Firstly, i'm sick of table-tennis. I wanna join SOCCER! OR HOCKEY! OR SOME OTHER TEAM SPORT. Competing individually as a paddler just, simply suck? yea. First, its the pressure, as u can only have yourself to blame, and secondly, obviously, the more the experience, the better you are. So, if you started at about 10-16, just forget about it coz you are missing out. Those good(gay) players started at p1 and even before entering school lah. so, how fast that u can catch up doesn't matter, coz u can't be the best or even one of them. There's no heroic or underdog stories in table tennis. Like for other sports, it's much easier to get a hang of it. But for table-tennis, nah... it takes years, literally consistent years. I played for about 6 years, and i'm just that malay guy who can play table tennis. LOL.
As for underdogs stories, it's kind of easy to get this team/school to be the TOP IN THE NATION from being an unknown the previous years. you know how? just take in china gay players to represent the team. it is offered as a "scholarship". lol, smart Singaporeans. that's not the best part. the best part is that most of those "china scholars" are overaged and they came with a fake IC. so, they maybe 15-18 but they are playing at primary school level and c division, legally. and it's so obvious. well, they didn't broke any rules, NOT! so, if you bring in 3 china players, so its a guarentee 3 out of 5 win. hoo ray! and your team's the best, known for bringing china players in. great.
another reason for this suckish attitude towards table tennis is that, theres no benefits? win, lose, medals. thats it. and yea, only a few will get to the national team, and most probably none will get to win any medal in the olympics or any international tournaments. so, if you retire, you'll just be a coach of a school and bring in china player. and, true cases, what's their part-time job? ermm, taxi drivers. so, national or school coach by day, taxi driver by night. TAXI-DRIVERMAN! lol. okay, enough, i'm demoralising everyone. so, the reason for not wanting to get myself into sports school is that, most probably i'll be a taxi driver. ahaha. and i got no passion for this sport, at least a bit. yea man, face it, only about 2% of the of the pupils from sports school, around the world including our country, will represent the nation and the other 80% work as supporters or helpers and the rest 18% as taxi drivers? ermm, will i get sued for this? ahaha it's not that i'll be a successful millionaire by entering a non-sports school, its that, most of us just wants a stable job. imagine u are a sportsman and you broke a part(exp your arm) that is essential for your job as a tennis player or what so ever. you will still have to work like humble human beings as a clerk or what without those cheering fans that goes "GO JERARD, MAKE THE NATION PROUD". but now you will hear this, "Stop dreaming, get back to work." and, if u don't focus too much on sports, ccas during your school days, you will probably have higher qualifications that can determine a better job. yea, in this world, job is everything. haha. but i'm sure sports school have other plans that can avoid the students from becoming taxi drivers right? ok, im being mean.
and lastly, in table tennis, if you want to receive respect, look like a good player, all you have to do is to
1)put on braces, to give the rich guy look
2)wear branded stuffs, bats, specs
3)for some cases, bring your family or mummy along for your game. awww....
4)look like a smart, clever, clean guy.
5)and lastly, chew on something(like mentos) before your game, to show your opponents that your game is not a big deal and to show the "I'm the best and you are all losers(because i'm chewing on a gum)" look. ps: exagerate on the chewing action more to get noticed by others. haha
6) wait wait, still got. you have to wear slippers to your game, and just bring your shoe bag to give the "I'm just from training" or "This is just another peanut/easy tournament" or, ofcourse, "I'm THE BEST(because i wear slippers, and you all are wearing shoes! muahahah!) look.
7)hang on there.. still got. to put more effect on the "Pro Player" look, wear a jersey with a "Singapore" behind. if it's yours, uncle's, just wear it. if you don't have, buy an empty jersey and paste a Singapore flag at the front. and wa la... they will still think that you're a national player. ok, some maybe a true national player(ehem) but theres a few that wear those type of jersey to, erm, simply show off. man, too much ego kills. but it's still safe to have a spoonful of egoness in you. haha.
8) you should mix around with those pro players even though don't know them. act as if you have known them for a very long time like best friends. people will think that you are as pro as them and ofcourse, they will be demoralised. so, you're mixing with the "cool pro" bunch which have a membrane where no others can touch, leaving them as losers.
9)if you have an alumni in you family that can play table tennis, bring him/her to your game. people will go, "OMG! Tom is the brother of that Pro girl lah. he must be good then" even if you don't play table tennis, people will still think you're good at it. ;D
10)if you lost, CRY! cry as loud as you can to attract attention. this will show how "passionate" of you towards the game, besides being a cry baby. this really happens man. and people will come to you and say, "Don't worry, you played well. You are still the best". so, you only need to cry to receive unsincere compliments. SL! sore losers! ahaha. im being mean, yet again.
11)lastly, don't talk to the lousier ones. haha. serious lah, most of those better ones just walk pass those unknowns with the "whatever, im the best" look. lifting their chin and nose up. ahahaa.
i'm just being sarcastic with those points. okokok, this does not refers to you, but it refers to posers. serious. and this does not refers to people who don't really play well, but in fact, these actions are being ACTED by those better ones. serious. and yes, the not so good ones followed. yea man, they did all that to receive recognition. well well
lol, it's so fun making fun of those posers! haha. it's been 6 years! i have seen them! ok, zaki! you're being mean again. okokok, stop.
well, i'm still that malay guy who can play table tennis. who, in the table tennis world or even in this world, wants to mix with a malay guy who plays table tennis? who wear street soccer shoe to play table tennis? yea, table tennis is a chinese sport, and yes, i'm the only malay. man, how did i end up in this man?! what have i got to do now? CRY! T_T LOL. as referring to point 10 of the "How to look pro as a paddler?" guide.
ofcourse i didn't mean that all of the better ones are posers, in fact, there are humble pro ones. yea man.i can get along with them really well. when you hang out with them, you won't realise that they are pro players,but just another good friend. i don't hang around with them coz they are known or pro, but they are jus simply friends. yea. that's how humble they are. but in the arena, BAM! they involved into that cool guy who can play really well. yea, nice.
it's not that i can change anything, but i just want to spit it all out. well, if you dont belong to table tennis or any sports, lucky for you. don't get yourself into this. it will be depressing coz u will know that u cannot be the best coz there will only be ONE best in the world. sooner or later u will realize that, all your life, u had competed for the sake of sticking to this sport.
and i hope you guys don't take this seriously k. just treat this as harmless humour.
now u know, i'm that malay guy who plays table tennis who sits behind and observe things. i'm not one of those better ones or lousier ones but, i told you, i'm just that malay guy who plays table tennis. while, posers rules.
im sorry for this mean, redundant post. :(