How it went today...

Today CP and I won our doubles game, gonna get silver. 21-7 I think.

Singles.. I'm frustrated.

First a BYE, now a walk over????! I didn't pay RM30 bucks for this kind of play!

So without even playing a singles game, I'm entering semi finals tomorrow. Sigh.

The girl I'm playing against was supposed to be disqualified, she's actually a Selangor circuit player. This tournament doesn't allow any state player/trainee. But after some discussion they didn't disqualify her, no idea why.

I don't mind anyway. If she had been disqualified, I'd enter into the finals WITHOUT PLAYING A SINGLE GAME! No thank you. Semi finals is bad enough, what more finals?

I'm kind of worried. I need to play my best tomorrow. I don't know, it's just a gut feeling. I've got to make her pathway into finals very very tough. It doesn't really matter whether I win or lose, if I win, good, if I lose, I wanna make her tired beyond tired.

Yes! I'm gonna do it. =D I need to be confident!

Anyway, today I watched many of the matches. Those with parents.. well.. are bound to go further. Their parents are so supportive! Dads even took leave for the whole week just to come for this tournament! Some families were practically 'camping' at the hall.

Those without parents.. well.. didn't strive so well. Honestly.

My coach once said we need several things to go far. Dedication, commitment etc. I basically can have all.. but parents support. And that was the one that he put the most emphasis on. I wonder how it feels like? Parents who are willing to fetch you for tournaments, stay there from 8am to 5pm, watch you play, encourage you when you just lost your service, proud of you when you win, correcting you without making you feel like the world's lousiest player...

I guess I'll never know. Oh well.

God, show me Your plan.

God bless
Joanne Lim
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