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Playing Dwyane Wade style out

2008-11-27T04:20:00.001-08:00

Remember when I said a long time ago when my driving style will be like Dwyane Wade? Well, just want to state that today it seems like Dwyane Wade possessed me, and I play his style out today, drawing contact and making the shot, doing his crossover, I'm just playing his style as though it is my own style. Got to say that if I can keep it up, I will buy his line of shoes.

3/8 through my holiday.

2008-11-17T19:47:00.000-08:00

So what have I been doing for my holiday? Basically it has gone a very routine way, such as watching NBA in the morning, playing basketball in the afternoon and training my guitar at night. It's pretty boring.

Heavy rain in long time

2008-11-09T19:07:00.000-08:00

Wow, Singapore got another heavy and long rain in the morning, woke me up. We haven't had such a heavy rain in a long time, and it was pretty cool, with all the lightning thunder and stuff like that. On the other hand, I hope that it will stop and ground will dry by the time I am going to play basketball and put on the number 3. =)

Iverson going to Motor City

2008-11-04T19:08:00.000-08:00

Less than a few years in Denver and now Iverson is going to Motor City to play for the Pistons. In addition, he will wear 1 instead of the 3 which he has worn for so many years.

School Holiday starts for me

2008-11-04T19:05:00.000-08:00

The school holiday arrived for me, slightly later than those in neighbourhood school. I don't look forward to this school holiday, because I have actually get used to the busy schedule that I am presented with. I'm not used with lots of free time at home, and I still wake up early out of pure habit. Look forward being back to school. Not that I like school, it's just that I find life more meaningful with the various activities in school.

LAN?

2008-09-04T19:57:00.000-07:00

Later I am probably going LAN with Wei Hao and Kah Kang. I am not going to play, just watch them can already. Don't want to become addicted, so better don't go there lots of time. The reason I want watch them is because I want to learn how to play dota. I am pretty noob at this game, so...

Working hard on my guitar

2008-09-04T19:53:00.000-07:00

Well for these past few days I have been working hard on my guitar, practising it every night, hoping that my skills will improve over time. For the past moths since I have bought my guitar I have slacked quite a lot, not really taking it out to play. But now I am trying to change this situation, and I think I have definitely improved in terms of guitar skills. Sure I am still very noob, but I believe that this can be changed.
One thing I realise for playing music is that the starting process is always the hardest, especially for someone like me who has no one to teach me the guitar. However, the more you play, the more you enjoy playing this instrument and you will definitely come back and play more of it. It is quite a funny process, but I enjoy it quite a lot.

Cracked earphones

2008-08-26T00:54:00.000-07:00

The earphones that came with my iPod are cracked now, after getting sit on by two of my classmates. Quite angry. The earphones are still functional except that it hurts if the sharp edge cuts the inside of my ear. I think I better change a new earphone unless I want my own ear to cut. Searching around internet to look for good earphones now.

Softball for PE

2008-08-25T04:11:00.000-07:00

Now for PE we're having softball, a very fun game, almost like baseball, except the ball is larger. So for today we only did the fundamentals, but then personally I like fielding, which mean catching the ball a lot. The feel of catching the ball in your glove is damn cool, and there's a different way for fielding the ball. You catch it in between your index finger and thumb.

Team USA Redeemed

2008-08-24T04:09:00.000-07:00

For all basketball fans, I'm sure that it is a long time that we are all waiting for. The 2008 Beijing Olympics Basketball Senior Men Finals, featuring defending world champions Spain and the USA, gold medal favourites. I can say that it was certainly a hard fought match, with USA never able to fully lead Spain, and Spain trying to win and come back from whatever USA was throwing them. USA got into foul trouble early, and it was indeed a troubling sign. There were a few moments when it seemed Spain would finally take the lead, but it never came.
First half it was all Dwyane Wade when Kobe and LeBron were in foul trouble early. Second half, when the team needed him the most, Kobe Bryant stepped out with a couple of big shots a four-point play to lead the USA back on top again.
Overall it was an excellent match, and I think all of you should go watch it.

Heavy rain

2008-08-24T03:03:00.000-07:00

Wow, it has been all rain today and yesterday. The rain probably started the night before, where I woke up on Saturday morning to find the ground wet. Saturday morning is my basketball hours, where we will get together to play basketball for some time because we are ever so busy with our work and being in different schools as them, hard to meet each other unless it is some special occasion like National Day or Teacher's Day.
So I woke up, washed my face and in my surprise, the ground was wet because it hasn't rained for quite some time, and I didn't expect the rain to come at this time. However, I prayed very hard that it wouldn't rain again, which it did. I went into the toilet and after coming out, saw that the sky was darker than before. I hurriedly took my blueberry waffle, some money and rushed down to the basketball court. Unfortunately, I reached no further than Block 443 when it started raining real heavily. I went back to my house, somewhat dejected, to see that Ngee Kiat and JK have messaged me to ask me about whether basketball was still on.
I replied saying that it will be postponed to around the time when the rain has stopped and the ground will not be as wet. I went on to notify the rest of this arrangement, and started eating my waffle. I continued to read the newspaper, which I have not done for quite some time. Being very tired after reading the newspaper and having not slept well for a week, I rested my head against the sofa and listened to some songs on my handphone.
Time pass and it is 9am, time for me to go down and play basketball after the rain has stopped. I was glad that KK has come down, and there were actually quite some people. Match yesterday was very tiring for me because I was playing international defense playing style. So my offense wasn't good for the first few match, until the last match where I can finally convert my lay up into something special. Played till like 11 plus, and I rested till 12 plus and I went home.
Showered, ate my lunch and I slept for sometime. It was raining whole day long, and I asked Wei Hao if swimming was still on. Not surprisingly, it still is, and so I met Wei Hao at his block at 6.45pm. His sister came down and asked him if he wanted a ride from his father. We both rejected, and we were soon on our way to Hougang Swimming Complex. I bet that day was one of the worst business of Hougang Swimming Complex. The whole pool had almost no one in it, and only my swimming class and another class was present. The water was very very cold, and if not for Wei Hao splashing water at me I wouldn't have gone down in such a short time. We proceeded on to our lesson, and coach wanted to teach me freestyle kicking. He praised me for learning very fast, and wants me to catch up with the rest.
Freestyle is very tiring but very fast in comparison with breaststroke. Got a stomachache in between and had to ask to go to the toilet. Went back to the pool and we went to the deep pool. The coach continued teaching me treading water, which I can only do for 20 seconds because I was just learning it. After a while it was the end of lesson, and Wei Hao and I walked home. I had forgotten to bring some money, so I can only watch Wei Hao drink his Kiwi Ice blended.

