Gifts.

Table tennis olympics finals.. never saw such an intense ping pong match before. the ball just went flying back and forth so fast i dont know where its going, and then its finally broken by a silly mistake and cheers from the crowd. other than that, interesting fast action.

i was so happy to see Feng tianwei player win the first set in the first match.. but what came thereafter was just disappointment. then came Li jiawei, also showing much promise on the first set, then lost the rest badly. worse than the first match.

well one thing can be seen - our players only have stamina and concentration for one set. so pathetic. on the other hand, the chinese take 1 set to warm up, and from then on are awakened to full potential. seriously obvious.. the chinese keep making mistakes on the first set, then 2nd, 3rd and 4th is full of the Sings making mistakes, while the chinese repel even the hardest attacks. our players keep shooting off court and under net countless times... whats their problem man. so malu for an olympic finals competitor.

lost hope after seeing jiawei play even worse and lost the 2nd match too. come the doubles, i see the Wang yuegu so fat, like cannot make it lor! haha. true enough, got trashed upside down, inside out. well, those china women are not world no1 and 2 for nothing. plus its in their home country.. got patriotism morale boost. anyway, singapore should just be happy with silver medal. even if win gold medal, the credit would still go to china. cos where did all the 3 singapore players and their coach come from? All china-born. wheres our local talent man..

Today's jym sermon, mentioned about the 12 gifts. i have been feeling so useless and that nothings going right lately, but when i came to think of those gifts, i had all except 2 of them. all in varying amounts, but at least i had a reasonable amount of it. and just because of those 2 areas that were doing badly recently, it so made my life seem so like a failure, and i failed to look at the other 10 and cherish them. well those are really very big areas, but small compared to the 10 i have, put together.

As Ivan said, the main faith-shakers for men would be problems in ambition and success related factors, while for girls its relationship and social factors. Well i have been faced with both ever so much in recent time, both shaking me equally bad.

also about gifts, i was kinda shocked at how critical i was towards some gifts i received. i mean there were really areas to criticise about, but i realise i ought to just be thankful that i got something, and accept it appreciatively. ah, i was not like this before.. i realy pray that i be cured of this bitterness.