You're lookin at a champion

You're lookin at a champion
by Jahanshah Javid
27-Feb-2009
 

Listen! I know YOU don't think it's a big deal, but being a ping pong champion FOUR years in a row is high up among my greatest achievements ever.

Yes, from age 10 to 14, in Abadan, in an exclusive community of a few thousand, I was the best among five, maybe six, kids in my age group.

And I'm damn proud of it dammit!

This is a picture my Abadani classmate Behnam Raihani emailed today. I was so thrilled! It shows Babak junior high school ping pong team, around 1974.

That's Babak Mahallati on the right, then me (am I showing a peace sign?! What a dork :o), Ardeshir Ommanian and Kami Pourmomen. The guy with the glasses is our physical education teacher Mr. Jalili -- what a super nice guy he was. The other guy I don't recognize.

And yes, we were No. 1 in all of Abadan.

If anyone has a problem with that, I'll meet you anytime, anywhere for a friendly game. Ba heeshki ham shookhi nadaaram!

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ابادانی ها برن جلو بوق بزنن

BACHE TEHROONI (not verified)
Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:44 PM PDT

میگن یارو میگفت من وقتی تو یزد بودم صد گز میپریدم. بهش گفتن یزد دوره ولی گز نزدیکه.
جهانشاه تیمت رو بردار و برو.
بچه ابادانی ؟ مو خودوم بهت پیله میکونوم.


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how cute!!!!

by sarshar45 on Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:46 AM PST

how cute is that photo.....?!?!

i am sure it brought back a lot of memories.

jj, were the years of your championship status purposefully omitted??? ;)


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Anahid Hojjati

Majid, thanks for your

by Anahid Hojjati on Sat Feb 28, 2009 09:41 AM PST

Majid, thanks for your thanks.  Are you really Majid E or just being a khaliband? God knows we have so many khaliband around.  But seriously if you are ME, I went to junior high with your sister.


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Monda

How adorable JJ, do you still play?

by Monda on Sat Feb 28, 2009 08:39 AM PST

after all this major korkori if I were you I'd be practicin like crazy 'til April. I will be cheering for all of you. And PartyGirl I'll hold your movie camera for you, any time you plan to whoop anyone's bootie, no taarof. 


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To Mahmoud

by Reza Khaneh Mir Five (not verified) on Fri Feb 27, 2009 09:46 PM PST

LOL at Jib Chon Bonk :)

In 1976 he played against Dan Don Dard from Vietnam :)


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To: Chinese Ping Pong Master

by Mahmoud (not verified) on Fri Feb 27, 2009 09:24 PM PST

No you are wrong. The Chinese champion he played against was jib chon bonk.


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Dear GrassHopper, JJ

by Chinese Ping Pong Master (not verified) on Fri Feb 27, 2009 08:20 PM PST

The Chinese champion you played against wasn't Fu Ping Ho it was Koon Chon Taank :-)


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Jahanshah Javid

Laaf e Abadani

by Jahanshah Javid on Fri Feb 27, 2009 07:49 PM PST

Ana! Don't listen to jealous Tehroonis calling Abadanis "khaalee band".

Who's Ehteshamzadeh?! I used to practice with the Chinese champion Fu Ping Ho. He thought I had a cute backhand.


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Majid

Just so JJ knows

by Majid on Fri Feb 27, 2009 07:19 PM PST

Hamid Ehteshaam zaadeh and I had lots of fun.....:-)

Thanks ana101


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Anahid Hojjati

So JJ, when and where will

by Anahid Hojjati on Fri Feb 27, 2009 06:54 PM PST

So JJ, when and where will all these ping-pong matches take place?  By the way, you have set up level of expectations so high that your table tennis skills almost have to be as good as Ehteshamzadeh brothers' skills.  Any thing less will cause people to talk about khalibandi people from Abadan.   


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Jahanshah Javid

Shemroon!

by Jahanshah Javid on Fri Feb 27, 2009 05:58 PM PST

RedWine Jan, maa too landan o paris o pekan mosaabegheh meedaadeem.

Shemroon ham miraftim, vali faghat vaaseh del o jeegar.


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Majid

Party Girl

by Majid on Fri Feb 27, 2009 05:45 PM PST

Majid Jan, do you know how to make a "Persian Lady" (it's a cocktail)?

NO ! I'll be too busy winning !

ARAGH and MAAST o KHIAAR, that's the drink of champs, and the only thing available!

Bring Your Own Bottle  "BYOB", I might look at it and stick to my drink of choice...LOL


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Red Wine

آبادانی خالی‌ بند

Red Wine
Fri Feb 27, 2009 05:32 PM PST

بيا..بفرما..از شما ديگه بعيد بود...ابادان كجا و پينگ پنگ كجا !‌‌ ! !

حالا گيريم چامپيون خوزستون بودي ، چرا نيومدي شمرون با ما مسابقه بدي كا !؟


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Party Girl

Did you say "The guys?!!"

by Party Girl on Fri Feb 27, 2009 05:22 PM PST

Ouch, JJ! You aim low! I'll tell you what! I'll show up with my camera to tape the clip myself. It will be called "The Persian Losers" or "Table Tennis Tots."

After loading my clip on youtube, I'll come back to teach you guys a trick or two, but since the original competition was reserved for "The Guys," and I am no guy, all I can do is to play you "teeghee." Look at it this way, you may lose the shirts on your miserable backs, but you will come away learning a thing or two about Ping Pong! I am already having ideas about the sequel YouTube clip--"Persian Losers Find Their Ping Pong Mojo! Party Girl To The Rescue!"