Misconceptions about Basketball Part 1

2008-06-20T07:04:00.000-07:00

Okays, so this is going to be something of an essay on the common misconceptions of basketball. Today's topic is going to be on rating how good a player is.
For starters, let's compare the old Kobe (let's just call him KB8, since 8 is his old jersey number), and Jason Kidd. If you give me these two players, I will most likely pick Kidd, because he is a playmaker, a team player. On the other hand, we have KB8, one who is selfish, one who doesn't trust his team mates and one who disrupts the whole team concept. KB8 has much better stats than Kidd, but that does not mean KB8 is better. Point 1: Stats does not spell how good a player is.
Kidd is making a hell of good decisions on every games he has played, on the other hand KB8 is forcing lots of shots, making lots of bad decisions. But can we judge all those good decisions? Many inexperienced players or players who do not really understand the game will think that just putting the ball into the basket is the point of the game. Really, it is not. Basketball is a game created for a team, and therefore we should play like a team. I can't stress this enough, so I have to put this down. Point 2: Scoring is not everything.
Sure, scoring is the eventual part, but have you heard this phrase "Offense wins games, defense wins championships."? This line was once again proven true by the Boston Celtics, which had great defense and limited the Lakers.

Lakers win Western Conference Finals

2008-05-30T01:47:00.000-07:00

The Lakers have finally won the Western Conference Finals, ending the era of dominance that Spurs had over the last few years. It feels great to see Kobe Bryant emerging into a team player, and his entering into his prime.
Kobe Bryant is really someone to look up to. You see his work ethic, you see his attitude, you see his resolve to win for the team. Even when his pinky is whacked, you can see him continue to play at a high level, and no matter how injured he is, I think his basketball skills and determination cannot be stopped.

PPS Open House

2008-05-25T05:24:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was PPS Open House and I thought that I was supposed to meet the rest at 8am. So I went there and waited for like 10 minutes but nobody came. Later I knew that they changed the time to 8.30am, but then it was alright, I went home to take my slippers and put my basketball shoes in my bag. I was wearing my normal basketball outfit, so when I went in PPS I was damn embarrassed because my attire sucks. Should have worn something much more nicer.
So I was like just walking around for a few minutes before I went back to the basketball court. JK and his friend was at the basketball court, so I sat down watching them. Nice to watch them, because they play at a different level and there's a lot to learn.
I sat watching them for a long time before the rest came. I changed my shoes and started playing. Meanwhile JK was teaching me how to do a tear drop and he corrected my drive. So I know how to do a tear drop now. Yeah. Hahas. Going to improve on my tear drop as much as possible during the holidays. After some time spent balling, we went to Hougang Mall.
At Hougang Mall, we initially wanted to go to Long John Silver to have our lunch, but that place was packed. We have no choice but to go to MacDonald, which I don't really like. So I had a McFlurry because I wasn't really hungry.
We finished our lunch and we went to shop a bit at Hougang Mall. After a while we went to the CC's basketball court to ball, but it was really hot and the court sucks like shit. So at like 2+pm Ervin went off, left me and some other people. We played some stuff and it started raining, so we went inside and bought some drinks. We went to Hougang Mall again and looked around, so after some time we went home.

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Inspired

2008-05-18T06:35:00.000-07:00

After so many negative comments on my basketball skills for such a long time, I have finally walked out of that dark period. After 20 minutes of talking with that Republic Poly guy, I have understood how I should play and all the misconceptions that have been thrown into my mind so far.
Now I am insanely downloading all those mixtapes from Youtube and watching them on my Ipod.

Negative comments

2008-05-16T05:54:00.000-07:00

Have been receiving lots of negative comments lately on my skill of basketball. Saying I have no talent. Saying I should stop playing and go home. Yeah, right. If I listen to them I might as well as die. First of all they are making assumptions of me as they rarely watch me play and they do not watch basketball themselves, so what do they understand about basketball?
Do they know the proper techniques of shooting and passing? All they notice is the number of points scored in the game, but they never notice how a player shoots, what other stats did the player has.
Let me use myself as an example. I'm not a shooter, so I'm the one passing the ball and racking up the number of assists. What I have in my class is a guy who shoots, but his shooting technique is all messed up and he cannot shoot when we are playing proper defense.
I am a true team player, I am never selfish with the ball. I will pass the ball to those who are not as good as me, and give them encouragements when they need them. But what about the other guy? Nothing. All he can do is scold his team mates, and take shots all the time. Of course his FG % is higher than me.
What I want to say is I will keep playing, I will make the school team.

Super good weather

2008-05-10T05:57:00.000-07:00

Today's weather was super good. I mean, it wasn't hot, there was practically no sun, and 12 noon was like 9 in the morning. Playing basketball was very relaxing because there is no sun shining down on you. I guess it is because it seemed as though it was going to rain in the morning, which it did rain earlier if I'm not wrong. Another bad shooting day for me, because playing on 2 consecutive days is not easy.
Played till like 1 in the afternoon, because I didn't know what time it was. So anyway holidays are arriving in a few weeks. I will start practicing all my lay ups during the holidays. Have to work hard towards my goal of getting into the basketball team.

Stressed

2008-04-24T06:35:00.000-07:00

Super stressed now. Have lots of homework and crap to finish. And next week have lots of exam. I think I am going to die. Lols.

