Basketball.

I went to the Southorn Indoor Stadium in the afternoon to catch the matches in the “Straits Cup” (海峽盃) Basketball Tournament. This 3-day tournament featured 4 teams from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Macau. There were 2 matches on show today: Taiwan Beer vs Hong Kong and Fujian SBS vs Macau Fukien Sports Club. To be honest, most people in the stadium just now were mainly there to see Taiwan Beer, which is the Taiwanese league winners. However, due to one reason or another, they didn’t really play up to expectation and they duly lost to Hong Kong 75-83. I seriously think if Taiwan Beer played up to their standards in the Taiwanese league, the result would have been very different. That said, some refereeing decisions didn’t go in Taiwan Beer’s favour, so I guess it’s kinda destined that Hong Kong would win this match.

One sidenote, I had the opportunity to wave hi to 黑人, who is the marketing director of the Taiwan Beer team. It turned out that he was wearing the same cap that I was (the commemorative cap celebrating Taiwan Beer’s championship win this year – a limited edition cap, may I add), and while I waved hi by lifting my cap, he also returned a hi by lifting his cap. Nice gesture, really (though deep inside I actually wanted Hong Kong to win).