Learner

So the day came when Penang faced 'a team from Singapore' and we were all hyped up as we entered the Colosseum. I guess there was an element of being over confident evident in some faces. Although the first time facing an unknown opponent apart from the fact that they are Singapore a nation probably 10 years ahead of Malaysia in floorball.

As we stepped into the court the excitement grew and i found it somewhat hard to breathe and move, taking the fact that warm up wasn't quite enough. Was somewhat a blunder for me watching the balls fly pass us defenders consisting of the 3 FireBRANDS and one Last wall our Keeper Bryan Koh. The concept of defending to me was not clear but it took me one and a half periods to recognize that fact. I was wasting my energy and time going for blind blocks, chasing after anything that seemed to be in my path. And i think it was the third time that KY explained to me that i finally understood my role well enough and that was a little to late to make a difference in the score line which was already stepping away from our efforts. I guess my take on this is that we're still about two years behind in terms of playing together as a team and for some of us technically.

Tiring as it was it's a great experience playing with another set of islanders and I'm leaning through the way. If by any means this adds to the experience I've to gain it was more than worth it.