Scalpers and Patron

I found out about the All-Star weekend the day after the tickets went sold out. I'm not the biggest basketball fan but I know that this weekend is a big deal, especially for people like my brother Ali. He never asks for anything so when he said he wanted to watch it I knew I had to do something. I spent the whole day scouting for tickets from scalpers because I didn't have any choice. The best I found was an upper A ticket worth 6k (original price is 1500) and I knew that if I don't buy it ASAP someone else will. True enough, two hours after I made a deal with a scalper to meet up the same night, he said that other people were interested and were making greater offers. Good thing he respected the fact that we made a deal first. So my first encounter with a scalper is a good one, although I wish that I didn't have to pay that much for one ticket.

So here it is! My brother's ticket this Saturday. He's watching alone because that hefty price scalpers add on the actually moderately priced ticket is worth it with him and only him. Haha!


NBA line-up:
1. Kobe Bryant
2. Chris Paul
3. Tyreke Evans
4. DeAndre Jordan replaced by Kevin Durant
5. James Harden
6. Derrick Williams
7. Derek Fisher
8. Derrick Rose

PBA line-up:

1. James Yap
2. Marc Pingris
3. Mark Caguioa
4. JC Intal
5. Arwin Santos
6. Rabeh Al-Hussaini
7. Ryan Reyes
8. Jason Castro
9. Larry Fonacier
10. Sonny Thoss
11. LA Tenorio
12. Sol Mercado
13. Gary David
14. Gabe Norwood
15. Danny Seigle

Not bad!

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From now on, Tuesdays would be reserved for my girls Kim and Kenta. We had a really late lunch at Tutto (where we saw Miko and Julz) and went drinking at Nuvo (where we met up with said scalper, see above).


Here's to hoping for more days like today!