MRISA 2010 At SSIS

MRISA again, was held at SSIS this year from April 2nd to 3rd.

There were eight schools that participated in this event,

which are...

Saigon South International School (SSIS) from Vietnam,

International School Ho Chi Minh City (ISHMC) from Vietnam,

Hanoi International School (HIS) from Vietnam,

United Nations International School (UNIS) from Vietnam,

International School Eastern Seaboard (ISE) from Thailand,

International School Phnom Penh (ISPP) from Cambodia,

Northbridge International School (NISC) from Cambodia,

and Vientiane International School (VIS) from Laos.

Our school, SSIS, won the championship the two previous years, 2008 and 2009.

Of course, we had high hopes that we were going to win this year,

I mean, there's no reason that we will lose, is there?

The only lost that we have had this year was against the Taipei School,

which we lost by 3 points.

And they are not even in MRISA,

so, why not?

Rimta shooting a ball.

I was just trying to capture a photo of the spectators,

and somehow their expressions appeared so when I took the photo.

What happened???

Practicing before the game starts.

Joseph shooting a ball.

The Starting Five on the court waiting to play!!!

Daniel Lee at the Point Guard position,

main shooter of our school's team.

Unfortunately, Daniel got a cramp in the two most important games.

One of it, was the game that we lost to the Taipei School.

Mano Ramos at the Shooting Guard position,

another shooter of the team.

Despite his height, he's always the star of our school's basketball team.

He scored 12 points in 2 minutes in the championship game!

Joseph Chiang at the Small Forward position,

the person who throws the ball into the court whenever the ball is out.

Go Yo Yo Ma!

The basketball player who plays the violin, haha.

Jun Hwa Lee at the Power Forward position.

Finally, Michael Nguyen!

A.K.A. Big Mike

Although we didn't manage to shoot the ball,

but at least we stopped the other school from grabbing the ball.

Good job, Daniel!

Mano shooting a free throw.

Joseph shooting a free throw.

Dean made this video,

about the players of SSIS 2010 basketball team.

For your information,

we did not win this year's championship.

T.T

We got second.

I ensure you,

everyone was so disappointed!

Maybe you would understand our feelings if you knew the final score,

which was 38-39.

We lost only by ONE point!

If only the ball went in the basket at the last second,

we would win,

but it didn't.

*deep sigh*

Oh well...

it was a great game,

and every single player on the team worked really hard.

We hope that we will have a better year in 2011,

and win the championship!

^^