date: Saturday, July 04, 2009 @ 10:49 pm
title: A volley of balls in Sentosa
Today was fun: I went to watch AYG Beach Volleyball Prelims with Joni in the morning :D It was quite an eye-opening experience because this is the first time I watched this sort of games live. The weather was beautiful too man - perfect for a game of volleyball on the beach.
Our first glimpse of the various courts at Siloso
and the players warming up.
The first match we watched was between Indonesia and Bahrain (Indonesia: white top and red shorts; Bahrain: vice versa) which Indonesia won. This was in the only main court with spectator stands and a commentator. Their sets had some really good spikes and brilliant blocks :D
Ah I'm so annoyed that I missed the ball in this shot by that little bit (edge of the ball's at the top btw). That was a nice jump isn't it?
The AYG volunteers doing one of the sai gang jobs: evening out the sand.
2 nice serves in the Kazakhstan vs. Sri Lanka game which was in one of the adjoining courts. I didn't know Kazakhstan people were ang moh-ish! Anyway, I'm not very sure which side won because we went for free Milo in the middle of it hehheh :D
(Again, here, my phototaking skills fail me ):)
Everytime it's one side's turn to serve the person in front'll make this finger thing behind his back to the other player. It's probably some signal thing about the opponent's tactics or something. Cool.
The Kazakhstan side performing a spike!
The next game we watched back in the main court was Chinese Taipei (ie Taiwan la. Dunno why thye're called that man!) vs Yemen. Their game was nice to watch too, although I was spending a lot of time trying to snap pictures ): And Joni was like, "Ooh, Taiwanese boys!" Hahahah. It'd have been nice if we'd gotten to watch Japan or Korea play though. Taiwan won I think.
Going down...
so that teammate can dig the ball.
Victory on one side but disappointment on the other as Taiwan scores a point.
A spike-block thing happening.
Hahaha same position.
Taiwanese boy serving (haha Joni...)
A picture with the AYG mascot Frasia. Note that his name has Asia in it -.- Lame right.
And a picture with the courts and beach in the background. We asked one of the AYG volunteers to help us take this picture. After that this guy (we had asked him where the free Milo was earlier) said he wanted a picture with us -.- His friend was like, "I tell your girlfriend ah." So weirddd.
It was good that I still managed to get some quite okay pictures considering my camera was laggy and had a mind of its own 'cause it's a few years old and the electronics are going a little heywire. It was fun! A good break off from school. Went for cell after that, so I couldn't watch the afternoon segment of the games ): ):
and the players warming up.
The first match we watched was between Indonesia and Bahrain (Indonesia: white top and red shorts; Bahrain: vice versa) which Indonesia won. This was in the only main court with spectator stands and a commentator. Their sets had some really good spikes and brilliant blocks :D
Ah I'm so annoyed that I missed the ball in this shot by that little bit (edge of the ball's at the top btw). That was a nice jump isn't it?
2 nice serves in the Kazakhstan vs. Sri Lanka game which was in one of the adjoining courts. I didn't know Kazakhstan people were ang moh-ish! Anyway, I'm not very sure which side won because we went for free Milo in the middle of it hehheh :D
(Again, here, my phototaking skills fail me ):)
Everytime it's one side's turn to serve the person in front'll make this finger thing behind his back to the other player. It's probably some signal thing about the opponent's tactics or something. Cool.
The Kazakhstan side performing a spike!
The next game we watched back in the main court was Chinese Taipei (ie Taiwan la. Dunno why thye're called that man!) vs Yemen. Their game was nice to watch too, although I was spending a lot of time trying to snap pictures ): And Joni was like, "Ooh, Taiwanese boys!" Hahahah. It'd have been nice if we'd gotten to watch Japan or Korea play though. Taiwan won I think.
so that teammate can dig the ball.
Victory on one side but disappointment on the other as Taiwan scores a point.
A spike-block thing happening.
Hahaha same position.
Taiwanese boy serving (haha Joni...)
A picture with the AYG mascot Frasia. Note that his name has Asia in it -.- Lame right.
And a picture with the courts and beach in the background. We asked one of the AYG volunteers to help us take this picture. After that this guy (we had asked him where the free Milo was earlier) said he wanted a picture with us -.- His friend was like, "I tell your girlfriend ah." So weirddd.
It was good that I still managed to get some quite okay pictures considering my camera was laggy and had a mind of its own 'cause it's a few years old and the electronics are going a little heywire. It was fun! A good break off from school. Went for cell after that, so I couldn't watch the afternoon segment of the games ): ):