Saturday, January 14, 2006
Yesterday SIM Soccer Club had its first friendly match with NTU soccer team. Though we lost the match as expected, I guess the team learnt alot from the match.
Personally, I was quite upset. I wasnt upset that I didnt get to play. I am upset that some others with lesser ability or fitness was given the chance to play ahead of me. But its just my personal opinion, the coach probably thinks otherwise. To be fair to me, the coach hasnt really seen me play yet, but he already some preconcieve ideas. He tells me that my sprinting is suspect but he played someone who cant run after 5 mins into the match. He would rather play some players out of position which he thinks is best and the player himself would rather play somewhere else. And there I am at the touchline waiting for my chance to play in their position, which never came. But the most upsetting is that my own friends do not believe in me either. Wat are friends for? I am being realistic of my own ability, and seeing the players we have right now. I believe that I am not far off the others. I just need my chance.
But chance is something which I seldom have been given in most things I do. Why do people like to have a fixed impression of others based on what they see? They should be less hollow and look beyond the physical appearance.