NBA 07-08 Regular Season and the Playoffs

2008-04-19T05:07:00.000-07:00

One whole season of NBA is finally over! It is now the post season period, perhaps the most exciting and tough time in the whole season. Many teams played hard and fought hard to reach the post season, but unfortunately, many of them will eventually be eliminated.
If you never watch NBA, you should watch it now. This is the nicest time to watch the teams, because they will be playing their hearts out in hopes of grabbing a spot and advancing the the next round.
However there are some poor match-ups in which a team will obviously win. Anyway, the NBA has now changed their website design to mark the arrival of the playoffs. It's damn exciting.

My development

2008-04-18T05:24:00.000-07:00

I think I am getting better and better in school. I can fake my opponents now, do my crossover and etc. In order words, I have just adjusted to my school's basketball court surroundings. Of course, I will still make mistakes now and then, but I think it is generally alright.
Actually today I am supposed to solo my classmate, but he no nuts then he purposely never bring PE so he cannot play basketball. Bastard. Never seen such a coward in my life before. Initially he was crapping so much about how he can thrash me. In the end he ran away. What the hell is that. So damn frustrated. No chance to thrash someone.
This afternoon immediately after school I went to the gym for a while. I didn't stay there for a long time, because I don't know a lot of exercises using the dumbbell. I am probably going to the gym again on Tuesday, this time doing proper training. The whole point of training is not to get lots and lots of big muscles. I just want to get stronger so I can play better basketball.
I hope some of my classmates can go with me so I can train with more motivation. You know, when you train on your own, it is kind of boring.
I haven't really decided should I train my lower body. I am reading through all the exercises now so I will decide later on.

Laggy internet connection

2008-04-14T05:52:00.000-07:00

Shit, my computer internet connection is super slow. Sometimes it will like hang there, and I cannot do anything about it. I wonder what's the problem with this computer. So sick.

Milestone

2008-04-12T20:56:00.001-07:00

Dished out the first alley-oop of my life on Saturday, 5 April 08.

The Answer Crossover Mix

2008-04-12T05:33:00.000-07:00

It has been such a long time since I posted. I guess I'm too lazy and I'm busy watching Better Basketball videos. Anyway, on to the main subject.
The Answer Crossover Mix. It has been such a long time since I watched this mixtape. Anyway, this mixtape is pretty old too. I mean, Iverson has been traded to the Nuggets for quite a long time. The Nuggets are probably going to make the playoffs this year, with an improved record.
Still remember the time when I watched this mix. That time is when I just started at basketball, and I sucks at it. I don't even now how to handle the ball probably now. By now I already have decent handles and know how to fake an opponent. Last time I don't even know how to fake an opponent. But now it is something natural to me.
So I have improved a lot in basketball. But I have an obvious weakness. Shooting and finishing my drive. In my opinion I have a pretty good drive, being able to penetrate the defense. But I can never finish my drive. Seriously I have to start practising my lay-ups one day if I want to make the basketball team.
On Friday I played with a national team player. He's insane. Even with hard fouls, no one can stop him. And he's not even sweating. How's that possible? Lost terribly. But I'm now determined to reach his standard. I mean both of us are human. If he can achieve it, why can't I? Everyone is born equal. I am going to practise my lay-ups during the June holidays. My workout schedule will probably consists of thousands of different types of lay-ups.
And I never play bball today. Feels damn weird.

Tomorrow I'm going off

2008-03-02T05:45:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow I'm really leaving Singapore. Please don't message me unless you want to waste your money. Will update my blog after I come back.

Once in a four years post!!!

2008-02-29T03:02:00.000-08:00

Leap year day, or whatever it is called, is finally here. Today is February 29 of 2008. We have to wait till 2012 for the leap year again. But nothing much for me today. Sad case.
In order to make my life more exciting, I decided to go to Borders and Queenstown Shopping Centre today. Initially I was lost at Orchard, I walked in one big circle and finally arrived at Borders. Very few people there. Went to the music section. Stalled around for a while but I didn't buy anything. No great electric guitar books for me to buy.
So I decided to move on to Queenstown Shopping Centre. On my way back to the MRT station, got one lady keep using her umbrella to poke me as she walked behind me. I never say anything but she still looked at me. Siiao one. Poke others still look at me like my fault like this.
When I reach Queenstown MRT station lost my way again. First time there. All HDB flats around me. Then I have to take bus there. The shopping mall like Sim Lim Square, except it got air con. Got a lot of shoe shops there. I wonder how they survive in the fierce competition. Got some shops with nobody in there. So sad man. I pity them okays. It is not easy to make a living, especially when you are running a business. Most likely they will lose money and close down their shop. It is a way of life I guess.
Well happy leap year. Hahas.
By the way basketball shoes there also cost about $200 plus, not much difference. No point running so far.

CCTs are over.

2008-02-28T04:09:00.000-08:00

The class tests are finally over. 2 weeks of torture, 2 weeks of hard work revising and trying to memorise. It is finally over. But I will be away in Malaysia for one week. Will miss Singapore.
Today quite happy because my knee finally healed itself. I hurt my knee on Tuesday and it was like damn pain. Continued PE yesterday and it became even more pain. But this morning I woke up and practically all the pain was gone. Quite happy because I want to play basketball.
Tomorrow I'm going to look at basketball shoes because I always have nothing to do on Fridays. Check up the prices and see if I can afford them. Of course I'm going to wait till my current shoes have spoiled then I buy new ones. My current shoes are losing their grip. But good shoes are super expensive. Heart break. Now very poor.

Bought new ball

2008-02-22T04:23:00.000-08:00

Finally bought a new basketball. It is a hybrid of leather and rubber. Didn't buy the full leather because it will just get damaged when we play it on the street.
The ball costs like $49. It is Spalding. Damn cool, got the words endorsed by the NBA on the ball. Then the grip quite nice too. Hope it will last for at least one year. Then I have to buy a basketball again. Lols.
I hope got play basketball tomorrow. Because my whole cohort going to Malaysia the week after. I damn sad because in my group I don't know anybody. How? Lols. Die le.

