Howdy!
I just got back Stufunday which is a day we play a sport. It is 102 degrees and about 6 people showed up. That did not stop us from playing though, and it was fun. We only played for 30 mins though since the scorching heat got to us. I will be looking forward to them during the chilly times!
Let us say that I enjoy life right now, even as hard and stressful it may suppose to seem. I must admit, I have not stepped inside a church since last semester, but I can say that by attending today, it really relieved me of my tense feeling self. I don't know how to explain it but i think I feel pressure that should not be there, but I kind of don't feel it. I think that is called stress, but I would say I am pretty good at blocking out the feeling of stress so maybe it is getting to me. Perhaps it is all the piled up work that is yet to be completed or the challenging duties that are looming ahead.. I am unsure. All I can say is though, God is good. He is so great, and without Him I know I would crumble and fold like a piece of newspaper lining in a brown box. His grace keeps me afloat and running, living this beautiful life the way it is supposed to be lived. I can sigh a sigh of relief as I know tomorrow will be a fresh new day, a day under His ray of immense light. I know it is hard for me sometimes and that I may take it for granted.. we are human and imperfect, but I am forever thankful that He is always here by my side.
-KT
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
how to not compete
Oh daddy it has been ages since I have written, this week was busy as a bee. Lots of things happened but the thing that just happened kinda pissed me off... here is a super short story about how to not compete in a competition.
Today was our last volleyball game and our record going in was not too hot, 1-2, and we got that one win because that team did not show up, so we really didn't win at all now did we? Sadly, we were a player short (I was about to not come either due to other business but I decided to show up) but we played great overall. We played Kokernaut today and we dominate the first set (and I finally learned how to serve and got like 6 aces...) it was like 25-22 or so. Then second set comes around, we are down 15-8, but then we come back and it is 24-18. I pretty much aced them a lot again, but then they got the point on our game point, and I hear the two Daniel's (we have two on our team) talk to each other and were like, hey let's play another round and go to the third match. Ok I paused. I am like "what the heck" in my head. You don't compete and decide to lose on purpose to prolong it. If you were to do that, why join the competition? You would rather ask a friend to hit the ball with you... anyway they let about 3 balls drop in between them and I am just shaking my head. then it was like 24-22 and they said ok we will play for real, but we ended up losing that second match. I had bad feelings about the third match (and a morale drop as well due to lack of confidence and spirit), and we got owned third match, about 15-8. Not good. I left the game not happy. I know it is for fun and all, but there is a limit to how much fun you can have. When was the last time you sat down and took an exam and told yourself, you know what, I will fail this test on purpose so I can fail the course and re take it again because I love this class/teacher. That's right, you don't. If you love it so much, become a TA or visit your teacher during office hours, or be like me and start hanging out with your teacher outside of the classroom! Fun all around with no repercussions. This is the first time I have encountered such a problem, and now I know I am not a negative type of guy. You can't make negative remarks and expect me to function like normal. That is why sports teams have a crowd that cheers them on. If your home team crowd boo's you and tells you that you suck and should invest your talents elsewhere, of course you will perform negatively (unless you are a true professional and can block that out). Our volleyball team was doing well (even with one man down) yet our attitude was not there to secure sweet victory.
I am not mad because we lost, I am mad because of why we lost. If we lost because we got out played, then good game for real. If we lost because we simply did not try, then not good game. Of course I lied to them and high fived them saying good game. It was fun enough, but its not my kind of fun to play in such a negative environment. Hopefully that wont happen again. I will be playing flag football with Student Foundation, and I am sure there will not be negativity in that organization since we are all about being upbeat and positive :)
Speaking of StuFu I found out my partner and all! She seems cool and I had her on my request list. We will be travelling to Houston for our appointments, so I am excited about that. She is from Amarillo so I would be directing us the best I can haha. I got to chalk for them for the first time ever, and that was fun as well. It seems like you do everything in partners in this org.. which is interesting. I guess that is why it is so much fun since you meet great new people!
