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Interhouse Futsal Tournament

Hey there, Wonderers! It's Dhanya and today, I'll be talking to everyone about an Interhouse Futsal Comptetition organised by our school. Let me start off with, I have NEVER. I repeat NEVER played futsal before this. (not even kidding) How did I get involved then? It started off with a good friend of mine, Emily, who decided to persuade (or force) me into going for selections without any training whatsoever. Well, I guess I made it this far because of her (sigh) Thanks, Emily :)

So, I went for the selections and managed not to miss the ball everytime it came my way SO YAY. Our captain, Miki, let us know that very day who had made it into the main team for girls and I was extremely surprised to see my name there. I began to get excited to think of the trainings to come and just excited in general to be chosen. I saw myself improving more and more through the month of training we had before the actual tournament.

All in all, our team had some ups and downs. With all our busy schedules and responsibilities, full attendance for trainings were hard to come by. We could have done with more training and worked harder but there's always next year! To make matters worse, I came down with a fever two days before the tournament and pulled a muscle during training :( But I enjoyed every moment leading up to the big day and I'm happy to have been on the team.

The day of the competition arrived and I was extremely nervous waking up. Oh yea and the moment I put the jersey on, I think I fell in love. IT'S SO SOFT. Not kidding HAHA. Okay anyways my brother decided to come along to watch and support his house too. We got to Sports Planet Subang by 9 in the morning and I waited for the rest of the girls to show up. When at least five of us had gathered, we found a ball and began kicking it around inside one of the courts. It was pretty frustrating when my muscle kept feeling strained whenever I tried to take a shot and when I was told to rest before our match. It was so hard to sit still and watch everyone else train. (sobs)

Our first match started at around 10am and I think all our nerves had hit the ceiling by then. We did a cheer together and the game had begun. Our first match was up against Green and I must say they were an incredibly good team. Unfortunately, we lost 2 - 0. We were feeling pretty demotivated but Miki reassured us that we should just have fun. I suppose you could say fate repeated itself when we lost 2 - 0 again to Yellow in our next match. This time it made us want to do better though.We were fired up for what could be our last match of the day against Red and went into the match with a new mindset and strategy. We managed to draw with them and seeing as they were known as the one of the best teams, we were pretty happy at that.

All in all, I think I was extremely lucky to even have made it onto the team in the first place and luckier to have met the amazing girls in my team too. There were the ones who gave incredible advice, whether in game play or foot work. There were the motivational ones, who made everything seem possible. Lastly, there were the ones who gave the BEST hugs when any of us felt down. I'm so happy to have bonded with them and I had an amazing time. If there's one thing I'm going to do, it's work harder and train longer in order to do better next year. That's all for today! Adios, Wonderers!