Ultimateness

Day 140


So I’m sitting in a guesthouse in KUALA LUMPUR!!! I guess before I tell you why I’m in Kuala Lumpur, I should fill you in on what has happened in the past week.

Last week Beijing held an awesome ultimate tournament. It was China Nationals and it is meant to determine the National Champion of China. There were over 20 teams at this tournament and it was just awesome to see so many Chinese people playing ultimate. Shanghai wasn’t able to win the title of national champion because we are a team of “wai guo ren”-foreigners/ expats. So we had two fairly even teams and we had a good time playing against the other ineligible teams. My team, Tres Eckes! played just ok, and what I mean is that we lost to a Beijing high school team. I’m was more frustrated because at how poorly we played in a strong wind, but it is good for those little buggers to win cuz that’s what this tournament was all about. Hong Kong won the title from Beijing Bang, and it was just another quality tournament to put in my resume.



Kuala Lumpur is HOT! I found out about this tournament through my friend, Aeoy, who I met at the Bangkok Hat tournament earlier in the year; through facebook. I asked her if I could play and she said, “totally!” so I joined the Bangkok Cowboyz and now I’m here in Kuala Lumpur playing ultimate Frisbee. It is really incredible what I and so many other people do, we travel to different countries around Asia and the world, and then play ultimate Frisbee. We make great friends and see awesome places. My team struggled heavily in the first game because we are all new with one another and we are basically a pick-up team. I played alright, but I wasn’t too impressed with the play that I was seeing from the “top” teams here from Singapore and other places. That is one thing that I am excited to doing when I get back to the states, and that is to play some ultimate that is always competitive and is just at a different level than it is here in Asia. But until then, let my domination continue…