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First day back home in Lakewood. I didn't take a photo, although I supposed I should have taken one of my neighborhood. Now I can do so for future posts!

Instead, here are photos of the UC Berkeley Women's Table Tennis Team members who went to the nationals in Minnesota! Pictured are Carolin, Vega, and I.

One of the biggest things I'm gonna miss about UC Berkeley is the Cal Table Tennis Club/Team. I have never been so involved in a club before, and it was indeed a lot of fun! Made lots of friends, lots of memories, and a good time was had.

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This is my friend, Karen. I met her in the Cantonese Decal last year. She has been coming to the Cal Table Tennis Club practices lately. She's improving pretty quickly too! I admire her determination and willingness to learn. I think she has lots of potential in table tennis. I am also jealous because her Mandarin is better than mine. :( Hehe. I expect that when I come back to Berkeley next year to visit, she will be a pretty good player. :)

By the way, she was also my inspiration to begin this blog (after seeing hers)! I had been thinking of doing something like this for a while, but it was she who pushed me to actually get the ball rollin'.

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Table Tennis: What keeps me busy most of my days. This is my paddle: Viscaria blade (Butterfly), Hurricane forehand rubber (red), LKT Rapid Soft backhand rubber (black). Underneath is my Butterfly paddle case ♥. I love its color scheme. The Cal Table Tennis Club and Cal Table Tennis Team (I'm on the women's team!) definitely keep me busy! Oh, but it is also definitely fun, fun, fun!

P.S. The team (men's and women's) went to Rochester, Minnesota two weekends ago for the National Collegiate Table Tennis Championships!