Intensive training

2008-02-15T05:16:00.000-08:00

Today is one of my most intensive leg training throughout my life. Did countless hundreds of various exercises that include plyometrics and bodyweight training. As I don't have access to weights room, so have to depend on bodyweight to train my leg strength.
I finished off with 200 squats. How's that? Tomorrow still playing basketball. I hope my legs can do it. Normally the legs don't feel anything at first. Then it will feel damn tired the next day. But after it finish recovering the legs will feel damn strong. It's very effective.

Tired legs

2008-02-14T00:31:00.000-08:00

Today my legs are tired. And I have to continue with the exercise plan so as to improve my physical strength. Lols.
Watching Kobe Bryant now. Byes.

Busy Sec2 Year

2008-02-13T05:02:00.000-08:00

All right, school's really busy right now. I don't have much time for anything else, so I guess I cannot play so much. Studying sucks.
Waiting for Inter house basketball competition eagerly. It's going to be a good test of my skill. I have another 6 months to practise, so I hope I can play well. My house is really weak in sports, so I hope I can do something.
Doing a vertical jump program to improve my vertical jumping height, so as to play better in basketball and rebound more.
Have to memorise my script for tomorrow's Oral Communication now. Byes.

CNY is lame

2008-02-07T06:13:00.000-08:00

Chinese New Year is lame. Come on, we kids have nothing to do there. All we do is sit there quietly, greet some unknown relatives, then take a drink and sleep while our dear parents talk on and on about their current lives, children and such. Sure, we do take our red packets, but come on, in reality it is just a trade of cash. Most likely if everyone is not too generous or stingy then we will get $2 for every packet obtained. If every parent has two children, then the amount at the end will be likely the same. There is no profit nor loss.
If I were an adult and is married, then I will add 10 cents to every red packet that I give out. That way, most likely the children and parents will be amused when they open my red packet because only I will do that.
Did not go visiting today. I woke up too late at 12pm and all my uncles were like there already, and my mother did not want to call them to come and fetch us, so we did not go visit anyone at all. Instead, we went out to watch CJ7. It is okay, nothing much, except have a lot of people surprisingly. Sat so near to the screen, lucky never dizzy. Lols.

Staff Training Day

2008-01-29T05:03:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is staff training day for me, which means no school. Hahas. So I'm going to play basketball. Do my 300 shots training. But there is a lot of homework to do. Sad.

Homework picking up

2008-01-26T03:34:00.001-08:00

Okays, some many weeks of school has passed now. In fact, CNY is coming right up now. I hope that all ex 6-10 can go back school so that we can play basketball together. I'm addicted to basketball now. But I just sucks playing in school. I don't know why. I mean I will air in school. How is that possible? I can hit a free throw in the public court, which the rim is much more higher and the distance is further away, but when I play in school, I will air. Don't know why.
But anyway today woke up at 6.45am to play basketball. Lols. It's damn funny. I'm so addicted to basketball now. Then you can see the people practising Taiji at the court and so many people are lagging. And when they open up their fans it sounds like they are farting. Hahas.
I finally know the guy which practices everyday name. He's called Desmond. Hahas. I think he's not bad, but he can be better for a sec 4.
Finally good luck to all serious and humble basket ballers. Lols.

After first week

2008-01-06T05:12:00.000-08:00

After first week of school, I have to say that school isn't too bad. The inter-class basketball competition sucks. They keep fouling me. So eventually I never really played. Well, it is still my fault that I still don't play as well. The teachers so far are okay.
Now listening to 蕭敬騰's performance at the 44th Golden Horse Award. His voice is damn good. He came out of the PK tournament. He is better then a lot of competitors in my opinion.
Here's the video.

2008

2007-12-31T23:09:00.000-08:00

It is the new year 2008. An even year. I hope that things will work out better for me. Of course, being the new I would like to sum up the things in 2007.
2007 is the leap to secondary school. And what I have learned from my current school, I realised that people are really childish. I don't know why it is so, but I can assume that it is because they are the youngest in the school and they feel that they can be childish. Which leaves me hanging, because they are really stupid, not literally, but while, you know what I mean.
This holiday is also my most satisfying one so far. I think it broke record for the number of basketball games played, number of outings, and so on. But I kind of miss it, because my primary school friends are the best friends one can get. And this will remain for forever. The return back to school signifies how I will be awkward, every rich little boy will not understand me, making it impossible to communicate with them. I guess this is a price to pay.
I also made a huge leap in my basketball skills. Although I have only played basketball for about one year, I think I can be satisfied with my improvement. Although there is still a long way to go for me, I will continue to work hard.
For my results in Secondary 1 isn't good, average by far, which I do not want, I think there is definitely a long way to go. However, my English results are worrying. Although I did get 60% plus, I failed my last two English comprehension tests. I have to read more. Sad.
To round off, I like to wish everyone a very happy new year and all your resolutions will come true. You have to work hard too.

Computer

2007-12-16T04:25:00.000-08:00

Sorry for not posting for such a long time. My computer was spoilt and I waited for a long time for it to get it fixed. After reformatting, I lost all my data. Now I only have a few songs in my computer. Hahas. Star Awards now. Byes.