Last week me and some taekwondo kids wanted to go to the Baylor vs. SFA game, and we drove there. Big mistake, there was no parking and the only "parking" left was very far in a lawn that costed $10, unless you had a valid parking decal. So Natalie drives up and this ROTC dude goes like "Parking is $10 dollars. You don't have a valid decal and you know you don't. Don't try to trick me." Natalie was like... umm what? I think all she asked was if apartment decal was okay since it was on campus and he went into a fury. And we basically went to Walmart instead and have a Korean drama night. That fool was a troll. Kids these days....
I haven't worked out for the past 2 days, which is a new record for me this year. When I say work out I mean any physical activity. I was bummed. But after todays volleyball I kicked myself and worked out some of my legs like the incredible hulk would do. Tomorrow is arm day just like Mr. T would do. Arm's is my favorite day.
I think I am glad with my blog because I don't think I have used a cuss word yet... if I want to I replace it with a mild word. Such as detergent and soap, they are replaceable and one is more specific than the other. Or interesting and weird. Yup go me. Until next time, and until a bear befriends an owl (Baylor vs Rice this weekend, we will win). Sic em!
-KT
Today was our last volleyball game and our record going in was not too hot, 1-2, and we got that one win because that team did not show up, so we really didn't win at all now did we? Sadly, we were a player short (I was about to not come either due to other business but I decided to show up) but we played great overall. We played Kokernaut today and we dominate the first set (and I finally learned how to serve and got like 6 aces...) it was like 25-22 or so. Then second set comes around, we are down 15-8, but then we come back and it is 24-18. I pretty much aced them a lot again, but then they got the point on our game point, and I hear the two Daniel's (we have two on our team) talk to each other and were like, hey let's play another round and go to the third match. Ok I paused. I am like "what the heck" in my head. You don't compete and decide to lose on purpose to prolong it. If you were to do that, why join the competition? You would rather ask a friend to hit the ball with you... anyway they let about 3 balls drop in between them and I am just shaking my head. then it was like 24-22 and they said ok we will play for real, but we ended up losing that second match. I had bad feelings about the third match (and a morale drop as well due to lack of confidence and spirit), and we got owned third match, about 15-8. Not good. I left the game not happy. I know it is for fun and all, but there is a limit to how much fun you can have. When was the last time you sat down and took an exam and told yourself, you know what, I will fail this test on purpose so I can fail the course and re take it again because I love this class/teacher. That's right, you don't. If you love it so much, become a TA or visit your teacher during office hours, or be like me and start hanging out with your teacher outside of the classroom! Fun all around with no repercussions. This is the first time I have encountered such a problem, and now I know I am not a negative type of guy. You can't make negative remarks and expect me to function like normal. That is why sports teams have a crowd that cheers them on. If your home team crowd boo's you and tells you that you suck and should invest your talents elsewhere, of course you will perform negatively (unless you are a true professional and can block that out). Our volleyball team was doing well (even with one man down) yet our attitude was not there to secure sweet victory.
I am not mad because we lost, I am mad because of why we lost. If we lost because we got out played, then good game for real. If we lost because we simply did not try, then not good game. Of course I lied to them and high fived them saying good game. It was fun enough, but its not my kind of fun to play in such a negative environment. Hopefully that wont happen again. I will be playing flag football with Student Foundation, and I am sure there will not be negativity in that organization since we are all about being upbeat and positive :)
Speaking of StuFu I found out my partner and all! She seems cool and I had her on my request list. We will be travelling to Houston for our appointments, so I am excited about that. She is from Amarillo so I would be directing us the best I can haha. I got to chalk for them for the first time ever, and that was fun as well. It seems like you do everything in partners in this org.. which is interesting. I guess that is why it is so much fun since you meet great new people!
Last week me and some taekwondo kids wanted to go to the Baylor vs. SFA game, and we drove there. Big mistake, there was no parking and the only "parking" left was very far in a lawn that costed $10, unless you had a valid parking decal. So Natalie drives up and this ROTC dude goes like "Parking is $10 dollars. You don't have a valid decal and you know you don't. Don't try to trick me." Natalie was like... umm what? I think all she asked was if apartment decal was okay since it was on campus and he went into a fury. And we basically went to Walmart instead and have a Korean drama night. That fool was a troll. Kids these days....
