Basketballismyfavouritesport.Ioftenplaybasketballforabouttenhoursonceweek.

　　WhenIwasaboyofthirteeninschool,Iplayedbadmintonfirsttime.Ifeltverynice.Uptonow,Ihavebeenplayingbadmintonforoverthirty-fiveyears.Ihadoftenplayedbadmintoninside-streetwhenIwasaboybecausetherewerenotabadminton-court.AfterIhadfinishedcollege,Iworkedinaschool.Therearemanyyoungteachersinthesameschool.Ilikedtoplaywiththeyoungteachers.Intheafternoon,beforereturnedhome,weplayedbadmintontogetheruntilitgrewdark.IhadevenwontwotimeschampioninhighschoolinthegroupofyoungmenthoughtIwasover44yearsold.

　　In1996,therewasfirsttimeinourcitythathadabadminton-court.Thegroundwasnotwooden.Itistoohardtoplay.Abouttwoyearslate,therewasabadminton-courtthatwaswoodenground.Itwascalledworkers’stadium.Itwasthenicestplacefortoplaybadminton.However,notlongbeforeago,ithadchangedtoexpensiveshops.Whatapity!

　　InOct.1992,Ilefttheschool.IchangedmyjobandIneverregrettedit.WhenIworkedtheschoolIgotbadsalary.Mylifeisrathersimply.Iusedtogetupearlyinthemorning.Afterhavingbreakfast,andthenIwenttoschool.Intheafternoon,Iusuallyhadtwolessons.Beforereturnedhome,Iplayedbadmintonwithmycolleague.OneyoungwomanwascalledChengDongHong.Herlastnamewasasthesameasme.Shewassingle.ShewenttoGuiLinCitywhenshegotmarried.Shelikedtoplaywithme,soweusuallyplayedmixeddouble.IwasastrongmanwhenIwasyoung,sotheywerecalledmeavigorousman.