Pasir Ris

2007-11-29T00:30:00.000-08:00

Yesterday went to Pasir Ris to play with Ervin, Ye An, Wilson, Leonard, Kenny and Wei Hao. when we reach Pasir Ris it is like still damn early, but then the rest want to go eat lunch already. So we went to MacDonald's to have our lunch. On our way to MacDonald Wei Hao notice Keely and another guy passing by the ice cream shop's cow. I was like damn surprised then I say the guy is Javin. After that we continue walking towards MacDonald. I had my breakfast quite late so I just ask Ye An to help me buy a cup of Ice Milo so I eat some of the others' French Fries. Thanks for the free food.
After having our lunch we decide to go and cycle. We spent a lot of time cycling and looking for the route to all the HDB flats. I keep lagging behind but actually never really made any effort to catch up because I wait for people behind when they want to adjust something or something like that. We go visit the bird-watching tower that is rumored to have ghost there.
Initially we saw water dropping down from the top and thought is a ghost at the top. We wanted to go up there but in the end chicken out. The only exception is Ye An, who decided to go and check. We keep asking Ye An to come down but Leonard keep asking Ye An to continue climbing up the stairs. Only thing is Leonard never climb up himself. I think Leonard don't dare to. Lols.
After cycling we decided to go to the pick up toy thingy. Leonard was wearing his PE attire but the store person never notice until towards the end. Leonard and Wilson damn stupid, keep trying the machines but it is futile because it is so damn bloody hard. Wei Hao said that Leonard and Wilson keep making him laugh until damn high. Wilson later decided to try the sweet machine. He got jackpot but he spent a lot of money and only got a few sweets and a soft toy that will be pretty useless.
We decided to go to the arcade but apparently the electricity got something wrong and the whole place was damn bloody dark and stuffy. After waiting for sometime, we went to cycles again. The sky was already quite dark but we still continued to ride until it started raining quite heavily. All of us was wet but it was damn nice. Kenny was like damn irritating during the cycling trip because he keep knocking Ervin and Wei Hao. When we were like going to return our bicycles Ervin and Kenny both fell down. Damn Kenny.
I was like hungry at that time so we went to the food court to have our tea break. Ye An and I ate carrot cake, but Ye An's white carrot cake amount was pitiful when compared to mine. We said the uncle was racist. I offered to treat them to a round at the arcade. Then we keep chatting about our primary school life. Then we saw Keely and Javin again. This time I saw that they were both wearing Superman shirt. Wei Hao saw Keely touch Javin's butt then he keep repeating it.
We went to the arcade to play Mario's cart. Quite nice lahs. After that we take 88 to go home but on the way back we decide to go Compass Point. Then we miss the bus stop then go Hougang Mall. Ervin went to the Blues to make a set of rings for his girlfriend's birthday today. The shopkeeper recognise Leonard's PE attire. Then after that go home.

NBA 2008 All-Star

2007-11-26T18:03:00.000-08:00

I just voted for the NBA All-Star 2008 match players.

Must vote for Allen Iverson of Denver and Wade of Miami ok?

Cannot watch NBA games already

2007-11-24T20:05:00.000-08:00

So sad, now cannot watch NBA games already. So sad. Now is probably Denver Nuggets duo Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson VS Houston Rockets duo Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, whom all of us know. I guess Yao Ming's popularity is because he is an Asian and he is doing quite well in the NBA right now, which is no easy feat considering all the talent there.
But now I support Miami Heat with Dwayne Wade and Shaq. Shaq's full name is too long to spell, so I shan't write it out. However, Miami Heat is having a very bad start right now. But I will still support them. If Dwayne Wade and Shaq can somewhat find the old momentum, I believe that they still have a chance of going to the playoffs.
Right now Boston Celtics are still number 1, with only one loss. Quite pro, these guys.

Today is... SATURDAY!!!

2007-11-24T03:49:00.000-08:00

So happy today is Saturday. Saturday night is always full of laughter because got Jacky's show. Now waiting eagerly for 9.30pm to come. Kelly Poon got go Jacky's 周日八点党, but dunno when will it be screened.
Today I broke my own record for waking up late during the holidays. I woke up at 11am, which is really late for me. If I continue like this means I will keep sleeping till later and later, then when school starts, I have no energy to kick my classmates' ass in basketball. An inter-class tournament is set at the start of school. I wonder how much I will improve, if I can increase my driving speed, then when I do 100% under basket, I should be quite good already.
Of course I'm not settling for quite good. I'm going to keep improving, working on my game, to make it better. Not only better for myself, but also to help anyone out there in terms of gameplay. I'm not a solo kia, I'm aiming to be a PG, which means I am someone who passes the ball around and set up plays, but willing to take up the scoring job when teammates are not playing as well.

Friday.

2007-11-22T18:27:00.000-08:00

Hais, supposed to play bball today. But Wei Hao change his mind, then Ye An also. Can't really blame them, because Ye An says someone from their block committed suicide, somemore in front of Wei Hao's house. Dunno whether to believe it or not. I mean it is quite hard to believe.
Never mind, if what Ye An said is true then I shall extend my deepest condolences to those related to the dead person. Hope Wei Hao and Ye An can walk out of that shadow soon enough. It isn't easy having to face the presence of a dead person, especially if he/she is dead due to unnatural means. The fear and tricks that our mind may play on us is frightening.

201107

2007-11-20T21:56:00.001-08:00

Played basketball with Ervin, Wei Hao, Ye An, Edrick, Zheng Yi, Zheng Yi's brother and the Sec 4 Xinmin volleyball guy.
Arrived at the court at about 10 plus. Ervin and Wei Hao already there, playing dunno what. So I join them then realize that I cannot shoot today. My aim was terrible. Today was my off day. Even I cannot shoot under basket. Under basket is one of the fundamentals of basketball. Which is really bad.
After a while Ervin and Wei Hao go buy drinks. Me and Ye An practised under baskets. I slowly got into the rhythm but my shooting posture was wrong because I shot with 2 hands, rather then 1 shooting hand and 1 supporting hand. Some time along when I was practising, the soccer guys started streaming in. Luckily there was only 2 of them at first. Ervin suggested that we played full court, but it was a stupid idea, because I simply do not have the physical ability to sprint on fast breaks or last through the match.
So we went back to half-court. It was better, but also a bit siian cos Ervin is too pro le. Cannot catch up with him.
After that Sec 4 guy come in. He can touch the bloody backboard =(. Me Ervin Wei Hao Ye An one team. The rest the other team. Started playing. Not sure who won, but it was a good game. Got a few steals but they immediately led to a turnover. Tall tall guy blocked a couple of times. The block sound damn nice to hear, except is our own shot kana blocked. Halfway through the match me and Ye An started talking about 我猜。Then I started imitating Jacky in saying all those bios. Then I go say ???, ???cm, ???kg, ???person. Then I go say 被家长误为不良少女. Then Ye An hear then say I not 不良少女. Lols.
After the match the stupid soccer guys started playing again. Ervin and his senior played against each other. Ervin lost, but actually he played not bad already.
After that go home loh.

