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My Diary
by Gail Emms
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Tuesday 21st November
Our Danish match today was against Vaerlose. Basically we are not doing as well in the
league as we are supposed to be doing and now it is crunch time.
We need to win the next 3 matches, starting with this
one. Nathan and I did our bit and won
easily (although I won't comment on the cocky Danish guy we had to play....)
but we still ended up drawing the match 3-3! Luckily we won the golden set so we got 2 points at least. Phew!
Wednesday 22nd November
Ed came to visit and while I was training, he went to
play my mum at badminton. It had been a
while since he last played, so I was a bit apprehensive about the outcome! They played for 2 hours! When Ed arrived at mine, he couldn't
move! His legs, feet and back were
completely seized up, but he won 3 sets off my mum so he said it was worth
it. They did play 12 sets though.... but
it is an improvement! However, Ed just
kept moaning all night that he needed a massage and that I didn't know what
pain he was in!
Men??!!! They are
crap with pain of any sort and what does he think I do as a job? I have to train everyday!
Thursday 23rd November
Mixed training nice and early this morning! I hadn't had the best night sleep and mixed
is the worst to play when you haven't had enough kip! Got through it just about and then had to do
a quick change before it was outside in the freezing cold car park to do a
photo shoot for the England bid for the 2011 World Championship bid. Then it was the big surprise of the day. Woody and I have been keeping a secret from
Nathan for a while now, and today was the day that all was to be revealed.....
With a fake interview being set up with tv cameras and
everything, I burst into the hall and interrupted the interview with Nathan to
announce that he has won the "BBC East Midlands TV Sportsman of the
Year" award! He was very shocked
and luckily I didn't fluff my lines cos I don't think we would have been able
to re-create the whole thing again!! We
had to do it like this as Nathan can't make the awards night as we will be in
Denmark and so they filmed this to show on the night. I am so glad I managed to keep this
secret! I am usually terrible at things
like that!
I then had been invited by Sainsbury's to do a talk at one
of their seminar days. It was a bit
intimidating at first - I had to talk about being a winner and how I have
managed to be successful to successful businessmen and women and sometimes at
events like this, I wonder if they really want to hear from little me! Luckily everyone was lovely and I had a
really good time. The days go really
well if the people involved are really enthusiastic and eager to participate
and so it was really easy in the end talking about my views on badminton,
winning and what I focus on. After I had
spoken for about 20 mins, they then had to write on a flip chart of all the
characteristics I possess that have made me get where I have today. That was
very weird! And the characteristics they
came out with were very strong! Even
"World Domination"! Ha ha ha
ha!! I am doing pretty much the same
thing next week - I can't wait!!
After getting back from London, it was James Bond
time! Everyone has been raving about
this new film and how brilliant Daniel Craig is as the new Bond so I was really
looking forward to seeing it. And it did
not disappoint.
It was one of the best films I had seen for ages and a
bit different from all the other Bond films so that was a surprise but I
definitely think it is for the better. As for Daniel Craig, well.... we've all seen those clips of him coming
out of the water haven't we?! Need I say
anymore?!!
