Well Done, Hall 13 Carrom!

Wooohooo!!! Silver for team 'Hall 13' carrom!
I must really say that our carrom team did our best at the carrom games held over these 3 days(17-19 Dec)
Though there were ups and downs, but we managed to hold through and played a close game with the mighty hall 3..

The 1st day was a great start!
We won almost every game and beat every other hall we met who underestimated us..
We started the day with the mentality that just try and win.. We ended the day with hopes of entering semis and even finals..

2nd day was the crucial games.. everyone swopped their players after gathering info about our hall.. Almost every game was a difficult game..
It was the 1st time all of us came out of every game feeling all sweaty and stressed..
We almost couldn't get into the semis because of a super close game with hall 14..
But luckily, we managed to hold them to a draw for the double games and win 3-2..
Close to the maxiest max.. hahax..
At the end of the day, everybody was just so relieved that we scraped through to the semis and just wanted to go back and rest for the big day..

TODAY!
Great semis with the hall niners..
Some interesting actions were seen in the games..
Probably they were too anxious to get into the finals..
Too much stress, too much focus on the medal & too little focus on the game at hand..

My men's singles was uber interesting..
How many times do you actually get to see people banging their head on the carrom board just because they couldn't get the desired seed into the hole?
How many times do you get to see someone super-ultra-uber stressed because he lost the 1st game and wanted so much to win the 2nd?
How many times do you get to see a MAN almost bursting into tears because he thought he was going to lose when there was still chance?
Well.... I SAW ALL THAT ACTION IN JUST ONE GAME!! =D
Ok la.. I'm not boasting.. seriously.. but it was funny.. and I didn't dare console him lest he blast me since I was winning..

Anyway, in the end, we ended up in the finals with hall 3..
I was up against the same guy and we both wanted to have a fun game..
We were both tie at 1-1.. and I was winning the final match..
And this was a great time for me to make a damn dumb mistake of giving him the 2 final seater seeds..
And at the end of the whole competition, I realised my game was the decisive game.. If I were to win.. my team would be holding the GOLD now...
I'M SORRY TEAM! So Sad-ed manz...

But nonetheless, I must say that this whole carrom team bonded super well since the 3 training days and these 3 days of competition..
All the crapz.. all the morale-boosting crapz.. all the morning breakfast.. the lame doubles that we all played together..
I'm so gonna miss those trainings and crapz sessions..

Well... finally, after 3 days of intensive carrom.. *not to mention the huge amount of time waiting*
We went for a feast at fish & Co.
But Wu Jie and Geraldine were not able to join us! so sad...
NVM! We ate on their behalf! HAHA!

Ultimately, the silver or gold is not the thing that really matter..
It's the friendship and fun that we all shared during these short few days..
I must really say that I enjoyed my time with them..
If given another chance.. I would want to play alongside them again! And this time.. WE WILL BEAT THE HELL OUT OF HALL 3!! RIGHT GUYS?! hahaha.. =D
I don't think it's that difficult la.. anyway our dear president Zequan should be considering us for hall next yr? hahahx..

Totally shagged now from all the carrom...
Can't wait for the next time when I will see them again for carrom..
Train for next year soon? hahahahax..

Carromified,
-HuaZai-

SHIOKY!

So damn happy!!!
Today was a great start for our inter-hall carrom..
WE ARE TOP 2 WITH HALL 3!! =D
Now I'm just looking forward to another great day tommorrow.. But...
The problem is first up is against the mighty hall 3!!! hahax.. but no worries la.. With the high morale that my whole carrom team has.. I'm sure we will do just fine tommorrow!

Anyway.. staying alone at night in hall is a damn sianz thing.. and my stupid senior and sarah don't want to fulfill my request by coming back to hall and play mahjong with me tonite..
I'm SAD!!! hahahax...

OK! Got to run and bathe and then sleep!
*Today's a damnnnnn shag day*

Shiokalicious,
-huazai-