Monday, March 26, 2007

HAZARD OF "TOO MUCH" FASCINATION

"ADDICT"—that's what I describe myself, Rosa and Jals. Not addict with marijuana or any illegal drugs, but addict with the animè, " The Prince of Tennis". I think that this animè and our "addiction" to it , bind our friendship together. As if, it was the foundation of our friendship.
Last January 26, Friday, all P.E 1 girls have a practical exam in the two types of services in badminton. This also served as our third periodical exam in P.E. The two types of service in badminton are the forehand and the backhand serve. I have a hard time executing the backhand serve. The forehand service was more easier for me to execute than the backhand service. But, when I execute the forehand service, it does not went "inside" the service line. I have also noticed that some of my classmates and schoolmates, are also having a hard time executing either of the forehand and backhand serve or even both.
We were given 8 chances to execute each of the forehand and backhand serve correctly. But only 5 are credited. If you have executed the forehand and backhand serve correctly, within 5 consecutive tries, you don't need to use the remaining 3. You are already perfect in the exam. Each correct execution of the two types of services is worth 4 points. The shuttlecock must be inside the service line or else, no points will be given. So, the perfect score is 20 points for each type of service. I hope, I can get a high score.
Finally, it was my turn. I was very nervous! What if I get zero in this test? What am I going to do? Oh,no! Then, I tried really hard to execute the 2 types of services correctly. Unfortunately, I got only 4 points for the forehand serve and 4 points also for the backhand serve. This means, that I failed my periodical test! Oh, no! I got only 4 points out of 20!
But lucky are we to have a passionate teacher like Ms. Maquilan. She gave another chance to those who got 16 points below. And, it means that, I have another chance! Yes! But, as of now, the number of tries lacking for that person, is the number of tries that will be given to her. I have executed both the forehand and backhand serve correctly only once, so I will be given 4 more tries to pass and possibly get perfect in the exam. I successfully, executed the forehand serve 4 times and the backhand serve thrice. This means, that I got 16 out of 20 points in the forehand serve and 12 points in the backhand serve.
I have noticed Jals to be very lonely. I sat with her and asked her what's her problem. She told me that she was jealous with Rosa because she serves in badminton the way the service in tennis was done. Then, I began to ask her about her score in our practical exam. She told me that she failed the exam. "You're just kidding. Seriously, what is your score?", I asked her. Then she told me that she really got a low score. She began to blame her fascination to the animè, "The Prince of Tennis". "You, should not blame the animè", I told her. She began to cry. "If I was not too much obssesed and fascinated with that animè, this thing will probably not happen", she said to me crying. Then she began to tell me that from that day on, she will not talk about the animè anymore. I hope that she was just kidding. Hence, I have also learned something from Jals' experience. Don't be fascinated nor obssesed to something very muchh, IT MAY LEAD YOU TO DANGER!

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