Crap Whiskeys

 

So Glenlivet is available at Taiwan minimarts.

And the new Mac reserves, not found in Taiwan, is available here in Singapore as they removed all the Classic 12, 18, 21, 25 and 30 years from the shelves in DFS and decided to sell us Reserve crap after running out of stock, which we have tried from the cheapest to the most expensive - it's all crap!

Don't buy that crap, above is an Estate Reserve version, supposedly 25 yr equivalent (maybe price wise, but tastes like crap compared to the Classic Mac 18 yr old which is still found in Taiwan). Strangely the 18s are still available in Taiwan DFS.

So don't believe Singapore DFS ladies selling you whiskeys, they do not know anything, and try to sell you crap - obviously crap is not wanted in Taiwan, the asian capital of whiskeys!

Oh and perhaps wine as well...they tried so sell me some Australian overpriced whites, which I decided to stick to Robert Mondavis though 20% higher, but you can't go wrong with Mondavis.

So this is me

Had a talk to our Spartan manager over MSN and he is planning to have everyone do the personality profiling like Myers-Briggs. So that we can all play better ball and understand each other during practise and games.
So this is me. And how I behave in relationships. 


Hmm..apparently I should date someone of the INTP, or the ISTP profile. Haha this is how engineers determine their prospective partners...

We will be back! Go Slingers!

The game played as I flew back from Taipei to Singapore. And as when I landed with anticipation; secretly turning on my mobile with silent mode enabled as the plane taxied into the airport, the sms from Jase came with a heavy heart. Slingers have lost finals decider game 3 76-86 at home. What's worst is that the Indo dynamic duo imports played a great game despite the online trash talking, smashing the Slingers' dreams of reaching the first ABL finals to bits and Jase's lens as well. Full match report from ABL here.

Slingers take Game 1

In the game of basketball, like Michael Jordan's habit of wearing North Caroline Tarheel shorts beneath his NBA shorts for games, there are trends or traditions which sometimes are observed and avoided at all cost. So after a couple of trends seen this season, I was getting superstitious.

Each time Boston, Nuggets and my team Spartans lost, the Slingers would get beaten. My silly superstitions were recorded here and here.

Therefore on Saturday morning, after Boston lost to Atlanta 100-91 and Nuggets got whipped 101-64 by Oklahoma Thunders... Spartans really need to win our evening game against the #1 team Taman CSC in the Jammers league right now, they have yet to lose and the last team I remembered, that played them lost 38-130. Errr.. I was suppose to rest my injuries but due to a lack of players, I had to play and for at least the first quarter, we fought hard with what little teammates we had, matching them in defense and scores. But their physical play proved too much for us as we lost by 41 points finally but they never reached 100! So, the fears start to set in for the Slingers game on Sunday, but...the outcome:   Was outstanding!

Singapore Slingers 87 - 68 Satria Muda BritAma

This was a big win for us at home with almost a maximum 20% discount off at Botak Jones with your ticket stubs, Desmond Oh had 4 chances at the free throw line in the final minutes to bring the lead frm 18 to 20, but only shot 1 in. But overall it was a great game from our boys. With all the starters scoring double digits, and the locals contributed notably Pathman was perfect from the charity strip 4-4. The boys played tough and appeared to be a better local side than the Indonesians. Hartman and Miller were the only one scoring double digits and shooting off 21 and 18 points respectively; they were also shooting off their mouths with their whines...

A win this Wednesday at Indonesia will seal the finals for the Slingers. Otherwise, we play home next Sunday 7 Feb at same time and same place! Do bring all your friends to support the Slingers!

Jeffers was a monster tonight as I will return soon with more pictures and a full review. For now enjoy this.
 

 Jeffers' great off the board block, which the referee deemed a goal tending.

 

Jeffers with a put back one-hand dunk after a missed layup from Marcus, frightening Hartman! 

In the other ABL semi-finals, the scoreline was a little more scary than ours as both teams try to send out signals. Philippine Patriots 77 - 43 KL Dragons was a vindicated win with a strong signal to their finals opponent, they meant Business (with a capital bold B).Patriots won by 34 points and held the Dragons to a ABL season low of just 43 points. More of the defense Patriots put up over at this review.

Clear skies of January

The winter months are known to have clear skies with lots of stars. The below shot is what I have always wanted to shoot when I get the Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS USM. With a teleconvertor of 2X and on my cropped sensor Canon 7D, I can achieve 640mm! Finally my childhood dreams of a telescope and I can actually capture it! Though it cost quite a lot...to have that lens and camera body, it was well worth it.

Though I had to walked opposite my place to capture the moon around midnight, I can have the convenience of shooting at home  when it approaches my balcony around 4-5am...Hope I can indulge in more night astronomy shots soon.