the youngster view: May 2008

world junior trial

k i just came back from world junior trial in kl. went there on thursday with teng hin`s car. natasha and vanessa also followed in his car while jee nee and celine went with uncle tim (jee nee dad) car. depart at 2 pm. missed 2 exam papers on thursday. hope worth it.

reach kl at around 6 and went straight to the courts to check the draw but my godness!!! the draw was still not prepared. looks like this trial had been planned really 'well'. so went to the pearl hotel which i will be stayin. stayed same room as teng hin and andre kho and next door is afeeq's room. slept quite late at around 12.30 and woke up at 9.

had breakfast at a stupid stall. so expensive. one roti canai and milo ais was priced rm 2.50. then at around 11 went to court to check the draw but it was still not done!!! damn!! tired waiting for the draw so we went out to a funny nasi kandar shop. k this wat happen jee nee asked for mango shake but that man brought milo shake!!! then i asked for nasi goreng and that stupid fella brought maggi goreng!!! then teng hin ask for nescafe without milk but that idiot bring nescafe with milk!!! and jee nee mango shake got a hair in it (think the nose hair of the worker)!! then after eating went back to court and finally the draw was out.

all the 9 players in the trial was divided into three pool. the first pool consist of me, jo wen and andre. the second pool is mithran, afeeq and marcus while the third pool is kah wah, azri and elroy. played jo wen and lost 3-o. 9-4.10-8,9-3. played like chicken. never even had the intention to attack. just tried to pick up. i played that match at 4pm then at 7 played andre. played better and more dicipline. won 3-0. forgot bout the points d. next day jo wen beat andre 3-1 so i finished up second in the group. played a tired kah wah who had just played a marathon i and half hour match with azri and he lost that match 3-1. i played well in the first few ralies before hitting the ball to the centre of the court and making all the running and stretching. lost 3-0!!! no match on night for me but kah wah got. he beat afeeq 3-0.

next day i played afeeq. leading 7-4 in the 1st set but lost 9-7. managed to come back in the next three set and won 3-1. so the result of the players after the trial is 1st-mithran, 2nd-jo wen, 3rd-azri, 4th-kah wah, 5th-me, 6th-afeeq, 7th-andre, 8th-elroy, and last is marcus who pulled out after his second match due to injury. so by just getting 5th, my chance to be choosen for world junior is very slim cause only 4 is choosen. need to work harder cause all star and sukma is coming. need to prove my worth in the two tourneys.

hopefully i will be choosen to go for dutch and pioneer open which will depend much on the budget of sram.

busy weeks

wassup?? havent been updating my blog for more than two weeks cause i was busy with my midterm exam and daily squash training. training have been very hard especially all the courts run and drills. been praticing drop shots but still the same and i have world junior trials coming. hope during the trial i can play my best. the players in the trial are jo wen, mithran, afeeq, andre, elroy, marcus, azri, kah wah and me. really hard and i hope i can make it. k thats all. will update my blog soon after the trial and my exam.

am i being lazy??

k today got running. training after i came back from mssm have been quite tiring but i dun really mind bout that. no pain no gain!! let me tell u wat i did in training for this week.

monday i didnt go for training cause i need to refresh my mind and think bout my next plan in squash after the failure in mssm. then on tuesday i trained very well cause some one didnt come. for your information, tuesday is always the best day to train for me cause one idiot dont come on tuesdays. i trained with nicholas . improved my drives especially forhand. hitting the ball in front of me. then backhand i am hitting it slightly harder but still with control. then on wednesday i train with fukron an indonesian player who will train with us till june. he is quite good. he is tall and fit and volleys any lose shots.then after that, aaron ask us to do court run. i ran the 1st three set 23 laps and the next three 22.was quite fast and happy with it.then after that went to buy a new squash shoe. i bought an aasic shoe. quite expensive.

didnt train on thursday cause went somewhere. then on friday i got tuition but suddenly the teacher call me saying that he need to send his son to clinic so tuition is cancel. so i went to training with nicholas. played fukron. lost 3-2 but i played very well. trained my drops cause i know it is just match practice so i didnt really care bout winning. then after the match did some drill with fukron and brian before doing court run. AGAIN!!but this time i did just four sets.my first set was awesome!! i did 24 laps in one minute which is my personal best. but then after that set my leg is gone i only did 21 half for the other three set. quite happy with it and now aiming to do 6 sets of 23 by the end of august.

this is wat happen during saturday run. i decided to run slowly but then i dunno why suddenly i changed my mind and start to run like i am running in olympic. ran the first laps in a personal best at 3.45 seconds!!! then the second lap ran 3.47 seconds.then the problem start. suddenly my back is so pain. and i cant really feel my leg. decided to stop in the third lap but then continued to run till the fifth laps before stopping. my time was 19.38 second when i stop which the average per lap is sub- 4 minutes per lap. really regret that cause i think i acted like a sissy.

should have continued running and ignore the pain. think i am starting to get lazy. and it is the wrong time cause there will be a lot of tournament coming and must train harder and push myself to the limit. i will not do this again and this is a promise to myself.