Saturday, August 11, 2007

Tournament in Wisma OCM

Adrian asked me to join his company for the annual auditing firms table tennis tournament on the 8 and 9 August. I agreed to him that I would play for his company but the event was held in Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur. *sweat* So far away. So I took KTM to Putra station where Adrian would meet me and take me to the venue.

On the 8th, all was smooth and we make it to semifinals. I didn't contribute for the first match for I was in the Mix Double's which I didn't need to play for we won 3 out of the 5 events. After that we went for dinner at Jalan Pudu near the Ko Ko Kai Restaurant and the Fei Po Kai Restaurant. We had chacoal cooking style food and roasted pork. It was delicious.

On the 9th, my luck wasn't that good. Since I was to meet Adrian half hour later, I took a later KTM but it stopped near Angkasapuri station due to technical problem. We had to wait for the replacement train but it didn't come. So the KTM was towed to Angkasapuri where we board the next train. For that, I waited in total of 40 minutes for the replacement train which didn't come and the next train.

Since I was late, Adrian head off to the venue while I got off in KL Central and took the Monorail to Hang Tuah. When I reach the Hang Tuah station, I had a good 15 - 20 minutes walk to the venue. That was the warm up I got for the event just started when I arrived. This time the match was very close for they end up playing all 5 events where the last is the Mix Double's which I'm playing. Who was the opponent? I just recognize them. They are fresh graduates from Inti Nilai. In other words, they are national players and the female was Beh Li Wei's sister Beh Li Fang. The two famous sister in the table tennis Malaysia. Beh Li Wei is currently our women's number 1 player.

Due to that, we didn't make it to finals. It was a tough match but it was an honor to play with national players and to see how bad my playing is -_-" At least I learn something from them ^_^ Besides that, I got to meet up with old friends like Seau Yen and Mr Chin ^_^ We manage to play together for fun. Other than that, I meet some new people and had some laughs with them.

In conclusion, it was a fun tournament where I do not feel the pressure of losing for they are satisfied with their achievement. After that we went for dinner at Jalan Imbi. We ate in Guizhou Restaurant where the food is fantastic and delicious. Thank you Adrian.

p.s. Photos would be uploaded later once Adrian pass them to me. Thank you for your patiences.



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