Grandma...
On Saturday I went into the office late, got about 2-3 hours of work done, as well as meeting Michael L for him to give some divorce documents to me to give to Eva.
After that I went home and got ready for bball. As I was driving to pick Daniel up, I had a realisation. It was more like a feeling. That passion for basketball...it just seemed to stop. Right there. At that moment I was sitting in my car on Parramatta Road. I think...I was done with basketball.
It was a bit of a shame too, because once we got to the courts, I was hitting so many shots in warm up, which prompted Kevin to ask if I had been practising.
The games were actually alright. I played as normal, maybe even a bit better. I ran fast breaks well, and didn't make too many mistakes. I even hit two threes.
Afterwards Kevin, Daniel, Kelvin and I went to Macca's. I was so hungry I had two meals, and still managed to abstain from soft drinks. We all had a good laugh as we watched these kids brutally fighting each other in the playground area lol.
Sunday
As a last minute decision, we decided to get Shuing some casino chips for his birthday. This meant I had to go out there to get the chips.
So out I went, to the casino (again). And of course, this meant I had to have a few go's. I withdrew $200, and bought $100 of chips for him, and played 'cautiously' with my $100. I won $20 at first, then played black/third column and won on 33. I was up $130 and played one more to win $10, so total win $140.
That was pretty damn good for me, and I left.
I went home, then went out for a jog at the park and did one lap. I was pressed for time, so quickly came home, had a shower, and wrapped up the chips in a pepper container as a prank lol.
G came to pick me up and Michael L was already in the car. We went to pick up Shuing, then went to the trampoline place Skyzone. We had a bit of a hard time finding the entrance, but when we did, found Bobs inside waiting for us.
The trampoline place was alright. Facility was maybe slightly better than the other one we went to at Homebush, but there were way too many kids here. We were basically limited to three venues, but the most fun was dodgeball.
It was tiring as expected, and afterwards we went bowling, where Keen and James joined us. I bowled good the first game but bad in the second game. There were a bunch of girls bowling next to us and I couldn't help but wonder why I couldn't meet girls like that.
After bowling we went back to Shuing's place for him to get some tablets, as he wasn't feeling too well after the trampoline place. He said the jumping around affected him. Then we wnt to Chinksford for dinner where Malay joined us.
We all had a nice meal, G provided the entertainment with his poor table manners lol.
After dinner Shuing, G, Michael L and his girlfriend went to the casino. I think I did a good enough job of pretending I didn't know anything, except when everyone was walking in the wrong direction to the poker tables and I was like "uhhh I think it's this way". It also hurt me inside to see the way they bet and talked about roulette.
Shuing lost $20 on that wheel of fortune game and basically stopped there, which was ironic since he was the one who started me on this all those years ago. G lost some money on roulette, then won a bit on sic bo, then won about $100 on that wheel of fortune game and treated us all to Messina ice cream lol. How nice of him.
We called it a night and then went home.
When I was in bed, I heard the phone ring. I didn't have a good feeling about it. Who was calling that late at night? The phone rang a second time.
Then my mum's mobile rang. It was a relative from Hong Kong.
My grandmother was in hospital.
The last thing I heard, and which I really didn't like, was my mum complaining to my dad that this would mean they'd have to fork out some money.
After that I went home and got ready for bball. As I was driving to pick Daniel up, I had a realisation. It was more like a feeling. That passion for basketball...it just seemed to stop. Right there. At that moment I was sitting in my car on Parramatta Road. I think...I was done with basketball.
It was a bit of a shame too, because once we got to the courts, I was hitting so many shots in warm up, which prompted Kevin to ask if I had been practising.
The games were actually alright. I played as normal, maybe even a bit better. I ran fast breaks well, and didn't make too many mistakes. I even hit two threes.
Afterwards Kevin, Daniel, Kelvin and I went to Macca's. I was so hungry I had two meals, and still managed to abstain from soft drinks. We all had a good laugh as we watched these kids brutally fighting each other in the playground area lol.
Sunday
As a last minute decision, we decided to get Shuing some casino chips for his birthday. This meant I had to go out there to get the chips.
So out I went, to the casino (again). And of course, this meant I had to have a few go's. I withdrew $200, and bought $100 of chips for him, and played 'cautiously' with my $100. I won $20 at first, then played black/third column and won on 33. I was up $130 and played one more to win $10, so total win $140.
That was pretty damn good for me, and I left.
I went home, then went out for a jog at the park and did one lap. I was pressed for time, so quickly came home, had a shower, and wrapped up the chips in a pepper container as a prank lol.
G came to pick me up and Michael L was already in the car. We went to pick up Shuing, then went to the trampoline place Skyzone. We had a bit of a hard time finding the entrance, but when we did, found Bobs inside waiting for us.
The trampoline place was alright. Facility was maybe slightly better than the other one we went to at Homebush, but there were way too many kids here. We were basically limited to three venues, but the most fun was dodgeball.
It was tiring as expected, and afterwards we went bowling, where Keen and James joined us. I bowled good the first game but bad in the second game. There were a bunch of girls bowling next to us and I couldn't help but wonder why I couldn't meet girls like that.
After bowling we went back to Shuing's place for him to get some tablets, as he wasn't feeling too well after the trampoline place. He said the jumping around affected him. Then we wnt to Chinksford for dinner where Malay joined us.
We all had a nice meal, G provided the entertainment with his poor table manners lol.
After dinner Shuing, G, Michael L and his girlfriend went to the casino. I think I did a good enough job of pretending I didn't know anything, except when everyone was walking in the wrong direction to the poker tables and I was like "uhhh I think it's this way". It also hurt me inside to see the way they bet and talked about roulette.
Shuing lost $20 on that wheel of fortune game and basically stopped there, which was ironic since he was the one who started me on this all those years ago. G lost some money on roulette, then won a bit on sic bo, then won about $100 on that wheel of fortune game and treated us all to Messina ice cream lol. How nice of him.
We called it a night and then went home.
When I was in bed, I heard the phone ring. I didn't have a good feeling about it. Who was calling that late at night? The phone rang a second time.
Then my mum's mobile rang. It was a relative from Hong Kong.
My grandmother was in hospital.
The last thing I heard, and which I really didn't like, was my mum complaining to my dad that this would mean they'd have to fork out some money.
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