#3 Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up

Wednesday, Nevethan and Me just asked some of the guys whether they wanted to play basketball with us outside on Thursday. Every Thursday, we get early free from school, and the weather was too good for a Basketball game outside. Usually, I love to play basketball, and had played with Nevethan and some other guys in Denmark for many years. It all began when; I thought soccer was a little bit boring, while I had played since I was 5 years old. At that time I was pretty sure, that I need a change in sports, so therefore I wanted to learn other sports so that I could play a variety of sports. I remember I always after school, learned many drills and tricks and even how to shoot. In this case I have to thank Youtube a lot. I really love Michael Jordan, he was a fantastic basketball player and will always be respected as one of the best basketball player who ever had played. As we started to play Basketball I could feel that I wasn’t in a good condition, and sometimes I could not run so fast because of my ankle. At first I was in team with Mogens, Erik, Kure and we played against Morten, Nevethan and Halling, and by the way we had our own photographer Mr. Oliver. We played to the scored turn 20, after that we took a little break and made new teams up. This time I was in team with Erik and Nevethan and we played against Mogens, Halling, Morten and Kure. It was pretty hard to play for me. I always tried to shoot from the 3-point line, which was very difficult in some ways.

Trying from 3 point line.

Me in action

Anyway at the moment we played Basketball I was feeling like an American, to play basketball in the country which originally create the sport is something special, and I hope we will play basketball for sometimes while we are here. On the other hand we only have some couple of weeks, the times is really flying from us. So, It is like we have to get to know and experience many things now, before we don’t have the chance. It’s like now or never! I think everything in life is actually like that. I know one Tamil proverb, which my dad usually tells me.

”Make hay while the sun shines.”

 At any rate, every second here in America is just beginning to be more inspirational. I really have achieved a lot by just being here for almost 2 months. This is really something I am so happy about, and even proud of. 

I am not teaching you anything. I just help you to explore yourself.

For two days ago we just have Halloween night, and it was a wonderful and unforgettable night, where every single one was dressed and asked “trick and Treat”. At that night I was staying at Oliver’s house, and we experienced a very nice and delightful Halloween at that night. 

At 7 Pm, we were ready to do our homework, but at the same time we were also ready to open the door and handle every time those creative clothed people came and knocked and asked for knock and treat. Oliver and me were glad to give these candies out to the kids, and we sometimes trick them.  One of those trick was when there were 4 people standing outside and as usual I asked what they were, and 2 of the 4 people just said that they were a nerd, and then I just said that they wouldn’t get any candy if they didn’t answered for a question, which I just want to asked them. At the moment, they were very sad, but also almost very nervous about the question, but I just asked what the square root of 4 was, and one of the nerd raised her arm up to the sky and said the right answered which were 2. Suddenly, began everyone to laugh and requested for a question more. So I just asked a girl who was dressed like a witch, how many candies she had in her bag, and she were showing me the bag, and said, “ well I don’t actually now”, and then I just answered “ ooh…what shame, then you will not be able to get a candy from me”,  at that moment  she was very upset and said” no no no… I want candy!” and I replied “ okay, since you don’t know how many candies you have would you mind if I could take your bag and count and may be give to you after a couple of minutes?” at that second I was finished with my replication she was, screaming and said “ NO way! I know what you are trying to do!”. