Well, I wish I'm talking abt my retirement from my work here ...... but unlikely, since I nvr purchase a single lottery in my life and I'm not Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.

The retirement is from the badminton games . Well, the reason being is 2 weeks from now, I will hv an operation on my right knee, to fix whatever is "running out of service" in there. Almost half an year since my nasty fall on the badminton floor, my knee is still unable to get back to its original shape.

The recent injury is just a triggering point to my many old injuries on my right knee. I hv played badminton probably since I'm 5 or 6 years old, it had been my favourite games among all. And my playing style hv been pretty heroic, frenz will see me "flying" around the half court, just to make sure I return the shuttle bk to my opponenets.

For sure I will need to rely on the stick for a week after the operation, provided I don't hv any ligament or meniscus torn ...... if there's any, I might need more than a week. I'm not sad, scare or excited abt the whole thing, it just feel like smth I need to do at the time comes, like many others things in my life before .

I hv many good moments for my playing days, be it during the time I'm holding the wood stick when playing with my village playmates, or the time in uni, sit quietly and watching the macho Iraqi guy plays his games (didn't know they too play a good games ). I nvr make it to any badminton team, knowing that I just want to hv fun, the pressure of getting it in the competition level, might kill off my interest. Take basketball as example, I hv seldom play any of it since left the team during my secondary school.

Anyway, when 1 door close .... another door will open for you. I might seriously take swimming as my next target, and it's so far the "safest" sports I can do, looking at the condition of my knees .

A goodbye to a game which is played with beautiful skills and marathon stamina ........