My story:
Badminton is one of my favorite sports. I feel great today on March 12,
2024 that I can still play the games with my club members twice a week.
It's a sport that I heard one can play until 80 year of age and it's encouraging
to me to keep jogging when I can each morning to prepare for the games.
I started to play Badminton games when I was about 7 or 8 years old with
my sister and neighbors along the sidewalk in front of our house after dinner.
I stopped playing this game when I was in high school for I was busy with
school work. After I got my first job in New York, I played badminton with my
co-workers on Wednesday evening at the IBM country club. Later my late wife,
Khamchanh or Chu started to enjoy the game too, especially there were wifes
and children of IBM employees from Germany, Japan, England, India, and several
other countries who came to play too. We had a great time playing and we brought
all our three children to the IBM country club during our games. We enjoyed
spending our time not just on the badminton courts, but hanging out at restaurants
or at our backyard, especially with some roasted lamb meat and vegetarian food.
I wish I had taken a few more photos to refresh such memorable journey with
friendly people we've met. I wish everyone in the photos or not in the photos
from the IBM Badminton Club will stay healthy to enjoy a full retirement from
the Badminton games we love to play.