Last 2 days

2007-11-19T19:14:00.000-08:00

I haven't play basketball for like 4 days. This morning and Monday's morning I was originally planning to play basketball, but when I wake up it is like already 10+ or 9+ already, so don't really feel like playing basketball. Another reason is I guess last week I played too much basketball, so now is very tired mentally.
Anyway, when I finally get down to playing basketball again someday, this is the training sheet I plan to complete.
30 under basket(left)
30 under basket(right)
30 lay-ups(left-drive with right hand)
30 lay-ups(right-drive with left hand)
60 shots from both sides of A
60 shots from both sides of B
30 shots inside the paint
15 finger rolls(using left hand)
15 finger rolls(using right hand)
That makes a total of 300 shots. Wonder if my hand got enough strength to keep shooting.
For ball handling I will probably run rounds while dribbling with both hands, followed by basic crossovers, between the legs and finally behind the back. I may also want to add in some spin moves. My spin move is very weak now. Can't even do it properly now. Of course I also have to do the scissors drill- the thing you keep doing between the leg crossover.
Later I still have to go pump the ball for tomorrow's use. Hope can play basketball tomorrow.

Acknowledgements and thanks- Ye An& Peter

2007-11-19T05:27:00.000-08:00

Hahas, thanks Ye An for notifying about the TV schedule. Anyway there's not much point in bringing your own ball unless you don't like the bad grip of my basketball because what's gone will never come back again.
All we can do is just savor the memories of the past. So we should also appreciate every moment in our life and not just take it for granted. When we sense an opportunity, we should hold on tightly to it and not just let it slip past our fingers to only greatly regret that decision. By now, we can only think what would have happened, not what have happened.
Ok, philosophy and moral issue lesson over. After visiting Peter's blog, it is quite funny. I never thought that he would write those posts on his blog. Inspired bu him, I decided to write a post similar to his articles.
Topic of today will be capitalism. Capitalism is a topic fiercely argued by philosophers in the ?? century. One philosopher has stated that capitalism is unavoidable, no matter how hard we try. In order to bypass capitalism, Karl Marx has thought a new idea, an idea that would be revolutionary, that is communism.
Communism works on the concept that all people will be treated equally, in the sense that no one will own something more than another person. However, this idea quickly collapsed due to the fact that humans, being greedy and competitive by nature, will not accept the idea that no matter how hard they work, they will not rise above other people.
Capitalism, on the other hand, works on the concept that every human is greedy. This idea works greatly and steadily till now, but there is a major problem with it. The rich will get richer and the poorer will get poorer except for some exceptions. The rich will never understand the poor's situation. This can be observed in my school.
The people there have everything they want. We do not have.
I decide to come to this conclusion that there is no point in trying to change the situation in the world. We should accept it and move on.

Heavy rain

2007-11-18T04:58:00.000-08:00

Today got a rain really heavy, then keep having lightning and thunder. Quite scary at the beginning cos when the lightning strikes the whole place damn bright. Initially I sleeping then when I woke up at around 4pm got the rain. Initially quite small then suddenly become very heavy.
My mother who is slicing papaya says it is damn scary cos at that time she standing in the kitchen so can see the rain and lightning and all the bloody thing.
The only good thing is after the rain the air damn nice to breathe. After than that nothing much because the ground will be damn wet.
At 4.30pm the rain become smaller then looked like it was going to stop. But then suddenly the rain and thunder and stuff started coming again. At 5pm after the rain become very small then I dare on my TV and play my ps2.
Started playing Burnout 4: Revenge. Up my rank liiaos. Now become a rank something like Demolisher. Still got 1 more rank to advance before I reach Elite, the highest ranking of the whole game. Some race events I keep leading until towards the end then I crash then I become last. Damn sad lors, cos I got an awesome rating but zero medal so cannot upgrade my rating. Still got a lot of stars to go through before I can finally become Elite. I wish I can faster unlock White Mountain cos it is my favourite map. There are a lot of places to drift there. Drifting is my favourite. But now long time never play then I scared my drifting skills not so good already.

Saturday night

2007-11-17T19:18:00.000-08:00

Last night stay up until 1pm to watch 我猜我猜我猜猜猜. At 9.30pm watch 周日八点党 first, then at 11pm turn off TV cos it is news time. Not much interest in news, except Channel U every time will report NBA de news, so I will turn on the TV towards the end.
周日八点党 damn funny, the dog show change le. Now not the dog just sit there, now the dog must keep moving wors. Some dog damn funny, they keep running off the track. I think they change the stage cos it is now harder for the people to train their dogs at home cos the stage so damn bloody big.
Then the search clues part quite funny lahs. Kang Kang quite useless on his own. When he team up with NoNo he quite good but dunno why that day he sucks like siiao. Almost all is Makiyo help him de. Then all Kang Kang do is crack lame jokes.
11pm got the S-pop thingy. Every time the question damn easy lors. Should ask a question like which lyric is which singer de. Like this more challenging.
Then got Channel U 11pm news. I off the TV then go brush my teeth. After that keep listening to songs until 11.30pm.
Yeah 11.30pm got 我猜我猜我猜猜猜. 星光帮 were the guest for that show. They never really ask a lot of questions lors. They mostly just sing and ask lame jokes. The questions they ask are mostly useless. The second part quite nice. 5 girls are chosen, then 4 of them are 13-15 years old, then 1 actually is 20 years old. They all look damn mature, except the way they talk can tell their age. Some of them the way they talk still damn childish like, so very easy to guess.
Got one girl look damn pai kia. My mother say she not as beautiful as the rest but when they show the picture on the ID she actually look better then the rest because they never put on any make-up.
Aiyas, after the show sleep liiaos cos today morning I still have to catch a NBA game that is played by my favourite team, Denver Nuggets. Woke up at 9.20am today. Read the newspaper then when it is 10am I on my computer to watch the game. Now I am still watching. Nuggets will most likely win given their lead.

