The Beauty of Ping Pong

10/03/12

During the first week of school, I'm sitting at the student center, watching people play ping pong and I'm amazed at the skill they display here. It's unbelievable!! I thought I was pretty good until I get straight up murdered.... They keep slamming and being able to return it!! It was time that I start training.

I pick up a paddle and just start working my way up, I'll also like to point out that I had a sprained arm at that time so I decided to learn with my left hand. I start picking up small tactics that work for the good kids, I keep playing day in and day out with returning the ball back on the table, I practice slamming and control. I got to the point where I bought my own paddle (mainly cause the school had some bad ones) and I got my own 3 star ping pong ball! 

So it's about a month later, I feel like I can play a match with someone good. I step up to the table as I get set into the mood..... of ping pong. We start out, and I'm as confident as ever to win this match....

But all of a sudden.... I start losing with a score of 21-4....... I still sucked!!!! And with that realization, I came upon another point!!! I am so BOARD out of my mind that our most entertaining thing here is to get good at ping pong. I have nothing else to do is that I spend soooo much time trying to get good at a game I'm probably won't play after school's done. I realize that when I'm at campus, I'm either sleeping or playing ping pong. It's fun! But that's all I'm doing!!! 

Why am I saying this? What's the point of this post?? Well frankly, I'm waiting for my turn to play ping pong and I wanted to kill time and write something. I know, it's pretty ironic that this thought just randomly came up in my head at this very moment (lol). Hahaha but no... The point is that I need to do something productive! When I came here at school, I wanted to write this film idea that popped up on my head, but after the first week, I stopped. Running has been on and off for me, junk food has been killing me (I still gain no weight lol), and........ I don't even know what else I can list! That's how bored I am!!!!

I thank God that life has still be awesome, regardless of me just sleeping and ping pong. I've still done productive stuff such as being on top of my school work and reading, but that doesn't take time. No more slacking for me! No more just ping pong everyday! I'm going to accomplish something awesome before the end of this semester! I don't know what it'll be, or how I'll do it, but nevertheless the victory will be here!!! :)

Don't waste the days that we have! Thanks for all your guys time! Have a great day!! :)

-Daniel Llamas

P.S. I want to give a happy shout out to my room mate and friend Jesse Mata!!!! Love you bro and have fun at whatever you want to do :P