Jhon's Basketball Tournament

Jhon is officially in a basketball team called “Sparks” and he is in a team that supports a division in Ang Mo Kio which was weird since he lives no where near there. His colleague simply asked him if he wanted to join and how can he resist right? Basketball is his ‘thang’ although he is uber rusty now.

He had several practices with his team which was relatively new so they do not know each others strengths and weaknesses yet; especially there was always someone missing due to work. What makes things worst, half of the time, Jhon could not play more than an hour because for some apparent reason, his allergies kept acting up.

He will get extremely itchy, face swollen and get real dizzy; plus, i was not there during his practices so he has deal with it on his own but thank God his mates were nice enough to help with whatever they can.

Anyways, the tournament starts on 08 May 2010.

Sidetracking: We were suppose to meet up with Fizah at AMK bus interchange so we took bus no. 65. We were already nearing the end of the bus trip when Jhon realized we took the wrong bus. It was supposed to be 25, not 65. Hahahha I think it was due to the heat that made us cranky and were not thinking straight. We went down at Somerset and took the train to AMK.

Setlist of the day:

Kings vs Slasher

Sparks vs Summerset

Being typical Filipinos (like typical malays), being late was their forte so the game started 1 hour later. But it was cool, we managed to grab a dinner and chit chat before the game while the first game started.

I thought Spark’s jersey was abit dull with the grey but it turns out that it looks quite good. Jhon of course chose the number 23 (the date we officially started our BG relationship) and surprisingly, instead of putting his name on his jersey, he requested for ‘Zurjon’; as in Zura-Jhon. I was laughing so hard for his corniness. It was sweet but oh-so corny.

I took a quick shot of his team because i was so damn shy and i was sort of frustrated because these dudes won’t stop moving!! Can’t even see Jhon in this picture. Hahaha

So they started their warming up session...

And game started..

I got to admit, Summerset was damn good. It was clear that they have been playing as a team for many years unlike Sparks. Summerset really impressed me with their killer passes and aggressive approach while Sparks are struggling to protect their ball and misses.

Despite of it all, Sparks still manage to keep up with the scores.

When it reached 10pm, the lights of the community centre (auto) went off. With 1.43minutes to go with a score of 58:59 where Summerset was leading, it was a definitely climatic moment.

When the lights went back on, Sparks wowed everyone with their sudden flicker of energy, putting in basket after basket leaving no chance for Summerset. As soon as the bell rang, the whole Sparks team and *ahem* supporters went wild!

Sparks won, 64:59

It was crazy, maybe Summerset let their guard down or Sparks managed to give to ball to the right guy, whatever it was, it was a great come back. I can’t wait to watch more, i have always been inclined to basketball/rugby more than soccer anyways.

Sidetracking: Fizah and I are not the only supporters, there are several wives/girlfriends. We didn’t sit together but a couple stood out from the rest. 

Especially the one in the middle, she is the wife of the Spark’s team leader and OH.MY.GOD. She shrieks every moment the ball is near the basket at either side. Here i was, joking with jhon that i would scream for him (which i eventually didn’t) and a woman simply let out annoying shrieks and pretended to be shy about it. What was that all about?

Yea yea, i know, they are probably nice people but that’s simply my first impression of them. I am sure they have certain impressions of us too. Tee hee!

I am so happy that Spark’s won their first game and too bad Jhon didn’t get a basket but at least i manage to see him in action. ;D

Go Sparks Go!