Yesterday, our C Division beat Catholic High 4 - 1. I wasn't there, I just knew that they won. I had extra lessons, again... Met Yan Tian, Benedict, Jia Ming and Darryl on the way anyway, and they were jay-walking. I did not follow them though. Our B Division match was against St. Gabriel's, and we lost the first 2 matches. You Hao looked like he had a chance, but his opponent was just so lucky and he dropped the ball onto the corner of the table in the final point, sealing the victory for them. We won the 2nd doubles as they were the only SG players in St. Gabriel and they weren't too strong, then Sean lost the last to make it a 4 - 1 loss. Tomorrow we will be facing SJI and it doesn't look like it'll be a win for us, but I shall see.

I had an "OK" training session today. Dozing off repeatedly through the periods before Recess, I was woken up during the break and was hence able to fully concentrate after that. And I ate more than usual, but I was still hungry during lunch, for some reason. I was hungry in the morning too. Braces hadn't allowed me to eat well, so I guess my body needed to balance that out. I started off nice and well with a very close win against Yi Kar 3 - 2. Then he played against Wei Yen, beating him 3 - 0. I lost to Wei Yen 3 - 2 after that, then Kai Xun won me 3 - 1, and that's ridiculous considering the fact that they hadn't come for training in recent weeks. So I was upset with both losses. What happened after that made it worse. Coach called for a Doubles match - Timothy + Me vs Daryl and Darren. He said that if we lost one set we would have to Wa Tiao. We took the lead to 2 - 0, then we started to lose in the 3rd set. At 10 - 6, it was time to put aside our playful mood, if there was even one. I brought the score to 10 - 8, then when we were playing the 19th ball, Darren had to hit it just above the net and cause the ball to drop right after it, which of course no one would expect, so we lost that set.

We won that match 3 - 1, but of course Coach wasn't happy. He let us rematch for a chance to redeem ourselves, and guess what, we lost the 1st set. I told Coach I would just Wa Tiao, but he told us to win the whole thing. Well of course the opposite happened. We lost 3 - 1. Wa Tiao it was.... 6 times. And that was the end of today's Off-Form training, although I felt ON Form.

I got my Braces on Saturday, they're white, so it isn't very obvious unless you're 5 metres away. I was fine with it initially, having worn the Jaw Expander for 2 years. The feeling was the same, except that there was nothing to block my tongue, so it's much easier to talk with it, certain vowels were made unclear when I wore them. Now, that issue has been eliminated, at the cost of additional temporary problems. About 7 hours after putting them on, I started to feel pain on both sides of my mouth. It hurt to bite. I was so blessed that dinner that night was Noodles, and noodles can be swallowed without much difficulty.

So then on Sunday for breakfast, was Hotcakes! Easy to cut and put into the mouth and swallow. Training was better than usual, my Win/Loss ratio was above 1. I felt that I had improved anyway.

Monday was ok, I felt lethargic in the morning when there was no reason to do so. I only had half a day, but I couldn't get through that without constantly putting my head on the table. The "extra" session for some course that I thought I had in the afternoon was a mistake of mine as it was not for me, but I had to stay until 5.30 for training anyway. I found Daryl and added to his History Homework in an attempt to pull up his grades, I'm not sure if I was successful. Then he left me to rot, once again, in at 3.30pm. With nothing to do, I read the Newspaper in the canteen for half an hour, then I decided to run off to J8 to pass time. Once there, I decided that I would have a Hot Fudge Sundae, then I went back. It was 5pm then, and the side gate could not be opened from the outside. It was also raining, so I obviously avoided the option of running round the school in the rain just to get in. Instead, I waited for someone to come out, which was what happened. He came out and I went in, held the door for that RGS Cheryl, who happened to arrive at that moment, then went in alone. I did not notice the rest of the group. Found Sean loitering at the hall, he was wondering if he should jump in from the top floor, as the door was locked. When I told him RGS had arrived, he made it a "No". 5.30, Coach arrived, ban zhuo zi... As I did that, NY came, then more RGS came. After I was done, I went to my usual slacking place. More NY came, then another group of RGS came, then an additional set of NY came. OK...... this training was officially cancelled for me. The "twins" Daryl and Darren arrived. We sat and talked until 7.30 when we were FINALLY allowed to play as there were now free tables for us. I was asked to play one match, which I won, and that was "Training" for the night.