Monday, April 25, 2011 '
6Hr Journal Part II .
For this 6Hr Journal ,
I'm going to write about my Second activity : Snooker !
Snooker is a cue sport that is plated on a large green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. it is played using a cue and a snooker ball, the white ball is called cue ball and there is 15 red balls worth one point each and six balls of different colours . A player wins a match when a certain number of frames have been won . Snooker was introduce to me by a few of my secondary school classmates . It was my first time playing snooker as i had never gone out late and had fun during the night , because my parents are worried of my well being . I took the opportunity to have fun during my night out with my classmates and a few strangers whom i don't know , so i suggested that we should go and had fun playing snooker . We bought the mrt as we had just ended our working hours , during the trip my friends and i had a tough time finding a seat as our legs are so sore that we could hardly stand up straight . We work as banquet , so we have to stand for a couple of hours to serve our customers food and drinks . On our journey to Joo Koon , we made jokes about some fussy customers that wasn't sastisfied of almost everything we did for them . We even compared who made the biggest mistakes and i beat them all hands down . My friends broke 3 glass and spills on the floor it is same as three point , as one of my friend made a mess while serving its customers which worth 2 points , but mine , i topped everyone . I Spilled 2 Glass of guava juice on a customer which went down his spine and into his undergarment and one orange juice spilled on the floor next to the customer ! I couldn't help but feel guilty and sad , so i went back behind to an isolated area and cried .
We Reached Joo Koon and we walked to the pool centre . During our walk , my friend wasn't looking for any traffic as he crossed the road . I shouted across to him because there was a car speeding toward him ! Luckily , he reacted fast enough to avoid it . My friends & I were all shock and yet happy to see that he is okay . I gave him a good scolding about safety rules he told me that this road isn't used regularly so he didn't care much about it . He has a tough shell on his brain that makes him stubborn .
As we were about to book our table for a game of snooker , i realised that nobody was willing to take out their Nric or Ez Link to book the table . So i took mine out to book the table ! There are 7 of us but one of them decided not to play so we played 3 teams of 2 . I Learnt from my friend the placement of my finger and how to shoot . I didn't got any luck at hitting any balls in ! My team mate blame me for being a noob ! A Noob is define as newb . I wasn't demoralized , but i got furious and focus more ! When it was my turn i looked at my friend and got a ball in ! His mouth was wide open and i couldn't help but laugh at his pathetic face ! I took revenge as he called me a noob , so i called him a dick . At the end we lost to the first team we were up against , so i got to my sit and refresh my memory . I was learning every move they make and every possible way of countering their trick . Soon it was our turn , because the third team lost to them as well . This time , Me , Aloysius , Is back with a plan ! I decided to open the table and pray for the best that one ball will go in to the hole , and one of the ball rolled into the hole ! I was so happy that i posed in front of my friend camera ! I missed the next ball because i lost my focus and became arrogant . My team mate backed me up and shot 3 balls in a row , she taught me some tips of how to block their shot and make it to our advantage . Soon , i became the master of blocking ! I made the first team lose by blocking away the balls that could be easily scored so they had to take the harder ones ! We lost to the third as i didn't had the skill to beat them .
We decided to have a break and closed the table , everyone of us took out some money and equally divide the payment among ourselves . We walked to the nearest Fast Food to grab something to eat as it was nearly 10pm . My friends were telling me that i was better than one of my classmate in my secondary school days . They told me that i will kill myself when he is playing with me , because when he play snooker he move the cue ball every where just to get an aim of the ball which you cannot do unless its a free ball . It's stated in the rule . I laughed and couldn't help to say , i am way better than him . We Joked and tease the girls in our clique and even gossip about other people . The Burger king was the closes fast food restaurant so we decided to buy our burger , we settled down , so i asked my friends why were they so good in snooker . They told me they had been playing ever since secondary three , i remembered the day the asked out to play but i rejected them as i had homework to do , which was piled up to the roof , MOUNTAINS of WORK !
Before i could finish my burger , one of my friend decided to get back to snooker . The rest followed so i had to force myself to walk and eat at the same time . well , it's not actually forcing , it's so common that nobody doesn't walk and eat . I finished my burger before going in and saw my friends already playing . Which team was i in ? I wasn't told , how many games were we going to play ? unspeakable . Who is going next ? I wish it was me , but it was my friend . When will it be my turn ? It's going to take ages , i swear ! What am i going to do ? I'm going to sit and stare at them in the eye to give them pressure ! That's my evil plan for leaving me out of the game .
This time round , i was full of energy so i won my friend 2 time in a row but was cut off from my winning streak by another friend of mine . Man , i'm so pissed then but i told myself everything in life has a meaning and will always be a lesson . So i learnt from it , i engrave it in my mind so i won't forget .
We ended our game , this time i didn't get to pay . I ran out of money , that's why . When i took out my phone and check for the time , i saw five miss call made from my mum , so i rushed home .
I told my friend over the phone , if one day i became a pro , you guys will be my teacher for teaching me the basics .