Majid Jan, do you know how to make a "Persian Lady" (it's a cocktail)?


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Majid

جی جی

Majid
Fri Feb 27, 2009 04:55 PM PST

جی جی جان

 

یکی‌ میگفت.....من تو همدون از روی شصت تا کدو میپریدم !

بهش گفتن....همدون دوره ولی‌ کدو نزدیکه

سرو‌هات مال کدوم بندره ؟ بندر پهلوی؟

 

سور دخت خانوم......شما هم همینطور!

 


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Jahanshah Javid

Video jam kon!

by Jahanshah Javid on Fri Feb 27, 2009 04:44 PM PST

Cool Party Girl! The guys will play a match and put the video on YouTube. Then we'll send you to fetch it :o)))))


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Jahanshah Javid

Bandari serve

by Jahanshah Javid on Fri Feb 27, 2009 04:37 PM PST

Ana... I'll take on you AND your brother with my left foot. My secret weapon is the "bandari" serve: the ball hits the table and you start to shake.


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Party Girl

Ki bood rajaz khoond?!!

by Party Girl on Fri Feb 27, 2009 04:35 PM PST

Sorry, can't help it--korkori ham haddi dareh!

No sissy uniforms and no peace signs here!  I'll beat you all to a pulp any day of the week and twice on Sundays!

P.S.  Majid can be the waterboy.  I'll go on the walk with Captain and JJ, too.  The real party is happening there!

 


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capt_ayhab

JJ

by capt_ayhab on Fri Feb 27, 2009 04:19 PM PST

o man o man, shoma bia, behtarin oloofe jat dar khedmat hast , Lamasab chenan boye ghandni mideh ke nago.

I am serious,

-YT


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Anahid Hojjati

I was first among high

by Anahid Hojjati on Fri Feb 27, 2009 04:19 PM PST

I was first among high school girls in Table Tennis when I was freshman; that is if I remember right. I am not even 100% sure.  But what impresses me really is that my brother was champion in "nojavanan" for whole Iran around 1984.  


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anonymous fish

esmal

by anonymous fish on Fri Feb 27, 2009 04:16 PM PST

you are misinformed.  jj jaan is a suave, dashing and debonair sophisticate with a lean and cut physique and impecabble taste... a raczor sharp mind and acerbic wit par none. 

and i shall flatter him into a deceiving comfort zone of confidence while my man whoops his behind.

:-0


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Jahanshah Javid

Ay gofti!

by Jahanshah Javid on Fri Feb 27, 2009 04:12 PM PST

Capt... oloofejaat hastam, chejoor! Aslan ping pong chi chiyeh? Bereem oon posh moshta ghadam bezaneem :o)


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Jahanshah Javid

Great idea

by Jahanshah Javid on Fri Feb 27, 2009 04:05 PM PST

Come on down Anonymous Fish, your hubby will need some considerable cheering after I'm done with him!


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capt_ayhab

آقا مجید

capt_ayhab
Fri Feb 27, 2009 04:03 PM PST

آقا مجید
اگر با عرقت دو سه چهار نخ همچین توپل مپل  "علوفه جات" هم باشه من رو هم حساب کن تو بازی سالار دوتائی با هم پینگ پونگ یاد جناب JJ خان میدیم :) 

-YT


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anonymous fish

hmmm

by anonymous fish on Fri Feb 27, 2009 04:02 PM PST

i won "perfect attendence" through the 8th grade.  does that count for anything?

I will, however, form the cheerleading squad for the tournament.  cheerleaders will wear the decorated bra's from the cancer website link.

:-0


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Majid

You're on JJ

by Majid on Fri Feb 27, 2009 03:48 PM PST

After the day at Mason Park, and the way you drank aragh, and the magic dragon, you're on dude!

As long as my condition for drinking is met, it'll be fun to chalenge you in any field, anytime, anywhere.....LOL

You're a cool dude buddy....:-)

And I like the "joojeh" comment! 


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Jahanshah Javid

Toop jam kon!

by Jahanshah Javid on Fri Feb 27, 2009 03:38 PM PST

Majid Jan, lo nadeh deegeh. bezaar yeh khoordeh poz bedeem :o)

Haalaa keh een tor shod maarset mikonam haal biyaay joojeh!

Faryar, you're on!

Jaleho, I don't like to make women cry. Don't push me!


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sobh

I was in the Iranian youth ...

by sobh on Fri Feb 27, 2009 02:32 PM PST

Back in 70's I was in the Iranian youth national Basket ball team training camp for two months ;-)

Does it count?


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Majid

آبادانی خالی‌ بند.......

Majid
Fri Feb 27, 2009 02:23 PM PST

آبادانی خالی‌ بند.......

راکت تو کو مثل بقیه؟ توپ جمع کن بودی حالا میگی‌ قهرمان بودم؟

ما که مکزیک بیا نیستیم، هر وقت اومدی اینور‌ها یه خورده بهت یاد میدم، فقط بشرطی که اولش چند تا استکان عرق با هم بزنیم!

 


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persian westender

Sorry JJ, but It isn’t a

by persian westender on Fri Feb 27, 2009 02:15 PM PST

Sorry JJ, but It isn’t a big deal to me! I got the third ranking in tri-cycling race at the elementary school-level tournament when I was only 7. I should to clarify humbly that however the total number of participants were four and the pedal chain of the last guy’s tricycle was broken. Still impressive eh?

 


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