and have some fun here

**ctjcad** · 04-09-2009, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by hellopanda3

I've been a member for a couple of months now, but haven't really introduced myself. So here goes:

Hello BC! You can call me HelloPanda. I'm a guy. (Just in case you thought otherwise because of the childish username) I just happen to like the food snack Hello Panda A LOT and thought it would be an easy username to remember.

I am of Filipino/Chinese descent.
I'm fairly new to badminton (6 months).
I've played other racquet sports before though. Ping Pong at age 10 and Tennis at age 13.
I'm currently a college student.

Funny story on how I started playing badminton. (Maybe not too funny)
I am a member of my college's ping pong club; but one day, practice was canceled. I went to another gym on campus to play ping pong, but it was closed also. I didn't want to go back to my apartment without having done anything. I remembered that my school had a badminton club and called a friend to check online when the club times were. Luckily, the club was meeting that day. So I bought myself an $18 racquet from the gym and went to the club. I've been obsessed ever since.

I'm a left-hander and have since switched racquets twice. After 2 1/2 months, I switched from the $18 to Head Metallix 10000. Around 2 months after that, I switched to Yonex AT 900P.

So that's pretty much it for now.
A long brief introduction of myself.
Hope to learn a lot from all of you.

..to BCDF, hellopanda3!

..Good to know you're now obsessed with this sport..Btw, whereabout in USA are you from?
Anyway, keep visiting us and enjoy surfing in here!

**hellopanda3** · 04-09-2009, 02:35 PM

Yeah I'm pretty obsessed.
I'm playing in a couple of hours.
I'm from Texas.
How about you?

**ctjcad** · 04-11-2009, 12:48 PM

Houston? Dallas? San Antone? Austin?
I'm located about 1,500 miles to the west of you..

***drifit*** · 04-11-2009, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by ctjcad

Houston? Dallas? San Antone? Austin?
I'm located about 1,500 miles to the west of you..

i am 10,000 miles apart.

need malayali here....

**hellopanda3** · 04-11-2009, 08:00 PM

Good ol' Austin.

**malayali** · 04-17-2009, 10:20 PM

I am here; late, but still here!!
I dont get to hang around BC like before, been busy with "other" stuff.
Anyways, hellopanda, welcome & hope you are enjoying your stay in Austin, I know most of the players in Austin, so if you need help finding anything badminton related in Austin, just gimme a holler thru PM.
later

Originally Posted by drifit

i am 10,000 miles apart.

need malayali here....