
Man. I just came back from shooting some hoops at Toa Payoh CC, and you wouldn't believe what happened =p.
I was just shooting around, practising a drill I made up for myself. I shot one in, took one step back, and scored it again, before stepping behind the 3point line and hitting it home. That's like 3 shots in a row, all in varying distances. Anyway, this older guy came up to me, and the conversation sorta came up like this, translated from chinese
Guy: How old are you?
Me: Sixteen years old.
Guy: Secondary 4?
Me: Yup.
Guy: Do you play for the school team?
Me: School no team.
Guy: What?
Me: My school has no basketball team.
Guy: What school?
Me: Geylang Methodist.
Guy: Isn't that a girls' school?
Me: Used to be *Basketball in my hand, I take a shot and scored*
Guy: Were you trained by anyone, or do you self train?
Me: I trained by myself, and my friends.
Guy: When did you start playing basketball?
Me: About... secondary1?
Guy: 4years.. You have 4years less experience. You see my boys there? I trained them since they were sec1,2. I admit, your shooting form is very good, but in terms of experience you lose out.
Me: Uh... huh.. Yeah.
Guy: Competition wise of course. Since you weren't trained, you wouldn't have much of an idea on what to really do. If you were to catch up, you really have to be very hardworking and get at it.
I forgot what he said mainly because I completely suck at chinese as you all know, so I wouldn't have much an idea of what he was saying at the end. Secondly, the words " shooting form is very good" was still ringing in my head =p. I think he probably was the CC's basketball coach, which explained why some guys I saw earlier were wearing different school jerseys. I wondered why was an hougang guy and a kheng zheng guy playing basketball in the same place. All the words he said tho, made me gleeful to the core, on the inside, though my face was a stone cold blur. I hope I didnt discourage that older guy because of how I looked at him =p. I'm hoping that he was thinking of scouting me for his team lol =P. Keith Wong, Member of Toa Payoh CC basketball team. LOL. But the idea would be cool though. Playing basketball for the CC. Heck, playing basketball competitively is an interesting prospect by itself. I wouldn't mind wearing a humanoid donkey suit with a feathered hat if it meant I got to play competitive basketball. Hm. Maybe he was thinking about my Os. After all, it is rather close to the O levels. But I didnt tell him if I was express or NT or NA. So most probably, yeah. I probably discouraged him, also probably from the fact I dont have any experience playing competively =p? But let's not forget ROMP!08 =p, and a certain time in sec2 when I entered teen games =p. Haha.
Meh. I guess I'll try to go there every sunday? I like the hoop there. The sound of the net is addictive.
All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue them. [Walt Disney]
[Keith wrote this, thanks for reading! =D]Y,
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