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Had a game of squash today with Elmeri. He totally owned me on the field, but the tempo was rock solid and the sweat was.. well, surfaced.
This particular sport activity is really enjoyable and it really sucks the juices out of you. I'm pretty fast but my racket control is pathetic. I lose because I can't hit the ball with the right technique.
Doesn't stop me from smiling and enjoying, though.
This picture was taken at San Jorge Eco-lodges and Botanical Reserves during the Magic Birding and Photo Circuit Tour.
Best photography and Birding tours in Latinamerica!
apparently they don't believe in badminton rackets in this country so much. we saw a lot of people playing by hacky-sacking the shuttle-cock/birdie over the net. these guys were hella talented at it, too.
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But then again, so is everything else I do. At some point I guess I have to learn to prioritize. Now my piano/cello teachers won't be hounding on me so much for not practicing... maybe ;)
And conveniently, all my friends from JV have either graduated/quit/didn't make the team, so a lot of the attraction of being part of our school's team is... gone.
Although hanging out with the other kids at tryouts, honestly I like them too.
I've learned a thing or two from failing. Not so much how to deal with it, but how to prevent it from happening again. This is Not The End for tennis, but I really won't be playing as much as I'd liked.
This is not an excuse for playing badly at tryouts, this is a response to the surprise and the sadness and the feeling of failure from not making it.
At the same time it's moving on. Realizing what happens when you don't put forth your full effort. Learning how to accept failure especially when I shouldn't fail.
It's kind of.. odd. I've always done my best and it's usually been enough. But at the same time I could've done better and I know that. It's kinda scary thinking about what happens when I don't try my best. When you don't throw away all the pressure and the outside thoughts and focus on what you have to do.
[This will conveniently turn into college application essays. I hope.]
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There's an interesting tale behind this abandoned station—one that explains its demise!
One day during the 1920s, a "salesman" arrived, telling the owners of the station he had a way for them to make money. He wasn't joking—his briefcase held plates for a ten dollar bill. Hoping to improve their circumstances, the owners succumbed.
They built a little room in the back of the station for counterfeiting, and the only entrance was through the window you see here; at the time, it was covered with a wooden hatch, so no one knew there was anything beyond it.
The little scheme went well enough for a time, but finally, one of the owners was arrested. His ID of course led police back to the gas station, where a police search revealed the plates. The man went to jail, and the little station was closed—forever, can you believe it?