I haven't worked out for the past 2 days, which is a new record for me this year. When I say work out I mean any physical activity. I was bummed. But after todays volleyball I kicked myself and worked out some of my legs like the incredible hulk would do. Tomorrow is arm day just like Mr. T would do. Arm's is my favorite day.
I think I am glad with my blog because I don't think I have used a cuss word yet... if I want to I replace it with a mild word. Such as detergent and soap, they are replaceable and one is more specific than the other. Or interesting and weird. Yup go me. Until next time, and until a bear befriends an owl (Baylor vs Rice this weekend, we will win). Sic em!
-KT
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
21.11.1
Oh yeah I was also very excited about some new phone tech that came out on 9/11 as well. It is called Cyanogen Mod 7, which basically turns your phone into a monster. Super fast, super stable, extreme battery life, and very sexy interface. I got that as soon as it was available (people have been waiting impatiently for ages! I just waited on that day). It pretty much feels like a brand spakin' new phone, and I just received a new phone case in the mail to boot, so that was pretty neat. Sorry if I blank texted anyone or woke anyone up due to an accidental phone call... that happened a couple of times that I know of. Hope that doesn't happen again! I just have to get used to it :)
I guess my 9/11 day was super. All that allowed any negative thoughts that may have gotten in the way stay away.
-KT
I guess my 9/11 day was super. All that allowed any negative thoughts that may have gotten in the way stay away.
-KT
21:11
21:11 is a rather interesting number. If you convert that into post meridiem, that translates into 9:11 p.m. If you convert that into a touch keypad, it translates into the police number. If you convert that into the calendar year, it translates into 9/11. If you convert that into mathematical terms, you get 0.8182. If you convert that into currency, you get 0.8182 New Zealand dollars per American dollar. I have a thing where I almost always see 9:11 on the clock, day or night. Who knows what that means. It started ever since as long as I remembered Sept. 11 happening.
Anywho, we all know what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. I remember the day I was in my 5th grade my class. People were just talking. That tragedy had struck. I had no clue what was going on. I learned a new vocab word "Terrorism", so I felt terrified, not knowing why I felt terrified. Almost every student was picked up by their parents. Clueless as I was, I was pretty sad that I could no longer go to New York the following... semester? That's all I remember actually. Pretty jagged thoughts they are, but I was so young.. I was 10! I just knew I was sad and pretty amazed by what had happened.
All I am glad is that nothing happened this year on the very same day. We heard of 10th anniversary threats.. thank God that did not happen. Given the high level of American security, I am able to live my life peacefully and without concern that we will be targeted successfully by another act of terrorism. I guess it is another aspect of the American way of life. Some may have been shaking, but I was confident that we were in safe hands. Let's just say that I am thankful to be here, and for everyone who serves and has an impact on our country. What a nation we have become.
With that, I had a great weekend. Friday and Saturday were designated study days, so I didn't do much other than study and buy groceries and exercise and cook delicious food. Saturday was the first day I did not exercise whatsoever! Too bad I broke my record, I will make up for that. Sunday was a good day. I got a knock on my door around 1:21pm while I was munching on a Tuna sandwich and found two members of Student Foundation at my door with a shirt and invitation in hand for dinner and activities at 5:30.
So let me explain what that is first of all. It is pretty much an organization that is focused on students serving students. StuFu raises scholarships and gives them away to those who need it (through an application process I believe). There are three different committees: Student Recruitment, Campus Promotions, and Alumni Relations. They are all pretty self-explanatory. SR go around Texas college fairs and promote Baylor. CP plan events on campus, such as Bearathon, Freshman Follies, and Fall Festival. AR travel to visit alumni and keep the connection with them and Baylor.
I guess this part is a spoiler if anyone is planning to apply to StuFu in the near future... so I won't say much. It is supposed to leave you clueless and full of anticipation!
Basically we find out what committee we get in and we have dinner. I got into AR, which I am glad I did now that I rethink about it (I applied for CP initially). I heard that AR is a lot of work but it is a lot more rewarding. You get to meet up with successful business people, perhaps CEO's and big names, and can form a lot of connections. That sound's good to me! I thought that you had to be in CP to help with the StuFu events on campus (which I want to do too), but every committee has to help anyway, so I get the best of both worlds! I can't wait to get into the real deal and start working. I will serve my heart out, as nasty as that sounds.
