Friday, March 09, 2007
THIS IS FOR A CERTAIN SOMEBODY
played basketball just now. well. it was fun. until something happened. somebody, we'll call him
A, travelled. another guy, he'll be
B, from the opposing team spotted the violation. so he was like, "oi, travel. *squeeks* oi, doubble dribble liao. oii." something like that. so in anyways,
B did not call
A by name, which is simply him. and knowing
A's attitiude, something bad was probably going to happen. besides, i myself also couldn't stand it anymore. i'll elaborate on this later on. anyway, i shouted back to
B, "don't keep 'oi' and 'oi'. people got name one. got foul then just call the person by name la. everytime 'oi'." i've told another guy before that i'll just burst out at
B some day, it's just a matter of time. so now is the time i guess. not surprisingly, he was unhappy. so he shouted back at me something, i can't even remember what. i just didn't bother. i didn't want to quarrel with him on the account of our friendship.
on another account, he was unhappy with the fouls i called and me being noisy on the court? things like myself drawing fouls from him. i mean, check out the rules, watch more NBA or just some competitions. it's not a matter of the shooter moving his hand to the defender or vice versa. as long as there's contact between both the shooter AND the defender, it's a foul. when a shooter brings his arms foward to absorb a foul, it's called DRAWING A FOUL. i think you should know that term. anyway, why did you think anyone brought up these words, DRAW FOUL? check it up man.
another thing, me being noisy on the court. it's just team communication. sylus was also shouting 'commands', so why only ask me to 'shhhh'? if you've been to basketball competition, excluding those 3-on-3s, you should be able to hear players or coaches shouting commands. maybe competitions like NBA or NBL, you'll see less shouting but more hand signs, it's still communication. you don't expect me to be doing hand signs to you right? basketball ain't a one man sport, it's a TEAM sport. if you want to do things your own way, go play golf or pool then. when we ask to guard a man, then just do it? is it very difficult? is there anything that we're asking you to do agaisnt your pride or ego? i have nothing to say. it's up to you to decide how you want to play the game. but the bottom line is, there ain't ANYTHING wrong with being 'noisy' on the court.
you really have to reflect on your attitude on and off the court. how you address people, mainly friends. we have got names, so call us by our names. thank you. about the rules, that's up to you to read it up. you cannot deny that i know the rules better then you do. i do research, do you? don't think you'll waste your time doing it. one last thing. everything i've said is not meant to spite you or go against you. i just want to tell you how people around you whom you know, including myself, feel about you. i may be the only one who is picking up courage to tell you this. so i hope you won't get angrier with me. remember, i'm not the only one that feel how i feel about you. think about it friend.
alright, i said i'll elaborate on the topic on addressing people.
imagine if someone keeps calling you, 'oi', or simply *squeeks* at you. never once calling you by name, or perhaps JUST once in a blue moon. would you be happy? some of you wouldn't mind. but there are people who would, people like me. i wouldn't say it's being petty. it's just how much one respects the other. it's like the other person is nameless that he has to call 'oi'. and once again, that's how myself, and along with many others, feel.
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