life is simple: eat, sleep and play water polo

Wow... I can't believe how fast time pasts. I am going to play my first match against ASCI on this coming Tuesday. I feel very excited because the first match would already determine whether or not we get our gold medal during the finals. ASCI is very strong this year and the chance for us to win them is not very big. However, there is still quite some chance that we will win them even though they are very strong and fast compared to us. Even if we don't win them, I am sure that we would score more than the last time when we played against them (the score was 10-0, they won).
I can see myself improving and getting more and more ready for them but a lot of things are bothering me. I just can't concentrate well enough on games against seniors because I kept remembering and thinking about the facts that my parents are forcing me to quit water polo. Words cannot describe my feelings... I just hope that when I play against ASCI on Tuesday, I will be able to momentarily forget about this.

Another thing I am talking about today would be me choosing number 10 as my cap number. Recently, captain Darren told us to choose our own cap numbers and I chose number 10 without hesitation. The reason is because the main character in the manga 'Slamdunk', Sakuragi Hanamichi, inspired me a lot. He used to be one of the lousiest player on the school basketball team and despite this fact, he worked hard and trained himself to be one the the best players on the team. I chose number 10 because I want to be just like him. I used to be one of the lousiest on the team and now, I STILL AM. Thus, I hope that I can improve more and get on par with the first team players.