Then Monday rolls around. It really started after about 5:04pm when I ran into a friend after the gym from AFC, who is on the girls volleyball team. She informed me of a game that night at 5:30, so I stayed at the gym for that. AFC girls beat ISSA! And we had me and one other guy cheering the girls on. Then I run into another girl from AFC/Taekwondo and she tells me of an ASA meeting, so I go to that. But the real slice of pie was at the Latin Dance Society. I brushed up on my basic salsa skills and shook my booty all night long. That was fun and I am going to see if I have time to join their performance group this year, and if not, I hope to just learn a lot and know more than just the basics!
Well, that is all for now. I think it is gym time and volleyball practice time. I can't wait till flag football season; you can find me playing with StuFu! I'll work on conditioning for that. Until next time, cheers to another wonderful week of wisdom!
-KT
Anywho, we all know what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. I remember the day I was in my 5th grade my class. People were just talking. That tragedy had struck. I had no clue what was going on. I learned a new vocab word "Terrorism", so I felt terrified, not knowing why I felt terrified. Almost every student was picked up by their parents. Clueless as I was, I was pretty sad that I could no longer go to New York the following... semester? That's all I remember actually. Pretty jagged thoughts they are, but I was so young.. I was 10! I just knew I was sad and pretty amazed by what had happened.
All I am glad is that nothing happened this year on the very same day. We heard of 10th anniversary threats.. thank God that did not happen. Given the high level of American security, I am able to live my life peacefully and without concern that we will be targeted successfully by another act of terrorism. I guess it is another aspect of the American way of life. Some may have been shaking, but I was confident that we were in safe hands. Let's just say that I am thankful to be here, and for everyone who serves and has an impact on our country. What a nation we have become.
With that, I had a great weekend. Friday and Saturday were designated study days, so I didn't do much other than study and buy groceries and exercise and cook delicious food. Saturday was the first day I did not exercise whatsoever! Too bad I broke my record, I will make up for that. Sunday was a good day. I got a knock on my door around 1:21pm while I was munching on a Tuna sandwich and found two members of Student Foundation at my door with a shirt and invitation in hand for dinner and activities at 5:30.
So let me explain what that is first of all. It is pretty much an organization that is focused on students serving students. StuFu raises scholarships and gives them away to those who need it (through an application process I believe). There are three different committees: Student Recruitment, Campus Promotions, and Alumni Relations. They are all pretty self-explanatory. SR go around Texas college fairs and promote Baylor. CP plan events on campus, such as Bearathon, Freshman Follies, and Fall Festival. AR travel to visit alumni and keep the connection with them and Baylor.
I guess this part is a spoiler if anyone is planning to apply to StuFu in the near future... so I won't say much. It is supposed to leave you clueless and full of anticipation!
Basically we find out what committee we get in and we have dinner. I got into AR, which I am glad I did now that I rethink about it (I applied for CP initially). I heard that AR is a lot of work but it is a lot more rewarding. You get to meet up with successful business people, perhaps CEO's and big names, and can form a lot of connections. That sound's good to me! I thought that you had to be in CP to help with the StuFu events on campus (which I want to do too), but every committee has to help anyway, so I get the best of both worlds! I can't wait to get into the real deal and start working. I will serve my heart out, as nasty as that sounds.
Then Monday rolls around. It really started after about 5:04pm when I ran into a friend after the gym from AFC, who is on the girls volleyball team. She informed me of a game that night at 5:30, so I stayed at the gym for that. AFC girls beat ISSA! And we had me and one other guy cheering the girls on. Then I run into another girl from AFC/Taekwondo and she tells me of an ASA meeting, so I go to that. But the real slice of pie was at the Latin Dance Society. I brushed up on my basic salsa skills and shook my booty all night long. That was fun and I am going to see if I have time to join their performance group this year, and if not, I hope to just learn a lot and know more than just the basics!
Well, that is all for now. I think it is gym time and volleyball practice time. I can't wait till flag football season; you can find me playing with StuFu! I'll work on conditioning for that. Until next time, cheers to another wonderful week of wisdom!
