Heh, was a slightly different weekend to what I deem normal.

Had a BBQ on Saturday night and we had it with only mobile phone lights illuminating the scene. That was until I brought my flashlight (the one I use for computer assembly) and my ultra powerful SB-600 flash on my camera. Heh, I had complaints I was blinding the crowd with that flash.

Sunday I met up with my cousins who cooked lunch and was then invited to play squash. I’ve never been a sports person and as a kid, and was the nerdy kind who sat in the classroom gorging down Enid Blyton books while my friends played robbers and police on the basketball courts. My only lament from that is that my hand/eye coordination is totally hopeless. Throw something at me and I’m nore likely to fumble it before catching it (if I catch it at all).

So I had a first go at squash. The rules are fairly simple (as with most ball sports) and I picked up the game quite quickly. It’s a little funny playing as I wasn’t too comfortable using backhands to deflect the ball (wasn’t too sure how and I didn’t want to break my hand in the process). So I would “switch” hands while playing. It’s one of those amazing sights where I move the racquet from my right to my left and return the serve via a normal hit. It’s slow and cumbersome, but when I pull it off, it looks quite impressive. Heh.

Two hours of squash was more cardiovascularly challenging than the evening jog I had planned. Heh, now my butt and joints are creaky from all that fluid motion of body parts that normally don’t extend that far out.

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Watched a little of the Commonwealth games again. The highlights have so far been the women’s Clean and Jerk category (weightlifting). It’s amazing how people can do logic defying stunts and carry nearly twice their weight. Heh, you cheer on the participants just so that they can move on to the next round. A few records have been broken in these games. Would just like to see the tally of medals when all of it is over.