The only interesting thing that happened today was training, so here goes!
I woke up in the morning and found out that there was gonna be training in the afternoon. I was still half-asleep (but I could make sense of the SMS, tyvm) but I dragged myself out of bed to ask my mum if I could go. She'd said NO TRAINING ON FRIDAY BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST GONNA TIRE YOURSELF OUT AND THEN HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO UK YOU TELL ME?! but I thought I'd risk it. (: And so when I asked her ever so tentatively ("Uh, Mummy--whom I LOVE..."), she said vaguely, "Go if you wanna go. But I ain't taking you there." Or words to that effect. So the risk was worth it. Totally unexpected beginning to the day! :D
And so I slacked off till about 12 (I tried to write stuff, but I only finished off like, two lines. I was watching too many dances lol), and then I had lunch with my mummy and then I made my way to Maris. I'm proud of myself--I managed to navigate my way to the school from the MRT. :D But I began to regret going when I realized I was the ONLY GIRL IN THE HALL and that everyone else was from China and therefore of a level of talent I will never understand. :/ It was okay after I was assigned to do some stuff, but I'm telling you, you walk in there and find out you're the only girl, you'll feel like running away pronto. The only reason why I didn't is because Chen'd already spotted me. :/
DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING. I actually managed to get some ball sense back today (: I started training with this little guy 小马 (yeah, like, literally) and at first I was a bit doubtful, because he's TINY and he wasn't that great the last time I'd seen him. But a few months can do miracles--HE'S CRAZY. He whacked the first ball I served and I was like, whoa. Okay granted he can't beat me :D But he's what, 8? And playing with him gets me worked up into demolition mode (I REALLY let it out that first hour) so that's good :D
Then we had to play matches against each other and that's where the only-girl thing freaked me out again--not to mention some old nemeses had popped out of the blue (not you, Edwin--you're not a nemesis!). I decided I'd just go in there and have fun--AND DO YOU KNOW, IT WAS AWESOME. It wasn't just fun; it was exhilarating. I was exhausted by the end of the first few matches and I'd started to get this blinding headache, but I didn't want to stop (even though I knew my mum would KILL me if she found out). I somehow found my way to the first table, got the crap beaten out of me by Seth (GAHH), but that was okay 'cause the previous few opponents hadn't really been much, so I hadn't gotten the feel of it yet--BUT AFTER THAT THE COMPETITION-MODE ME WAS BACK HAHA. Okay, it wasn't. But it was the closest thing I'd gotten to it in months. I mean, I didn't even think about what I was doing. The whole instinct-reflex-justwhackit thing was back. I got the whole blank-mode heck-care just-do-it thing back. I GOT A LOT OF STUFF BACK HAHAHA.
Yeah okay fine I was better in the REAL competition mode some six months ago. :/ But it felt so good. I made dumb mistakes and I really have lost some of the techniques (particularly the ones that go all science-y--the whole hit-it-when-it's-just-left-the-table-'cause-the-resultant-force-blah-blah kind), but I'll ignore those for the moment. (: What I mean is, I got the table-tennis feel back. Every time I whacked it, it felt right (OKAY NOT EVERY TIME BUT IT'S A MANNER OF SPEECH), and there was this solidarity upon impact. Sometimes it's all dull and hollow. (If this doesn't make sense, it's okay. It doesn't make sense to me either.)
After training Edwin and I went back to J8 together. I'm telling you, HE IS A CHILD OF NO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS OLD. He talks nonsense :/ But you should see him when he's in the okay-I-gotta-win-this mode. He's got this coolness to him when he gets serious, and then you feel like taking a step back and going "Whoa, take it easy". (Don't let this get to your head, Edwin! You're still a kid! :D)
All in all, uneventful, but totally worth remembering. When I get back from the UK, it's TRAINING ALL THE WAY. OKAY I'M GONNA GO SLEEP NOW I'M POOPED BYE!
JI INN MADDIE YOU ABANDONED ME D: I'll catch up with y'all at the Globe (:
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loves
this is so subject to change that i'm not even gonna bother listing them down.
hates
too many, and the list would be extremely volatile, anyway.
wants
a place in Oxford University (good luck, jennifer.)
for someone to know that he has a special place in her heart!
to survive in HCJC next year
not to have so many wants (but who's counting?)