jian zi

we've bought a new toy during our beijing trip... it's a jian zi... in english, a shuttlecock or featherball... it's believed to be the origin of badminton... it's now my mum's #1 favourite... many beijing ppl play it (ti jian zi) in the park during the day... healthy lifestyle, probably in attempt to rescue some lungs which are killed by cigarettes...

we suddenly decided to do some sports after lunch today... so we kicked it in the playground... think it's some years since the whole family last took part in something "sporty"... it looks easy, but it's not, we could hardly kick it for more than 5 times in a row... we gonna practise more!!! we played for 30 minutes and found ourselves tired and sweating...

(photo taken with dad's phone... not bad huh?)