Saturday, February 05, 2005
Got home not too long ago from watching the Cheers final. Decided to go with Zhimei and her friends to watch Ronald Susilo play the men's doubles with Kendrick Lee. Ronald's match was like the last one, so when I got there, I still had to wait for his match to start. We sort of got fed up waiting and decided to find Ronald before his match. Oh before that, Zhimei's friend asked me what is "stupid" and "can we take a picture?" in Indonesian haha. Then when we found him, she immediately called him "stupid" in Indonesian, but she never said properly. Of course, Ronald knew what she was saying and just laughed at her. Then she asked "can we take a picture" in Indonesian. This time, it came out ok, but Ronald was like "no no no". Really funny haha. Ronald then started talking and making weird and lame comments. Think he's a really friendly and funny guy. But I was really quiet; am always like that around people I've never met before. So I didn't really talk much to him. Zhimei asked me to ask him whether he was nervous in Indonesian. So I did, and he told me I don't sound like I'm from Jakarta. Then I sound like I come from where? He asked me which part of Jakarta I live and stuff. Turns out that his good friend is staying in the same apartment as I am back home. Haha. Oh then Zhimei asked him if he knows which church we're from. We're like saying it's his brother school (cos he's from ACS I). He was like "ACS.. Presbyterian". Gosh..he doesn't even know that ACS is a Methodist school!
After that it was time for his match. He was so confident that he and Kendrick were going to win. So I was naturally quite surprised that their opponents actually led for most of the first set. They even reached 14 first. But after that, they made unforced errors, so Ronald and Kendrick won the first set. I thought that it would be easier in the second set. But I was so wrong. Ronald and Kendrick were like thrashed in the second set. Too many errors. But I suppose experience counts in the third set. It was 8-0 at the changeover and before long it was like 13-3. But they had problems closing out the match and allowed their opponents back. Eventually though, they managed to win 15-9. Must say it was quite an exciting match. Haven't watched a badminton match live in quite a long time.
After the prize presentation, went to take pictures. Zhimei and one of her friends also took pictures with Kendrick, but I don't know him at all, so I didn't take with him. Kendrick looked really fierce during the match, but I think he's also quite friendly.
MU's match is starting soon. Decided not to go to my aunt's house to watch the match cos I still have lots of stuff to do. I think I'll just listen to the match on BBC.
posted by vivien at 9:19 AM