Fundamentals

2007-11-17T04:49:00.001-08:00

Siian, now my crossovers is not bad already but my driving still sucks. If I can improve my driving I think I will play much better, instead of dribbling then running then turning back my head to see where the ball flew to. I think my driving style will be similar to Dwayne Wade, because I dribble the ball high high de. I wish I got Iverson's speed, but his and my playing style is different, so will be very difficult for me to play.
Decided to include a Dwayne Wade mix to show you his style. Hahas.

Spalding's basketball

2007-11-17T04:29:00.000-08:00

This post is following the previous post.
Now I'm going to compare NBA's basketball. I originally wanted to have Rucker Park's basketball too, but now internet got a bit of problem, so cannot obtain the picture.

This is the basketball NBA uses. Spalding's official website states that this leather is equipped with foaming to enhance the ball handling. It also says it has deep channel design, which means the black lines are deeper. Dunno whether it really helps or not. Hahas.
Hope it won't be too expensive, but sadly right now I don't have enough money. Have to buy CD albums and wallet.

Today

2007-11-17T04:05:00.000-08:00

Now a bit tired after playing basketball for so many days in a row. Friday play bball then keep using my ball and it looked damn old now. Last time it was still pretty new looking, with only a few orange patches. But now the whole thing is almost orange le. Hais, damn sad.
This picture on the left is last time when I just bought the ball. Looks damn nice at first. But as I played basketball using this ball more and more times, the brown peeling slowly off slowly. Not really peeling, more like it got rubbed off due to the contact when dribbling, rebounding and rubbing against the backboard.
But looking at this picture really makes me feel damn sad, because this ball cost $4X and I haven't even bought it for one year, but now it looks like a 5 year old ball. Next time buy ball must buy Spalding's.
The picture on the right is a photo that I just recently took. You see now the thing almost orange, then the grip is terrible, despite having the words Cage Grip still on the ball. When shooting or rebounding it is easy to lose control of the ball. See the stack of books beside the basketball? They are books I have to read because my English is too lousy and need to improve. In my school even China people beat me. No choice lahs. Refer to my old posts to see my exams results.
The picture on the most top is a close-up. Can see how terrible it is le.

Bball Shoes

2007-11-11T20:36:00.000-08:00

Yesterday night I was looking through basketball shoes of various brands like Reebok, Converse and Nike. The shoes were so well designed so so cool... Although I also have my own basketball shoes they also not as nice in terms of design. What caught my eye is the shoes that Dwayne Wade endorsed. It is so damn bloody nice. The colours are my favourite, a mixture of black and red.
Then Nike's Kobe de brand also not bad, the colours are Lakers' colours. The design all damn nice. Hais, so envious.

Denver wins Pacers

2007-11-10T19:26:00.000-08:00

Just watched Denver's game against the pacers. Feel so happy for them because they came back from a very hard game to lead in the end. I didn't watch the first three quarters because I was still sleeping, but I caught up in the last quarter. Iverson really played hard, and he made a significant contribution by having a double-double in terms of assist and points.
Marcus Camby also played well, having another double- double in terms of rebounds and points.
I hope Denver can go all the way to playoffs this year, but considering the tough competition form teams who also have great players, I doubt they will make it to the finals. The very presence of Boston Celtics is something to worry about. With their pirated "Big Three", they have an unbeaten record so far. Their game against Nets was quite challenging, but Nets never really had a chance against this dominant team.
If all goes well, Celtics will be the champion for this season.

Long time never play bball

2007-11-09T18:25:00.000-08:00

So damn siian, long time never play bball already. I was originally planning to play on Friday, but got stupid people playing soccer at the basketball court. I think Singaporeans prefer street soccer to soccer on the field, so I don't know why the town council decided to build a real field, and in the end it ended up for those who had archery lessons.
I think those people also a bit guo fen, cos bball court is for bballers de. Even if no people they also shouldn't use it, cos others who want to use it will change their mind when they saw someone playing soccer there. The town council should convert the field to street soccer court, so those stupid soccer players will not fight with bballers there.
Next week is class gathering. I think it is pretty lame, go so far then when reach there also dunno do what. Should think of something more original next time.

Busy watching NBA games

2007-11-07T19:32:00.000-08:00

Sorry for not posting in such a long time. Lately I have been watching NBA games and I don't have the time to update my blog.
NBA has started a new season, so it is pretty interesting to watch all the changes to the teams after a few months of rest. Boston Celtics is pretty good. They got 3 all-stars, and they thrashed Denver this morning.

Bball today

2007-10-26T05:37:00.000-07:00

Today so damn shiiok, I played basketball in school two times, one during recess and the other during lunchtime. I blocked 4 shots+ another 6 shots, which makes it 10 shots all together. It's like I've been blocking like siiao. Especially I blocked one person 3 times. His shooting posture wrong then very easy for me to block. Got 1 block is like complete blocked, i slammed the ball back to ground.
Sad thing is hols still have stupid chinese homework. So sad.

Inter-class Bball Competition Postponed

2007-10-25T05:17:00.000-07:00

I don't believe it... the interclass bball competition is postponed, all because someone went and did that. Sad thing is Im not in the first team in my class. That kinds of sucks, but I'm going to practise very hard and prove that I'm the best in my class, and I'm going to join the school team.
That's all I'm going to say.

