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Sunday, April 29, 2007

2 days of competitions over..

lost yesterday..pretty badly too..oh well, i can console myself by saying that my opponent's in the australia junior squad, top 10 i think..really need to improve my skills..why is it always not enough??..we played best of 7 in the ladies open lost in 4 straight sets, with the last set not getting any points at all.how embarassing is that?..hai...todaý i still lost, to a kid..haha..but still not too bad..at least i made him earn the win..haha..well, it's the experience that counts..

the atmosphere here is different too, there are players of all generations, the parents come down to watch their children play and support them, some of the parents play together too in other categories..they are a lot teenagers and they are all pretty darn good..u hardly get to see that kinda standard in singapore...or maybe jus cos i don't play in outside competitions at all back home, but one thing for sure, u dun get to see the family cheering squad in singapore...

back in singapore, back in TP, no matter how many trainings i go to religiously every week, i always seem to be below par..everything i do's always not enough..am i not trying hard enough?..or do i jus not have what it take??..

will start my weekly coaching sessions with Mr Kim next sunday onwards, it's a squad coaching 40 bucks for 5 weeks..as in 5 sundays..prolly after the winter break after i've worked i'll go for individual coaching which is 32 bucks for 45 minutes..

i really do hope i can improve my game with the help of coaching..

wednesday will be the semis in UQ under division 2..hopefully i've learnt something from my short stint in the competition outside of UQ to really win something back in school..the standard out there is really different..

so the question remains..do i move to play in division 1 next semester to play with the better players in a bid to improve myself??..or do i stick to playing in division 2 and be "up there" all the time...