Woh! That's another good news, thinking about paying extra $4 for toll plus gas... Ah! Let me think about it...
opps sorry .... didn't know .... only been to VC once (when i was on my way to whistler for some snow fun) ..... now i know
hey... someone asks which gym ur referring to... i can only guess 2 gyms from the following list: 1)APAC 2)Bintang 3)GGBC 4)Smash City 5)UBC only few gyms that would qualify for the description is Smash City and UBC. APAC is pretty new and does not have a lot of training there. most players at APAC are of lower level and hard to find much A players there. Bintang as a lot of average players from D to B and no real A players. The overall group is also pretty friendly. GGBC caters to the richer group, so there usually aren't stinky "D" players and i think the training hours aren't particularly during open gym times. Smash City seems to hit all of the mentioned descriptions as they are mostly A and Bs players or beginning players. High D and Cs players make up an extremely small percentage at this gym. UBC is also highly training oriented and their students don't really play with drop-ins and also they dedicate like 8 courts to training even during open gym hours sometimes. Their gym A players are pretty much the student and a few non students. Also UBC is so out there in the middle of nowhere that i doubt stinky "D" players bother driving that far to play when APAC and Smash City are prolly closer to where they are =P there, u have a break down but this breakdown is not to say that there isn't nice people at smash city... itz just harder to find sometimes with so many people going in groups. breaking into groups are hard.
Super Series Finals in the Bay Area maybe the BWF should take a look at what's happening in the Bay Area and should consider having the Super Series Finals here in America. It might even be better than the 2005 WC in Anaheim. I can't believe they haven't announced where the super series finals would be though.
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Badpanda, can you please shed some light on what grounds you can assume that the WHOLE elite team (of the gym i think you are referring to) is spoiled...because you specifically said "team" which constitutes the fact that you are referring to the whole team. I personally know (and have trained with) many team members from the major gyms that the guy above me listed and most of them are training because it is their passion . Some of them even find a jobs to make money so that they can pay for training (I myself included) either because their family is too poor to afford the training or whatever reason. Therefor you have no right to say that a WHOLE elite team is spoiled. Second, many kids in general are spoiled these days anyways, the are FREAKING KID deal with it! EVERY Single gym has spoiled kids! badminton or not My point is NOT to attack you BUT to show you that you CANNOT use your reasons to degrade and in this case attack the reputation of a gym whom is loved by many people and it is a place where many players go to play every day. I understand that this is your opinion, but I am here to give you my opinions as well. Thank you
i think he meant to say that no one plays with him because of his skill level. (that sense of spoilt) i don't think he means that they don't work to pay their own passion.
Bintang Badminton II opening in Campbell, CA! Yes, you were almost right! Bintang Badminton is opening up its second facility in Campbell, CA, in November 2007! That should be very close for all Cupertino and West/South San Jose badminton enthusiasts.
Wow.. ..congrats again!!.. O.T.:Btw, how's everyone doing today up in NorCal??..I heard there was a minor quake early this morning up in the Bay Area...kwun, you guys alright??..
Good to hear.. ..glad you slept through it.... Hmm, with so much news on new badminton clubs sprouting up all over Northern California, i'm now left to wonder: What is the key for all of this sudden boom?? Is it because of available lands? Is it because of demands? Is it because of logistics(close proximities of cities/areas)? Or is it because there are more "well-funded" badminton folks up north??..
kwun... i think the craziness gonna begin soon? APAC (east bay, union city) Bay Badminton (upper west bay, s. san francisco area) Bintang (south bay, sunnyvale) GGBC (lower west bay, menlo park) GGBC2 (upper east bay, emeryville) Smash City (lower east bay, milpitas) UBC (mid to lower east bay, fremont) *anything past bridge, i dun consider bay...(less ppl from around there) ...that's 7...