Snooker and Me

A sudden typhoon made me stayed at home with snooker for a day. 

I almost forgot how long I have not played snooker, and I forgot when I knew snooker. The earliest memory with snooker that I could recall is the moment in a camp where I played snooker, that was pool actually, with my classmates in F.3, or F.2, I can't really remember. But I am sure that was in a camp in somewhere in Hong Kong. 

I was the only one who can play snooker among that group of classmates, so I was the one to give a little guidance to my friends. Having said that, I think I knew snooker even earlier than this memory, if not, I should be able to give any guidance. 

And then, I kept playing snooker from time to time. My skill did not have any improvement because I was all the way playing it without a tutor. All learnings were by watching the broadcasting of snooker game on Cable TV. 

I like the atmosphere in snooker room that depicted on TV, however, the real atmosphere was not really pleasant to me. Until the time in university, I accommodated in a student hall where had a snooker room. The room was quiet with good equipments and no smell. I went to play and practice it at least once a week. 

Because of snooker, I made a friend who was a student of Architecture. We joined up a snooker training programme together under the Hong Kong snooker association in a summer. Since then, I kept playing snooker with this friend. Even in the time I worked in Singapore, this friend still came over to visit my place, and we also played a game in Singapore. 

After that, my life got a big change, and I guess that was the moment I stopped playing snooker. 

Today, my hands are really feeling itchy to take up a cue.