I hate to lose...

I hate to lose... But more often than not, I'm always on the losing end. Why? I don't know. Maybe I'm just plain unlucky.
The past week has been quite dissapointing for me. I encountered 3 major defeats. My basketball team lost all 3 matches in the inter-house competition. Of course its not that bad. But the worst part is that I was playing. We lost 36-26 to nadzaruddin, 37-24 to Imran and 37-26 to Naquiuddin.
The first match was great. Though we lost, we were up against the best team and we only lost by 10 points. I was red carded for making 3 consecutive fauls and had to seat on the bench just slightly before the 1/2 time. I was playing on form and I would think that we would have been able to win hadn't I play so aggresively.
The second match against Imran was a mentally discouraging game. I hardly scored any points. The opposition was tall and there was nothing I could do about it. I tried to keep the possesion of the ball but failed miserably. The worst was yet to come. Our center injured his ankle and it swelled up as big as a tennis ball. He's now in singapore having a medical examination in some hospital.
The 3rd match was a killer. We played so well that by 7 minutes into the game we were leading 20-4. I felt so confident that we'll win. To my dismay, everyone in the team got a little too exicted and we lost the ball a few times and from then on, the opposition kept on scoring. What a great shame. We lost in the end by a margin of 11 points.

My house lost all the games and there aint' no one to blame but the players. Of course, there were other factors involved, but ultimately no one could make us perform but ourselves. We could have done alot more better. We didn't. So now I stand with my shattered pride. I guess it'll take quite some time for my ego to heal ;)