Wednesday we played basketball with the Government officials that share the building next to the school – we had our arses handed to us on a plate. However, it was extremely fun! On arrival the court was taken by some “youths” however, once the government officials entered the court it was ours – that’d never happen in the UK!
So, the game started and by the end of the first quarter we were about 21 points down! The government officials had obviously been practicing and were wiping the floor with us. Our team were doing well but we needed to pull together and act a bit more like a well-oiled machine rather than a team of one-man armies.
Second quarter was over and the lead had increased further. We were now over half way behind. We managed to hold the gap in the third quarter and managed to prevent the lead on us increasing. Fourth quarter was very well played! We reduced the gap to about 15 points and put up a magnificent fight. Sadly we didn’t win but we enjoyed ourselves and that’s all that matters.
After the match we were taken out to an extremely fancy 3 star hotel/restaurant for an “after-game” meal – courtesy of the government officials. The food was delicious and we had as much food and drink as we wanted.
We government were now hooked and the following day challenged us to a table tennis match that evening – naturally we said yes! Sadly though, the government officials won straight sets for the first 5 games but managed to win all 6. I didn’t realise we were going to playing at the same speed as the Olympic athletes!
As with the basketball match we were then whisked off to a restaurant around the corner from the school to eat and drink until our hearts were content. We had a selection of Chinese dishes and a bar full of alcoholic beverages. After a good friendly chat and a few songs we adjourned to our flats.
Since we’ve now played both basketball and table tennis (both of which the Chinese are renowned for) we’ve challenged them to a football match on the beach! We’re still waiting for confirmation of the date but we’re looking forward to playing one of our own games – maybe this time we’ll win? But does this mean that we then have to buy dinner….?
1 comment
Tracey Lawrence says:
July 15, 2011 at 08:00 (UTC 0 )
Well done for having a go. You should have given them a good run with table tennis with all the years you have been playing with your grandad.