Third day ng USCAA and hindi na maganda ang standing ng team, isang talo pa at ma-eeliminate na si Giselle, Winwin at Ryujin, ang rule kasi ng game namin basta matalo ka ng dalawang beses then you’re out. Malapit na din kami maka abot sa finals isang game na lang ang need namin maipanalo para waiting nalang kami at may twice to beat advantage pa pagdating sa championship, ang problema na nga lang yung next na kalaban namin ay yung dalawa na nascout from Laguna, Karina and I are worried sa magiging kalabasan ng match namin dahil we watched them play and parang kami lang din ni Karina they’re not playing their real game, for sure magkakagulatan nalang kami sa laban namin mamaya.

Malapit na yung game namin ni Karina pagkatapos ng match ng doubles boys ang game namin at sobra sobra na ang kaba ko medyo nawiwiwi pa ko kaya nagpaalam ako kay Rina na mag cr muna

“Rina cr lang ako ah?”

“samahan kita?” tanong niya

“wag na, you’re still monitoring our teams’ play eh”

“sige just be quick okay? Next game na tayo dito”

“yes po”

Lalabas na sana ako ng cubicle nang biglang may pumasok kaya napatigil ako

“next game makakatapat na pala natin sina Karina”

“oo kaya kinakabahan na ako” sabi naman nung isa na kadoubles nung unang nagsalita

“don’t be, kayang kaya niyo naman sila just don’t let the ball go to Karina then you’re good” sabi nung kausap nilang single A ng team nila

“talaga ba?” 

“believe me guys Winter is weak, if hindi then bakit sila ang nag doubles ni Karina ngayon?” tanong ulit nung panget na single A

“because their coach wanted Winter to win and she needs Karina to achieve that?” naasar na ko talaga sa mga to, kung makapag salita akala mo naman alam na nila lahat

“exactly! Kaya kailangan niyo sila talunin para mabawasan ang yabang nung dalawang yun well si Karina may karapatan mag yabang pero yung isa? walang wala, she is nothing without her ka doubles” nagtawanan sila tapos lumabas ng cr

Pinilit ko ang sarili ko na wag maapektuhan pero nasaktan talaga ako sa narinig ko , I thought I’m doing great because I’m doing my  very best  sa pag iimprove pa, pero di ko dapat to iniisip ngayon may laro pa kami and wala ako sa kundisyon maglaro, naiinis ako sa sarili ko dahil hinayaan ko to makaapekto sakin.

Karina’s

When Winter came back parang somethings bothering her kaya I asked her kung may problem ba and she said na wala naman daw I want to ask her pa pero coach called us na kasi magsstart na ang game

I was right something is really bothering her and it is affecting her game, she’s distracted puro error na siya at halos hindi siya tumitingin at hindi niya din ako pinapakinggan, gosh what’s wrong Winter?

I’m getting frustrated na with what’s happening sa game namin, kay Winter nila dinadala lahat ng bola na hindi naman masagot nang maayos ni Winter dahil para siyang wala sa game talaga which is not good dahil we’re losing the first set at… ayun na nga we lost. I really need to talk to Winter kaya nung nagkaron ng time out dahil panibagong set na, hinila ko siya papunta sa gilid ng court kung saan walang makakarinig sa amin, I want to bring her sa mas private na place pero we are not allowed (yung mga players kasi na naglalaro bawal lumayo ng court)

“Winter please I don’t know what’s bothering you pero please please I don’t want to lose” pagmamakaawa ko sakaniya then finally she looked at me and she held my hand

“I-I’m sorry Rina, babawi ako” she’s crying, oh no my baby, I hug her tight

“you know that I believe in you diba? and doubles tayo, we have each other’s back, I’m here I got you baby” i told her while I’m hugging her, I felt her nod naman at humiwalay na sa hug namin

“we’ll talk after this alright? For now let’s crash them” kanina pa kasi ako naiinis dito sa kalaban namin sobrang yabang kasi, kanina pa nila kami kinakantsawan

I want to show them our real game pero di pwede kasi they’re recording our moves at hindi magandang maaral nila yung laro namin ni Winter, sila din kasi makakatapat namin sa sunod na meet

“Rina sa akin nila binibigay lahat, may I show them my game?”

“hmm 60% of your game will do Winter,  they’re not that good” to be honest I expected more from them but they did not meet even half of my expectation “natalo lang nila tayo kanina because wala ka sa laro but it’s okay isang set lang yun, we can win yu