-KT
Sunday, September 4, 2011
laborious weekend
If you guys haven't already heard, us bears had a bit-o-fun smashin' up some toads last Friday night (no we did not go streaking in the park afterwards like Katy Perry did). I am proud to say that I was one of ~43,000 that had witnessed the game vs. TCU firsthand. Any words I say can merely describe the intense, epic action that was unfolded like a piece of crinkled paper with numerous ancient markings on it. It was a 50-48 win, need I say more? Well too bad, I can't! Shoulda been there.
After the game, we bears almost got run over by some angry bus drivers. The tasteless toads were throwing fingers at our shuttles and things got heated. I found a group of people, made friends with them, and walked all the way back to campus. That was quite an adventure must I say, roaming the streets and highways of Waco at 12am. Exciting fun. We also watched A-Team, which is epicly good, but not as much as the legendary football game. An early morning (4am) Walmart run sealed the deal, and we got some supplies to feed our hunger. I also got some hangers and nutella. MMM nutella that is the cream of the crop.
I don't know what happened to Saturday. I woke up at 9am to a phone call from my dad and then slept again till' 1pm. I felt tired all day and worked out and did a bit of work and then went to bed. Actually I played guitar hero with Karynah and her family, since they came up to visit her. It was nice seeing them!
My parents came up today to give me everything a son ever wanted, love. I got to go to Walmart again and bought a ton of groceries, which includes about 20 chicken breasts and two gallons of milk. I think that will keep me full all week! I got more stuff but the list will bore you and will make you think me different. Just kidding. My dad cleaned my stuff and my mom taught me new things to cook. I know how to make some soup and beef now! It is good stuff. I also got a cheap watch because I can not take care of my watches of value. Plus all I ever use it for is to check the time anyway... and I got a green clock for my room because I like to know what time it is and I want to show my Baylor pride. Just kidding I really wanted a blue clock but they were too expensive! The vision center fixed my spectacles for free, which was nice. I dropped them on carpet and the lenses had popped out, so I had to wear contacts pretty much every waking hour.
I still have a lot of work to do, so I must labor again, tonight and all day tomorrow, and in my dreams. I guess that is why they call it Labor Day. Oh how I wished that I didn't have to work on that self explanatory day but you gotta do what ya gotta do.
-KT
After the game, we bears almost got run over by some angry bus drivers. The tasteless toads were throwing fingers at our shuttles and things got heated. I found a group of people, made friends with them, and walked all the way back to campus. That was quite an adventure must I say, roaming the streets and highways of Waco at 12am. Exciting fun. We also watched A-Team, which is epicly good, but not as much as the legendary football game. An early morning (4am) Walmart run sealed the deal, and we got some supplies to feed our hunger. I also got some hangers and nutella. MMM nutella that is the cream of the crop.
I don't know what happened to Saturday. I woke up at 9am to a phone call from my dad and then slept again till' 1pm. I felt tired all day and worked out and did a bit of work and then went to bed. Actually I played guitar hero with Karynah and her family, since they came up to visit her. It was nice seeing them!
My parents came up today to give me everything a son ever wanted, love. I got to go to Walmart again and bought a ton of groceries, which includes about 20 chicken breasts and two gallons of milk. I think that will keep me full all week! I got more stuff but the list will bore you and will make you think me different. Just kidding. My dad cleaned my stuff and my mom taught me new things to cook. I know how to make some soup and beef now! It is good stuff. I also got a cheap watch because I can not take care of my watches of value. Plus all I ever use it for is to check the time anyway... and I got a green clock for my room because I like to know what time it is and I want to show my Baylor pride. Just kidding I really wanted a blue clock but they were too expensive! The vision center fixed my spectacles for free, which was nice. I dropped them on carpet and the lenses had popped out, so I had to wear contacts pretty much every waking hour.
I still have a lot of work to do, so I must labor again, tonight and all day tomorrow, and in my dreams. I guess that is why they call it Labor Day. Oh how I wished that I didn't have to work on that self explanatory day but you gotta do what ya gotta do.