Exam results

2007-10-22T01:00:00.000-07:00

Wahseh, today teacher return us 5 out of 6 papers. Quite stressing, because many of us our results sucks, especially mine. We got Chinese, History, Science which includes all 4 modules, Maths and English.
Chinese and English is quite bad for my class. You know RI hate Chinese de mahs, so many of them their results sucks. Many people failed the paper. one person damn funny. He go purposely put very funny answers for the 谚语 portion. One question is “千里送鹅毛”, then we supposed to fill out the correct answer. He go put “万里送鸡毛”. Seriously it's damn hilarious. The other 谚语 is “前事不忘”, he go put “后事就忘”. My English results sucks like siiao. For the first portion I failed. Luckily I scored slightly higher for my second portion and that pulled up my score.
History is good for me. I scored 22 out of 25. Not bad le...
Science is quite bad, but the whole level is also kns mahs, so nvm. I failed my physics portion. I never good in physics de. Science is not my type.
Maths is quite sucky also. I almost pulled my score and GPA up. Damn siian. =(

Hols coming soon

2007-10-21T04:55:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the start of the last week of school for this year. I hope there won't be hair check on monday. This friday I have inter-class basketball competition. Wonder whether I'm going to play. Should I wear my basketball shoes or converse shoes? I'm afraid I so noob, I wear basketball shoes is like BHB. Lols. I not like my class people so thick skinned.
One year has passed so fast. I hope it is the same for the remaining 3 years that have yet to come. lols, sound so nerd siia. Hais, hope can play proper bball soon, not the type I play with my classmates. Was watching college basketball just now. Their PGs played quite well, then they get a lot of support from their teammates. Wish I can play with that type of people, cos it is quite pro liiaos. More enjoyable also.
Now waiting for the time I go back to PPS then get the whatever present. I hope it is a Popular + CD Rama voucher, then I can buy a lot of music albums. Recently got a lot of singers release their albums. Very ex to buy all of them. =(

Now =)

2007-10-20T05:42:00.000-07:00

I haven't post for such a long time. Sorry, too busy playing my PS2. Exams are over now, so that means I have a lot of free time other than playing basketball.
Nowadays I mostly play basketball in my school. I guess it's because the court is cleaner because it is more secluded when compared to those out on the street. Has been skipping NPCC since I decided that I will appeal to basketball next year. Going to train very hard during the holidays...
Recently my class started playing bball because we have a competition coming our way. But I guess we won't win, given the fact that my class is filled with suckers who think they are pro. And they are not. Not I'm saying I'm pro, hahas, I'm a noob. I prefer playing with other classes. They play much better and are not so serious. When I play with my class, I will kana scolded "F***" cos I screen them. My class is that kind cannot lose de. I like playing in much more relaxed environment, like with my old school mates. =)
Hope holidays will come soon so I can play with my good friends. Plan to play every morning on weekdays. Anyone wants to join me? Wish I can go a higher standard, and beat all the basketball CCA players when I go appeal next year. One year so fast passed. And when's the next bloody class gathering. It's been so long.

CSS2 SF1

2007-07-26T05:58:00.000-07:00

What the hell is up with things lah... Agnes out liiaos. I don't believe it... It seems that everyone whom I support are getting kicked out. Am I such a jinx? Seriously... I die liiao. Their fans are going to take parang and come after me... Lols...
Hais...

Friday

2007-07-26T05:48:00.000-07:00

I guess tomorrow is Friday, and NPCC day for me. That's sad... I hate Fridays that come with NPCC. It's not that I don't like NPCC. I'm okay with NPCC, it is just that there are two things that sucks most with Fridays.
First of all, Fridays are extremely boring. The lessons are sucklish- extremely boring. Not much to comment on. Another super-duper boring thing is the time I have to wait for before NPCC starts. I only can go to J8 and loiter, then go back to school.
Another thing is my NCO. He's so damn bloody toot. I feel like hitting him. He always acbc, and somemore so nerd... Always discipline us, so serious. When he grow up confirm no girlfriend. Lols.

CSS2 Revival Round

2007-07-17T03:45:00.000-07:00

Siianed, Campus Superstar 2 Revival Round sucks.
The results sucks. I can't stress that enough. Shawn got into Top 10. Fair enough. His voice is not bad, the song that he sang good, little errors made, though I would say that the song doesn't really suit him. He should sing a more explosive song. Hahas.
What really concerns me is the girls' de result. Hui Xian shouldn't be in, in my opinion. Her singing is average, she can dance a bit, but her voice is not that good. So many cute styles and voice in CSS2 already, do we really need more? I support Jia Qi. Jia Qi got an explosive voice, and she can sing well. She has more potential than Hui Xian. Siian.
Byes...

Bishan Gay

2007-07-13T06:44:00.000-07:00

Lols, Bishan Gay entered RI today and he went to the Popular Bookstore to buy some books. Ok, not some books, but rather a lot of books. Actually, that is probably an excuse for him to enter RI and erm, let him look around. For those who don't know Bishan Gay, I introduce him to you.
Bishan Gay is probably a guy who is in his forties or fifties, and his favorite hangout is in KFC of Bishan Junction 8. He will buy a cup of drink and sit in KFC for almost all day, looking at guys( now you should know why he is referred as Bishan Gay). Sometimes he will just act that he is writing something on a piece of paper, but actually the pen is most likely ink less and he is writing for show, another way to act in order for his plan to see RI, CH guys. Other times, he will sit at Junction 8 bus stop and again, look at guys.
By the way, the name Bishan Gay's origin is unknown to me. I think it is called by people many years ago. This name is also shared between RI and CH, because we are the 2 only boys school in Bishan, and probably unlucky enough to suffer the attack of BG. Lols.
Ok, I guess BG's background information is enough for now. The main point of me writing this post is to write what happened today when BG entered RI.
Today's afternoon, BG tried to enter RI, but was stopped by the security guards. However, BG saidthat he was an old RI boy and just wanted to go Popular Bookshop to buy something. Without any good reason to stop him, the securities guard can only let him go in. So BG went on to continue onto his little journey into RI. Of course, he did go to Popular Bookshop. In fact, our male teachers know him and avoided him as much as possible. Our dunno-who (is that kind of high position de) asked us to try to stay away from him as much as possible because he is mad. Yup, he definitely is.
BG eventually bought a lot of things, but... Hais. Dunno how to describe. Lols.
Byes.