TT redux

Ok, I'm a couple of weeks late talking about this but we've won the Accenture, Singapore TT (Table Tennis :) ) tournament. Remember, when I blogged about it earlier? I played in the men's doubles. Our team came out on top overall and whilst we kept an unbeaten record in the men's doubles, we lost the finals! I have to say though, our doubles team was really good. We even managed to defeat one of the top teams by game-love. Here's the trophy:

I was a bit shocked at the final's defeat given that we had pretty much gone unchallenged through the whole tournament. But it was a great lesson in humility. That's the thing about defeats: better to lose when a loss doesn't really matter. It keeps you in check and reminds you of the really important times when you have to eke out a win. I have vague memories of all the successful moments in my life but I remember all the losses in detail. And I can say this for sure, I've learned pretty much everything in life from those losses. In TT's case, I'll learn to play much better because of this one loss. In many ways, I've already started my training for next year:

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Heh! Next stop is Rockstar's Table Tennis on the Xbox 360!

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Congrats again on winning dude.. see there was no reason for you to go home early that Friday nite to rest.. it was the alcohol and wings that made you play well the next day. Who knows, if you would of stayed out more you probably would have won the final as well!

By  Sidney, at April 24, 2007 12:06 AM 

Heh! From what I remember it was the "alcohol" and "wings" that were making you express yourself more openly to others :) I was plain sober as ever...

Thanks though, this finals defeat is going to haunt me for a while :(

By  Farooq, at April 24, 2007 3:36 AM 

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