Twenty Sixteen

This year has been great to me. I have finally graduated! It took a little longer. However I must say that every moment in these years have not been bad.

My Graduation was on the 17th October. I don't know what to expect initially. I was pretty surprised that everyone take one of the highlight day in life so seriously when I was quite chill about it. Nonetheless when I was in DTC, our very famous university hall. It all begins here and it has to end here too. I was really nervous when I was about to get on the stage to receive my scroll. It was actually more nail biting than all my competition.

Another highlight of the year is winning Asian Champion for netball, male category. Participants comprised of Singapore, Hong Kong, Brunei, India, Pakistan and of course Malaysia! As the host, it wouldn't be nice to not qualify for the final. Every country has to play against every team. Top two teams would play in the final. Third and fourth would play for bronze. As for the team that are placed fifth and sixth would play for fifth place.

We drew in our first game. India was good. Their advantage is their size. Once their Goal Shooter get the ball, it is as good as getting the point. Their Goal Keeper is trained to block shot. I had to keep my cool in order to score every shot.

When we were playing against Brunei, Singapore and Hong Kong, we played well and managed to win those games. Same for team India and Pakistan, they won all those games too. When Pakistan and India met, they both played well. However Pakistan got lucky in the end and won the game by just a mere one point. Hence it has to go down to the game when Malaysia play Pakistan in the final round of the qualifying stage.

When we were playing against Pakistan, we were nervous. We know very well that we cannot afford to lose this game. We certainly don't want to miss out the championship game. We won this game. However I wasn't too pleased. I am sure that they lost the game on purpose. They chose Malaysia to be their opponent in the championship round.

I don't feel right after the game. Coach is fully aware of the situation. She told me not to be bothered as we have to prepare to face them in the final. I know the only way I will feel right is to defeat Pakistan in the final.

We were down by five in the first quarter. I told myself to ignore the score. When the ball gets to my hand, I just have to make sure I score. After the second quarter, we managed to catch up and level on points. The game was closed throughout the second half and the game was brought into extra time. Fortunately Malaysia managed to score a goal more to win the championship.

My twenty sixteen ended well. I met her. She gave me an opportunity. We got into a relationship 😊