life's really sianned nowadays.

had nth to do so come here to talk cock lor. went for my knee appointment today. good news. no need to go for follow ups. but still need to do physio on my own as my knees had not totally heal yet.

after that, met up with jm to go gym and played bball after that. won 3 games. 7-6, 7-3 and 7-5. wasn't really playing great. told jm that i will only use 50% of my skills to play today and ended up with a 1-6 start. and the 1 point that i scored at first was my 7th try. when we were at the brink of losing, jm and i started playing properly and won. thanks to jm's effort in the 1st set. the hook shot that i taught him really worked well.

set number 2. i wasn't in scoring mode today, so assisted jm on some occasions. i scored only 3 points here. jm got the rebounds of my misses and hook them in. one particular play that i liked, jm passed the ball to me with my back facing the rim. i'm in the paint then. jm then ran in, i faked right sending my defender off balance for a loop hole and skip pass it to jm for a lay in. on the opponent's turn in offense, they tried pick and roll several times. tried to blocked off jm and me with one guy. they were successful the first time round but i broke their formation to trap both of them between us.

third set. was abit out of placed at first and they went to a 0-4 start. jm started us rolling again with a lay in and long range shot. then he assisted me while i made my way to the paint for a hook shot. hahahaha. in all 3 sets, i gave 5 blocks, 2 steals. jm had 4 steals.

overall, its a good performance on jm's part. as for me? i'm off offensively today but defensively shut down whoever i'm marking. jm was sharp to make 4 steals, but need more training on his defensive moves and posture to cover up his loop holes.

anyway. tried to gl jm just now by talking some shit to him about bball. it wasn't this long, just the feeling the game part. so this shall be my topic for the long awaited jeremy's poon jiao wei show episode 4. in this episode, i will try talking like some sort of philosopher. try imagining me talking seriously like some idiotic philosopher who talk with alot of emotion and feelings.

what exactly is bball? many think that its just a game where 5 ppl chase the ball around the court trying to shoot it into a hoop. whoever score more wins.

to me. its far more than just a game. it involves both physical and mental toughness, passion, wisdom and experience. first, u need to have the skills to play a good game. next, u need to train to have the skills to have a good game. u must have the mentality that allows u to train which in turn allow u to have the skills to have a good game. training leads to improvements. practicing doesn't make things perfect but at least practicing makes thing closer to perfection.

u must have the ability to feel various entities. u must feel the intensity, the flow of the game, the chemistry among teammates, the emotion on the court and try to predict various things. u must predict what the opponent is going to do next, not just offensively, but defensively too.

u must predict whether the opponent will pass on a possesion or will the opponent choose to shoot the ball. will they shoot it directly in ur face or with a fade away jumper? they may try faking u off ur feet before going for a lay in. they may run various formation. pick and roll or box 1 or something else.

on their defense, u must predict whether the opponent will catch up to u or not. will they be in time to just smack the ball off ur hand or will they be in time to give u a pure block shot? will they be thinking too much on ur next move? are they pondering whether u will shoot, pass or drive in? if they are pondering on ur next move, what will u do? if they aren't, how are u gonna counter it? worse. how are u going to confirm that they are trying to figure out ur next move just like how u are trying to figure out what's in their mind?

nv give up when u are losing. failure doesn't comes to those who fails but those who gives up. the game isn't over until the final moment, so play ur best until everything is final, who knows u may change the outcome. don't start playing the game with a losing mentality. half the game is lost when u conceit defeat, just go in, give in ur best and put on a real good fight. remember, losing isn't failing, giving up is.

also, how do u go about predicting the opponent's next move? psychic powers? hell no! wisdom and experience gained after playing the game for a long time! u will nv start a sport filled with knowledge. u learn as u go, u grow as u go and u glow as u grow. professionals like nba players are learning the flow of the game all the way until they retire, maybe even after their retirement.

lastly, bball is about teammates and chemistry among teammates. something like knowing ur teammates' strong points and weaknesses and utilising them to their fullest. if its about individualistic ideals, what is a team for? what are teammates for? to make up numbers or for decorations? if its about solo-ing, bball will be like boxing, one on one, man to man.

ok. i'm tired of being an idiot trying to act as a philosopher and sorry for making you all read so much. well, those left reading my blog posts regularly are used to it i assume. tons and tons of craps, words, shit, nonsense, blah blah blah. reason for being so idiotic? the boredom thats sending me crazy. i'm going back to hazel, i think. i've talked too much and am out of shit to say.

hope u all don't mind my stupidity in imitating a philosopher and the philosophies i came up with which are chunks and piles of craps.

sayonara. dumbass signing off.