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No longer a journalist....still love writing.
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Monday , July 16 , 2007
Wimbledon Tennis Adventure (3) - The Overnight Queue
Posted by natee , Reader : 4115 , 09:25:57   | Category : General Interest  
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I walked towards the end of the queue, drenched in the English showers, and as if possessed. It was coming towards 8PM, and in a few minutes I would know exactly where I was in the queue. This would decide whether I would get a centre court ticket for tomorrow where the likes of Tim Henman, Maria Sharapova, and Rafael Nadal would play.After battling the uphill climb on Wimbledon Park Road, I finally ....


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Sunday , July 15 , 2007
Wimbledon Tennis Adventure (2) - Hingis and Rain
Posted by natee , Reader : 860 , 07:30:52   | Category : General Interest  
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I rubbed my eyes a couple of times to make sure I wasn’t dreaming, and even after my eyes had turned crimson red I still saw the same vision of Martina Hingis running back and forth on court 13. I was a breath away from the tennis legend, and to my surprise, I didn’t even have to queue.I arrived in Wimbledon at about 3PM, hot and ready to queue up. Already, a short line had began to for....


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Friday , July 13 , 2007
A little about me
Posted by natee , Reader : 844 , 18:42:05   | Category : General Interest  
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Well, here I am, again, trying to start a blog on The Nation's website. I did this once under another pseudonym, but the account was deleted along with The Nation's old format blog interface. Fingers crossed, this one won't face the same fate!Recent readers of The Nation most likely won't remember me, but I worked at The Nation's incredibly down to earth editorial for four years before leaving for En....


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Wimbledon Tennis Adventure (part 1) - Do or Die
Posted by natee , Reader : 846 , 18:28:17   | Category : General Interest  
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As a young boy, I watched young Tim Henman try and lose over and over again. 14 years older, I resolved to visit Wimbledon to see poor old Tim try again.   My story involves weeks of preparation, trying to work on a thesis inside a tent on the sidewalk queue of Wimbledon Park Rd, and countless hours of standing in line. This is my Wimbledon adventure....It was early June when I started organising for....


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