Well … just there was so much hype going around for LeBron James for his first visit to the NBA finals.
The first game he basically disappeared. Going back home seemed better for him in Game 3 but his teammates were no where to be found when help needed.
So as I predicted before, as much as I don’t want the Spurs to win, they are going to win this for the 3rd time in 5 years. Question remains is whether they will sweep it.
I am still backing my previous prediction of Sprus in 5.
Everyone saying that he is the next Jordan (but did we say the same thing on Vince Carter and Kobe Bryant?). As the Nike ad goes, he is really the first LeBron James.
After his amazing display in game 5 of the Detroit-Cleveland series where he scored the team’s last 25 points, he definitely has made his mark in history.
Now the question is whether he could get his NBA ring in his first trip to the finals, following the footsteps of basketball greats such as Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Abdul Jabbar and of course the legend Michael Jordan.
It’s going to be tough as the Spurs is a great team (although boring in my view) with plenty of NBA finals experience. The team is also very balanced with Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Gonobili to share the scoring burden. It will be pretty much a one man show for LBJ as his supporting cast is … well … just so-so.
Personally … I hope that the Cavs will win this but likely I’d say Spurs in 5.
I was trying out this new course at Feng Huang Shan near Dongguan and it was recently opened with 9 holes completed. It was built on hill so very challenging yet interesting.
I used a 5 wood off the tee on this second hole which was a bit uphill. Fairway was not too generous and difficult to recover if I hit either right or left (just ask my playing buddies).
My first shot landed a bit to the right, just inside the fairway with about 100 yards left before the elevated green.
Pulled out a 9 iron and managed to land on the edge of the green with the ball contiuned to roll near the flag. When I got up and see it, I could not be more satisfied:
But yet I missed that birdle putt and need to settle for par. Overall the course was fun to play with and at $480 it was a great bargain!
Haven’t been updating my blog the past week or so as I took a break during the Chinese New Year holidays. During the holidays, I had my first experience with Nintendo Wii game console at my brother-in-law’s place.
I’ve heard so much about the wii but being a casual gamer, I still have doubt on whether I should make that investment. Furthermore, there are only parallel imports from Japan and US at the moment so not sure if they are that reliable.
Nevertheless, my first experience with wii did not disappoint. I only tried wii sports which comes with five games including tennis, bowling, baseball, boxing and my favorite golf.
The game control is quite sensitive and it does reflect on your motion on the screen. For that I had a new term: WYDIWYG - What You Do Is What You Get. Most of the games are quite easy to pick up except for baseball which I find rather difficult in timing for a nice hit or a home run.
Tennis is nice as I can now rip a textbook style one-handed backhand down the line instead of using two hands in reality. Golf is also nice as it allows me to practice my swing indoors. However, there par 3 holes are very difficult as it does not provide a lot of landing space and you will keep getting OB shots.
Despite a much later release, the wii console has already outsold Sony Playstation 3 and Microsoft X360 in the US by almost double at over 400,000 units. Looks like Nintendo has hit a homerun on this.
4 Feb 2007. Hole 16 @ Muang Kaew Golf Club in Bangkok. It was a fair day at about 25 C light winds. I was playing with a Korean couple.
It was a short par 4 with white tee moved back making the hole at about 310 yards.
My tee shot sailed towards a bit left, leaving about 110 yards to the green.
Took out my pitching wedge and aimed towards the flag. The ball flew high and it bounced twice before reaching the green and there it was, sliding towards the hole … then it disappeared into the hole!
There was my first eagle! It was definitely more luck than skills but I was a happy golfer that day.
June 14th, 2007 by 
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