Happy Halloween!

Have a good scare tonight everyone!

I just had one myself...first 20-pt game in my basketball career in a full match. 6 treys and a pull up jumper on a fast break..freaking scared myself. Haha at least my pre-warmups of 3 treys were not just for show..
shit and this wasn't an official game and no video recording...damn

Anyway, we lost but to a great team. sad that the opponents O2 will be pulling out of the Jammers league. Nice guys who played cohesively well and always friendly off the court. Hope they come back together soon.

Can I opt out?

Just a scenario which somehow points my tiny dot island to a socialist/communist plus capitalist type of an economy but is this something we really want?

Capitalism - Where free market dictates the economy, and anyone can get rich leaving to economic forces. Where democracy is based on the principles of consent and political equality. Freedom of choice in everything from playboy magazines to choosing a minority as a Head of State, but you pay your own house, take care of your own medical bills etc.
Communism aka State Capitalism - Social welfare where everybody shares everything. Government takes care of its people, provides housing, jobs, healthcare, education, burial plots etc. But in the downside Government controls your life, your thoughts, your love life etc.

#5 Wei Long - Slingers' clutch shooter

When I saw this, I knew I gotta share it, not because my photos were in there, but Slingerrocks got some nice videos of the shots which I see differently through my lens. Great mix and love the last words - 
Come Down to Support the Singapore Slingers!! 
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a video worth?

Courtesy of Slingerrocks who has some good write ups and nasty videos of the Slingers!!
(Hmm..I love to shoot treys, I am about 174cm, 77kg now and I wear #5...what a coincidence)

Singapore Slingers vs Philippines Patriots

Sorry for the late post, as I was really busy with my work schedule as my boss arrived on the day the Slingers played the Patriots. It was a great day. Why so, besides for me, it being a fulfilling day where I ran over my own phone with my own go-kart at 100kmh thus having to rush back home to get my backup phone and missed a good 10mins of the match. Which I found strange that there was still a long queue outside the tickets booth!! And the crowd was strangely filled with quite a number of locals. So it was a great day as I finally heard half the crowd shout "D-Defense" with the passionate Filipinos coming in to support their Patriots.

Anyway much love to Nic and Daphne as always for indulging me with the best seat in the house - by the courtside. Together with Jase who was on ESPN by the way ... in case you watched..he was in pink, you can't miss him. Since I was late and had bad positioning, here are his great pics and complete review.

Enhancing hardware for photography

I hate to edit/process my photos...like to have them as I have taken originally. But lately realised that my hardware is not catching up with my photography hobby and decided to upgrade my Canon DSLR to be able to take better shots like the one below taken during the last home game vs Philippines Patriots:

It is an edited shot, which I only managed to capture 2 frames of Michael Wong shooting...the rest I have to edit and put in blended ball shots. With my new baby, I hope to improve that coverage and bring you guys better pictures of the Slinger games!

By the way, Slingers beat Brunei Barracudas tonight away at Brunei homeground 82-80.
It was a tight game with Slingers losing 3-4 pts in first half and break away in the 3rd quarter. Michael LeBlanc was hot with 32 points!! Yeah we are the only team unbeaten in ABL!!
More stats here and review here.

And by the way...do join this new Facebook group started by Gordon, if you are a Slingers fan!

Singapore Slingers Number 1 Fan Club

For now, loving my new camera body...will bring it out later on a Sunday morning to test out the speed - 8fps!!!