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Sunday, August 06, 2006
this is week 4 reporting!.. ok i know i have gone nuts with opening my post this week with that.. but yea, its the forth week of my second semester already.. and my first assignment is due TOMORROW! Macroeconomics to be exact.. not much of a worry, since I had done Economics in MUFY.. I am more concerned of the Marketing report that I have to hand in next tuesday.. I have no idea how to answer, and it has not been taught in lecture yet, and the textbook is not helping either!.. stupid subject la!.. and worst still, its a core, cannot afford to fail, haih!..
anyway, I had one heck of a night last night.. I joined my first foosball DYP competition!.. it was a Leo DYP party, so me being a Leo zodiac get to join the competition for free, so hell, why not join it for the sake of experience! Adam was not so lucky though, had to pay RM10 to join, but I am pretty sure he had no regrets!.. anyway, I thought the thing was at 8.30pm, so Adam and I arrived there sharp, but saw no one in Asia Cafe.. after a few rounds of foos, which I was totally useless, still no sign of any party, so I thought, well its ok, since I am not exactly playing well anyway.. after that played some pool with Adam as well, which I had no idea what's wrong with me! cant hit anything in!.. as we were about to leave the place because we thought there wont be anything happening tonight, suddenly saw my tennis mate Jo-veen.. and then a whole lot of people starting coming in, althought never see them before, but from their looks they are quite geng.. after asking Jo-veen, there actually
WILL be a DYP competition with all the big stars in the house! after Adam and I put our names down, we started to wonder..
HOW WE GONNA PLAY WHEN WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE PROPER RULES!! seriously, I was so worried and scared, that my hands started shaking man!.. it wasn't even that bad when I played the tennis competition for the first time.. maybe because all the big names like Shaun P'ng and Mikey Tan will be here, so super scared!.. anyway, my name was called, and was super relieved that its a doubles competition where I will actually pair with a veteran fooser! now I know what does DYP stands for, Draw-Your-Partner where your partner is randomly picked to play.. so, first game up, and I had no idea what they are doing, or what to decide when we won the coin toss, so my partner did all that for me.. I didn't even know its a best of 3 games thing!..
Alright, back to the first match, of course, having no experience in foosball competition, I made alot of mistakes as I don't know the proper way of blocking, so my opponent snaked me like nobody's business! at the start of the second game, my partner called a time out, pulled me aside and started giving me some pointers on how to properly block a shot and all.. ok, I didn't really understand everything he said, but I hope that my inner sense can produce what he ask me to do.. so, second game went underway, and I was soon able to block most of my opponent's snakes! it surprised me really, but at that point I was just focusing on blocking the shot and nothing more.. seriously, I heard nothing at that moment, 100% focus!.. with my opponent failing to score, my partner started to score for fun, and we won the second game as well.. the third game was a little tighter as my opponent changed abit on his snake and I wasn't really able to get it, but my partner did alot in blocking his pass and scoring.. and then when everyone least expect, I shot a pull and the ball actually went in.. and I didn't count the score, but that was actually the winning goal!! I was so happy, my first goal in a foosball competition and it is the winning goal!.. but by then, i was super tired man, trying to block the shots and all the concentration..
So, went and rest awhile while waiting for my next match, chit chat with Adam about his game and look at others play.. then, my partner came and told me, that our next opponent is...
MIKEY TAN!!! I am only in my second competitive match, and I have to block the snake of Mikey Tan,the number one player in Malaysia, that is said to be super geng(said coz I never see him play before)! how on earth can I block his shot when I had trouble to even block my first opponent's snake which is like cheese compared to Mikey Tan!.. my partner came with the news, then went to a table and taught me how to block Mikey Tan's snake, which sounds easy, but I don't really understand.. Ok, should change that, I DONT understand at all!! I was telling my partner when it was our turn, that I don't get what he told me.. he just told me to have the fighting spirit and don't give up til the very end, just think about how to win and not how to lose!.. I took that with me into the match..
Game starts.. Mikey Tan's partner, don't know his name so just call him X.. he managed to get the ball to the front, set up for a push.. I didn't know at all how to block a push, so I just tried to move my man to confuse him, and he shot, but luckily, he overshot and the ball bounced off the tip of my goal!.. then I realise, these people are no joke man!.. then, the ball came to Mikey Tan, 1 push and boom! the ball was smacked right into my goal, I couldn't even see which hole he went! my gosh, his back man is equally stinging man!.. then, I think because of all the pressure, the next few goals was all bouncing everywhere and went into my goal.. I couldn't do anything!.. we lost the first game just like that.. The second game, Mikey Tan went to the front!.. my partner I think step up a notch, managing to pass Mikey Tan's middle man and snaked in the first two ball.. then, Mikey Tan loaded the ball in, tic-tac for abit, then i heard a smacking sound, and the ball sticked to his forward centre man, just like that!.. honestly, I had never seen anyone smacking the ball that hard and the ball still sticks to the man! I was already sweating then.. he set up his snake, and started rocking the ball.. I tried to do what my partner taught me, but to no avail.. he snaked, and I'm not joking, I felt the whole table shaking and the metal in the goal bent when his snake went in!.. heck, I couldn't even see his ball when he snake!! the rest I don't need to say, his snakes was just unstoppable, at least I cant, and we lost the game..
I tell you, even after tha game, my legs and hands was still shaking from playing with Mikey Tan.. Yes, he is THAT scary! so Adam and I then went and play a few rounds ourselves, after each suffering defeat already.. I tell you, we really played like competition speed man!.. we were playing super fast and couldn't help ourselves.. however, because we were both taught how to block snake, we now officially CANT snake each other!.. but we were just wanting to smack the ball for fun, using up our remaining energies, because we had no more games left, or that was what I thought!.. Then, my partner came and call me, because we still have another game!! oh man, I just used up all my energy and was super tired, and now I have to summon up all my energy to survive another onslaught!.. turns out, our opponent was the opponent that actually beat Adam and his partner.. man! if only Adam had won, I would be playing against him, that would be fun!.. anyway, this opponent wasn't good, but he was someone different.. plus, I was making alot of mistakes and letting alot of balls in, or rather, my opponent just pump the ball and scored four from that! As its now race to nine points, four balls is alot.. and my opponent somehow couldn't snake, so we lost tamely to them.. I felt so disappointed as it was me who made alot of mistakes.. felt like I let down my partner big time!.. well, I guess that its all part and parcel of the game, the losing part is the hardest for anyone..
By joining this competition, I really learnt alot, even though I only played behind and scored two goals, I was happy to just participate, plus its free! so, you guys should be seeing Adam and I in future foosball competitions!
Alright then, back to reality, Macroeconomics assignment due tomorrow and Marketing report due on Tuesday, better buck up and finish them now.. alrite, take care everyone, til next week!
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