I and Murali found Table Tennis tables with nobody to use them. So we decided to make the best use of the opportunity to achieve mastery over this game. We were no strangers to the game. I was already well-versed with it, having played it as many as three times in my life. Murali was even better than me, having played, probably, twice as many times!
Our first task was to buy TT bats and balls. After having browsed all the sections in the nearby sports superstore, including the entire treadmill section, all of basketball equipments, etc we finally stood in front of TT section trying to decide which one we should buy. The range offered was quite good. But for seasoned professionals like us, making this choice was easy - just find the cheapest! After we found the 10-dollars full-set, we were still wondering who would buy the higher priced ones - some of them as much as 40 dollars for just one bat. We found a Chinese-looking guy picking up one of that and exclaimed "Moron! He must be blind or totally dumb. Why should one pay 1700 Rupees for a TT bat!".
We are quite happy with the way our games are going. Sometimes others join us for a game. However, our cheapo bats can't understand all their professional top-spins, cuts, smashes etc, in fact such extravagant shots end up being counter-productive! So they try all the stylish shots, start cursing the bats with some choicest words (like @%$!@#&@#@ and @#$$*&!@!) and end up losing the game to us :)
We have now learnt to trust the intelligence of Chinese-looking guys with anything related to TT. However, we are not complaining too much about our TT equipment, as we are winning games!
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