First, let me say this: If you’re not having fun, you’re not winning.  If winning at ping pong has become your sole purpose, your primary mission in life, then go see a shrink or something, because you’re barking up the wrong tree.  Maybe you should find something to...

Remember:  It’s a game, it’s only a game.  Now, having said that, I realize that everyone wants to win.  Some are serious about it – some very serious – while some seem to take delight, judging by their lasting smiles, in just playing “for the fun of it,” winning not...

     Here is some wisdom that encapsulates a winning philosophy in tennis and ping pong:   Keep the ball in play against beginning and average (intermediate) players and you will win most of the time.  Consistency – not making mistakes - is the key here.  Try not to...

I was a kid from the 50’s living in Flushing, New York City.  That’s when Flushing had only 3 Chinese people there – and, by the way, I knew all of them. Wait, wait, I forgot, there was Ling Ling, too, so there were four.   No, no, I’m sorry.  Mistake.   Ling Ling was...

Maybe the Lord wanted someone with a pure heart.  Mine, however, was infarcted.  I guess he overlooked that little flaw when he saw my overall righteousness.  In any case He, or one of his emissaries, called upon me recently in the middle of the night, around 12:30 AM...

A lot of people I know think that I’m a Debbie Downer.  It’s because of my flat affect – I look morose most of the time.  When I play ping pong with that dour, cheerless look, it’s infectious and the guy I’m playing with for 20 minutes usually ends up either wanting...

A few of my so-called friends have approached me recently and have asked me - rather bluntly  I might add - why I am so cheap, and they have even had the temerity to accuse me of never having bought anything at my Shoprite that wasn’t on sale.  First of all, I reject...

Editor:  Lao Du, how are you feeling? LD:  Well, except  for the cough, the fever and the shortness of breath, I’m fine. Editor:  That’s not funny. LD:  Ok, ok, no shortness of breath. Editor: Still not funny. LD:  Ok, okay, I would feel much better if I could notch...

The Governor of NY just announced that Phase IV is about to happen in Westchester County.  Before you jump up and down like a third grader who’s just been handed a Three Musketeers bar before going outside for recess, you should know that this phase 4 opening excludes...

Several weeks ago, I gave myself a haircut.  Not a good idea.   On the side of my head, just a little northeast of my left ear, it looks like some golfer left a large divot with a sand wedge.  Well, ordinarily it would have been a big deal, and I would probably have...