Farewell to MSN

I was back to my 'super-active' mode yesterday. I played badminton with my colleagues after work then to MSN for a basketball session with the ASTRO lot. But a sad (or annoying?) thing happened...It turned out to be our last session for the year (up till SEA games to be precise) because the court has now been occupied by the national fencing team. We had to beg the security last night to let us play half-court since most of us had turned up anyway. Why do they have to use a basketball court for fencing practice is everyone's guess! Man...I REALLY hope they're going to win something at the games!

Unless Fauzi, TJ or Jamal manage to find a new ground for us, there'll be no more basketball during the weekdays. And it's not easy to find available basketball courts nowadays. Also, the fact that I'm normally fully occupied most Saturdays means that I will hardly get the chance to play anymore. That sucks!

Why it is so difficult to find easy-access sport facilities nowadays? If they can build hundreds (or is it thousands?) of golf courses around the country, why can't they build more desperately-needed sport centres? Or just enough sport facilities in the community? Why can't they make it compulsory for developers to include e.g. multi-purpose courts and proper playing field when approving new developments? The average Malaysians (I believe) can't afford those expensive golf clubs or the new trendy gyms anyway, so public sport centres will be much appreciated.

When I was small, there were plenty of spaces where I could safely fly kites, play rounders or football (mind you, i was quite a tomboy back then) with my neighbourhood friends. Nowadays, people don't even know their neighbours! Why? I put it down to not enough meeting-up places i.e. playing fields. It doesn't need a genius to figure that out does it?