so it rained. how long has it been? seriously had no idea. stm.

anyway, went to train on my shooting. its tough to do shootaround after it had rained. my bball shoes are like heelys, the floor's wet, the bball's slippery, my muscles are aching after monday's work out and it sure doesn't look good when u are throwing up air balls for ur first 10 shots.

so what? pack up and go home? there's no way i'm doing that. it may be an uphill task. but i'm gonna stay and train. 8.30 to 10.00.

think about this. if i can make shots in this kind of condition, think about what i might be able to do in normal condition? it's really tough i can say. really felt like giving up halfway through.

but seriously, i'm ok being a failure, but i'm not ok being a quitter. i won't forgive myself if i quit. i'm sure that someone somewhere is training on he's shooting in this condition all by himself also. so if i give up and go home, he will be ahead of me. i'm not gonna let that happen.

i'm already not talented, so i need to have the hardwork, heart and willpower to train. skills and talent will make u a good player. but its the heart, willpower and drive to work hard that make you a great player. i strongly believe in this principle.

anyway, halfway through the training, it started to drizzle abit. so the training duration might be cut short. now its the race against time, 100 shots made before the rain really gets too big to do training.

halfway through to 100, an acquaintance appeared. shootaround and talk with him before he challenged me to a one on one match. i lost. 9-11. am really disappointed. always taught that he's below me because i've defeated he's friend who's better than him. i'm not gonna find any reasons for this defeat, he won the match and deserves the credit. i just didn't perform well enough. my offense just wasn't a factor. locked him down on defense with 7 blocks and still lost. now that's something to worry about. anyway, there's no other factors that affected the outcome of the match other than my own incapabilities.

i know he'll pass through there next wednesday. i'll go down, train and wait for him to appear. for the next one on one match, i'll play with my heart and everything i've got. i'll get the win. i'll school him.

after my defeat, shoot for awhile longer and its 10.00pm. lights out. home.

jem signing off.