Today's training session was very good. The moment I arrived, cuo qiu. Then when the twins came, cuo qiu bi sai. I won, so I was rewarded with a drink that I had originally declined.

I left Julian behind as I went for Lunch alone. Feeling in no mood to eat, I merely took a chocolate cone from Macdonalds. I regretted this afterwards when I returned to the school, for by then I had started to feel hungry.

I was asked to play with Yi Kar, who had just come back from the Lianhe Zaobao tournament. I beat him 3 - 0, but he was really missing all his la qius, the balls went past his bat physically. I was promised another drink if I beat Yen Kar too, and it was 3 - 2, but he forgot about it. I didn't chase him for the drink. Next was Nicholas, I won 3 - 2, to which coach's response was for a best of 7, continued. Lost one, won one, so overall I won 4 - 3. Another drink if I beat 2 more opponents, coach said. Next was.... I'm not sure of his name??? 3 - 0 it was, anyway. The final opponent was supposed to be Liang Heng, who went home, and Nicholas wasn't happy with our match so he wanted to play again. I lost 3 - 2 this time, so coach passed him the drink.

The Doubles game was depressing, I was already worn out by Nicholas, I was paired up with the weaker of the 2, and it was very hot. The worst part was jiao huan. Yi Kar, Nicholas, that guy whose name I don't know and I. Yi Kar picked Nicholas immediately when given the choice as he felt that the other guy was much weaker, which turned out to be true. I lost 2 and won 1, and even then it was 3 - 2. Guess which one we won? The one with Yi Kar, of course!

Up next, was Gerrat. I can safely say that this was the most intense match of the day. He caught every single lucky ball I shot at him including those that hit the sides of tables or went just over the net, and they catch 99% of people off guard, causing them to lose the point. The net ones may be ok, but the balls that touch the side of the table are nearly impossible to return consistently, but that was what Gerrat did. He was ready all the time as though he expected his opponent to be aiming for that spot. So it seemed like if I did that, I lose, because I myself did not expect him to return those balls. I lost to him, 3 - 2, final set 11 - 8.

Then we have.... the Nanyang Triplet???? A drink for beating all of them, and I totally failed that. Beat Joy, got trashed by Jerilyn and lost to Yirong. Jerilyn's chang jiao causes the ball to feel so heavy and I can't pull the ball up. And then Yirong, with her Anti and her smashes which always seem to go in..... I just couldn't win.