-KT
Thursday, September 1, 2011
competitive fun
Remember when I said that you can find me playing intramurals? Well I don't think any of you guys found me =p but I have been playing frisbee and volleyball for Asians for Christ (AFC). It was my first time ever playing in anything semi-competitive at all. Here is what happened in each game:
Monday 8pm, frisbee match vs. KOT A. (I think its kappa omega tao? "A" team denotes their best players, they had a B and C team as well).
Ok so this was a horrible match for us. We were 8 asians strong, while the other team had about 13 guys, averaging about 6ft tall, so we had one sub and a huge height disadvantage. They ran us up and down the field and scored as easy as stealing candy from an new born baby (they shouldn't be eating candy anyway). We tried man, zone, and no defense and we pretty much failed at all of those. Final score was 17-1.. we were so proud when we scored a point! And their team got a bit angry that we scored it. I guess they wanted a perfect game. I have no earthly idea why we were in the same division, but apparently not enough teams signed up so there was only one this year.. so we had to play against frats and hard core competitive players. I had fun though, I was surprised that I was not THAT exhausted. I could have played another game. I sprinted about 40% of the time and felt like I tried my very best. I think I really am a werewolf because I come alive at night and it seems like I am stronger than during the day. Just please don't let Baylor administers know because ... I don't wanna be expelled. Actually it is probably the lack of sun :)
Tuesday 8pm, frisbee match vs. TKE (tao kappa epsilon I guess).
I quickly glance at their players (they have 7, so did we, so perfect) and told one of my teammates, "We got this, they look easier than the other team" and he replied "Yeah, a little bit easier". So we play the game and after I witnessed the first throw by their team, I could tell they were pretty inexperienced. Lo and behold my senses were true (werewolf much?) and we stomped all over them, 20-2. There was much parallelism; we scored 10 and they scored 1 both halves. That is called consistency . It really upped our morale from the previous game. We played as a team and saw that we had good potential in the casual realm, and against people our size. At the end of the game, tke asked us to take a picture with monster energy drinks (advertising much?) and offered them to us and we were like "nah, water works for us". I think energy drinks dehydrate you, and they had that right before the game. Big no no! Maybe that is why they got tired very quickly. All of a sudden they stopped running, just like flies stop flying when they buzz into the blue light. Oh yeah, I also got kicked when I was trying to throw the frisbee.. my ring finger is now bruised but it is healing nicely as of now. I had to play more sports on it... but I don't mind.
Wednesday 5pm, volleyball vs. ZZZ (zeta zigga zamma or something cool).
I never played volleyball before for real. This was my first time and we didn't do too bad. Our team needs to work on the 3 hits over thing. We always used only 2.. and crashed into each other frequently due to lack of calling, or just let the ball drop in between two people because the other two thought that the other would get it. Lack of communication. We lost both halves. It was like 25-18 and 25-12 I think. We really slipped last game. I really didn't do much because the ball didn't come to me often, but maybe that is how volleyball is. I had fun though, and can't wait to play the 3 other games. (I think frisbee is over.. which is lame because we only played 2 games!).
Wednesday 9pm, racquetball vs Scott Spinks (my former Spanish teacher). this was for fun, non intramurals.
So I had a man date with my ex professor. Weird phrasing, but that is intentional. We decided to play racquetball and I find out that he is quite good at it, and has good experience with the game. I was a little scared when he went on a 4-0 run on me, but then I came back with an 8-0 run, making that 8-4. Then we traded points, and I final score was probably like 15-6(or 8) or so. Second game, he goes on a 5-0 run on me, and I fail miserably, getting hit by his serves. I think I was lacking water, since we talked and walked for 30 minutes beforehand (all the courts were full) and I did not take a sip of water (just like Waco has not taken any drops of rain lately). But that is no excuse, I got owned and final score was 15-6. We are probably going to play again sometime to see who really is the better player! Haha we are so competitive.
All in all, I got the competitive side out of me and I like playing sports competitively. I have fun no matter win or lose, bruise or no bruise (I plan to lift weights tonight with it still hurting, so hopefully that goes well too). It also gives me a good cardio workout, so in essence, I never lose (or actually, I do lose fat).
