Walking Around Singapore with a 2.21m Tall Man
The Singapore Slingers have a month before their next game on the 5th November against the Malaysian All-Stars and were all given a one week break. Nicholas took the chance to organize an outing with a few of the stars on the team and boy were we lucky! My favourite player, Eric Sandrin and the teams tallest player at 2.21m, Sam Harris, were free to accompany the bloggers for a night out in town!
The people in attendance apart from the basketballers were Mo, Nicholas, Hillary, Daphne, Molemole, Jason, KuKuNehNeh and if you haven’t realised by now….. myself as well.
Eric is a huge man himself who stands at 2.05m in height and already attract stares from the crowd with his presence. But when Sam arrived, he became an instant celebrity and if I get a dollar for every stare, jaw drop and photo request from strangers, I would have made quite a tidy sum from that day alone.
We decided to dine at Newton Food Centre and let them try out delicious stuff like Satay, BBQ Stingray, Kang Kong and delicious dessert like Cheng Teng, Chendol and Ice Kachang. We then drove to City Hall and took a long walk in the heat to the Esplanade and the Merlion and to Raffles MRT where they took a train back to where we started just for fun.
Eric and his girlfriend, Mo
Chopsticks that look like toothpicks in Sam Harris’ hands
Satay will be a million dollar business if he sells them!
This is how pathetic it is when a 1.77m tall Singaporean faces off with them
If you look closely, Sam cast a shadow ON THE CEILING!
Eric trying to sneak on the Merlion
MRT cabins were not built for people of their size
It was great fun hanging out with the basketball stars that day and they were extremely funny and friendly! I have to warn you people on the dangers of neck aches when talking to Sam Harris for extended periods. Wahahahaah!
Catch them in action on the 5th of November at the Indoor Stadium!
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October 15th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Have you prepared a special bed for the tall man?I think he have some problem when he want to rest.
October 15th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
The pic of you and them! To think you guys are the same age, lol!
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October 16th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
tt’s a cute outing…
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October 16th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Hey that’s cool! 2.21metres is really tall
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October 16th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
One heck of a night bro and good to see you again. We should all head out for more food soon
October 17th, 2008 at 10:25 am
did someone say FOOD? haha.
i want to go out again!! i’m so bored…
October 18th, 2008 at 4:33 am
And to think 1.77m is already considered quite tall in SG!
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October 19th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
cain> Sam cannot find a bed for his height but he said he doesn’t have much of a problem since he sleeps on his side and curled up. HEH
Hillary> Eric is 3 yrs older than me and Sam is 3 years younger!
mavis> Very cute! We attracted a lot of stares!
Wen Bin> VERY! And you cannot imagine it till you stand beside him in person. Come to the basketball games!
Jason Ho> Of course! It’s a pity you had to leave earlier.
Daphne Maia> Wait till YOUR #8 comes back. =P
ssumin> I think 1.77m is pretty average. But the height of Eric and Sam even had the foreigners staring!
October 20th, 2008 at 10:22 am
eh. don’t say this on public domain! *hides face*
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October 21st, 2008 at 11:26 am
wow. I’m about your height and most of the time I feel tall, but when I see the picutre of you with the two guys I guess I’d look like a midget next to them too. I came to your site through another page and just wanted to tell you that it’s really cool. I have a friend that lived there for a years and keeps telling me how he wishes he could go back. I kind of have a feeling of how you felt with those guys because I have a friend that came to vegas for the Pete Newell Big Man camp. He’s 6’11 and his roomate was 7′ by the end of the week I was hanging out with eight guys from the camp who were 6’10 to 7’3 and I was a towering 5’10. well, take care and I hope to come back to your site again. good luck to the Slingers.
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October 22nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm
where do the slinger stay in hotel or hoster or they have their house
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:02 pm
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October 27th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Daphne Maia> Well, it’s pretty public already ever since you left comments in his blog. WAHHAHAHAHA!!!
Tony> Hey Tony! Thanks for leaving footprints in my blog! And same like you, I feel tall until I stand right next to them…
sean> If I am not wrong, they live in pairs in condos around the geylang area!