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Ever since I entered the college, I've been dipping myself into basketball and it has always been passion day and night. I could recall the first day I shot the basketball into the hoop. It was my first weekend in Johor Matriculation College, and on Sunday morning, I was looking for something to steam off the heat after a long week of tiring lectures and tutorials. These limbs had weakened from all those note-writings and bulging unhealthy fat started to appear. So, I went downstairs to check on whatever my peeps were doing.
Then, there was a group of boys shouting "Hey, we need another play to play a game!" Then, I was like, okay, give it a shot. Seriously, it was my first time holding the basketball and I could already feel the adrenaline rushing inside my veins and sounds of the screeching shoes on the court, the sounds of the ball bouncing off the board and the sounds of the ball going through the hoop and the net, gave me some kind of sensation I could not describe how!
So, the game started. Well, I ain't no Kobe Bryant, not even The Professor, so my ball handling was haywire and I was like running around looking for space to receive a ball and shoot like a mad chicken. Then, all of sudden, I stopped at the tip of the D with my back facing the board. Then, my teammate, who was dribbling silkily through the defense, passed me the ball and they were all like "Shoot!" so I shoot.
"Swooooooooosshhhhh..."
"Good job, mate! Well done!"
"Wow, you can actually play and score!"
"Keep it up dude!"
With the board behind my back, I just threw (yeah, it wasn't a proper skilled shot) the ball over my head without looking and knowing where the board is, and we got the three point! I'm not really sure but if I were going to be a legend someday, that is one legendary shot from me that me and my children can brag about for the rest of their life.
You see, it doesn't matter if you are clueless and out-of-grabs, but giving a shot on something is a good start of a brighter future. What matters the most is the start; take a look at the 100m sprint race for example. How the runner starts the race, we could actually predict who's gonna finish first.
Now, I'm 24 and still going strong with my passion. However, good things are to be shared, so as a teacher, now I'm spreading the love to my boys and I'm proud to say they could play and beat the mainstream players. In two weeks time, they will be competing in Piala Menteri Pelajaran District Level Basketball Competition 2013 and sometime around October, they will be participating in the AND1 3on3 Streetball Competition at Berjaya Times Square, KL! Wish us luck!
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