Ok well that is that. I hope Labor Day weekend goes well for all! Try not to defy the holiday and start frantically starting on homework that is due on Tuesday. Give your self some elbow room!
-KT
Monday 8pm, frisbee match vs. KOT A. (I think its kappa omega tao? "A" team denotes their best players, they had a B and C team as well).
Ok so this was a horrible match for us. We were 8 asians strong, while the other team had about 13 guys, averaging about 6ft tall, so we had one sub and a huge height disadvantage. They ran us up and down the field and scored as easy as stealing candy from an new born baby (they shouldn't be eating candy anyway). We tried man, zone, and no defense and we pretty much failed at all of those. Final score was 17-1.. we were so proud when we scored a point! And their team got a bit angry that we scored it. I guess they wanted a perfect game. I have no earthly idea why we were in the same division, but apparently not enough teams signed up so there was only one this year.. so we had to play against frats and hard core competitive players. I had fun though, I was surprised that I was not THAT exhausted. I could have played another game. I sprinted about 40% of the time and felt like I tried my very best. I think I really am a werewolf because I come alive at night and it seems like I am stronger than during the day. Just please don't let Baylor administers know because ... I don't wanna be expelled. Actually it is probably the lack of sun :)
Tuesday 8pm, frisbee match vs. TKE (tao kappa epsilon I guess).
I quickly glance at their players (they have 7, so did we, so perfect) and told one of my teammates, "We got this, they look easier than the other team" and he replied "Yeah, a little bit easier". So we play the game and after I witnessed the first throw by their team, I could tell they were pretty inexperienced. Lo and behold my senses were true (werewolf much?) and we stomped all over them, 20-2. There was much parallelism; we scored 10 and they scored 1 both halves. That is called consistency . It really upped our morale from the previous game. We played as a team and saw that we had good potential in the casual realm, and against people our size. At the end of the game, tke asked us to take a picture with monster energy drinks (advertising much?) and offered them to us and we were like "nah, water works for us". I think energy drinks dehydrate you, and they had that right before the game. Big no no! Maybe that is why they got tired very quickly. All of a sudden they stopped running, just like flies stop flying when they buzz into the blue light. Oh yeah, I also got kicked when I was trying to throw the frisbee.. my ring finger is now bruised but it is healing nicely as of now. I had to play more sports on it... but I don't mind.
Wednesday 5pm, volleyball vs. ZZZ (zeta zigga zamma or something cool).
I never played volleyball before for real. This was my first time and we didn't do too bad. Our team needs to work on the 3 hits over thing. We always used only 2.. and crashed into each other frequently due to lack of calling, or just let the ball drop in between two people because the other two thought that the other would get it. Lack of communication. We lost both halves. It was like 25-18 and 25-12 I think. We really slipped last game. I really didn't do much because the ball didn't come to me often, but maybe that is how volleyball is. I had fun though, and can't wait to play the 3 other games. (I think frisbee is over.. which is lame because we only played 2 games!).
Wednesday 9pm, racquetball vs Scott Spinks (my former Spanish teacher). this was for fun, non intramurals.
So I had a man date with my ex professor. Weird phrasing, but that is intentional. We decided to play racquetball and I find out that he is quite good at it, and has good experience with the game. I was a little scared when he went on a 4-0 run on me, but then I came back with an 8-0 run, making that 8-4. Then we traded points, and I final score was probably like 15-6(or 8) or so. Second game, he goes on a 5-0 run on me, and I fail miserably, getting hit by his serves. I think I was lacking water, since we talked and walked for 30 minutes beforehand (all the courts were full) and I did not take a sip of water (just like Waco has not taken any drops of rain lately). But that is no excuse, I got owned and final score was 15-6. We are probably going to play again sometime to see who really is the better player! Haha we are so competitive.
All in all, I got the competitive side out of me and I like playing sports competitively. I have fun no matter win or lose, bruise or no bruise (I plan to lift weights tonight with it still hurting, so hopefully that goes well too). It also gives me a good cardio workout, so in essence, I never lose (or actually, I do lose fat).
Ok well that is that. I hope Labor Day weekend goes well for all! Try not to defy the holiday and start frantically starting on homework that is due on Tuesday. Give your self some elbow room!
-KT
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