Today was a special day. Andrew and his young buddies headed on over to Bintaro Ice Rink to face-off against a older group of boys. Included in that group was a 12 year old American kid who was dominating the ice. He scored 8 goals for his Bintaro team and they beat the boys from Taman Anggrek 8-4. In that loss however, Andrew and Raifa scored 2 goals a piece. It was quite apparent that without the 12 year old present, Team T.A. would have most likely flipped that score. They weren't a good match. What was pretty evident was just how much this T.A. team needs to grow. Other than Andrew and Raifa,(and they only did it part time), no on wanted to put a body on the 12 year old American and he just dominated the ice. Also evident was the passing without looking, the lack of defensive effort, and the inability to use the backhand.
A few things I learned today.
1) Parents from Bintaro ARE NOT used to people yelling and cheering from the balcony. Many felt that we should be seen,…but not heard.
2) They have a nice little hockey shop next to the rink. It has skates, bags, helmets, shoulder pads, hockey pants, sticks, hockey tape (colored), 120cm laces….I needed laces even though they were 38cm too big,…I bought them. They have jerseys at 300,000 Rp per jersey. No numbers or names, but decent jerseys with NHL logos. There was also some figure skating things there.
3) The drippy ceiling leaves pot holes on the ice. I wonder if anyone else noticed that.
4) Everyone loves hockey.
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| Look at all the boys at Bintaro today |
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| The lobby at Bintaro |
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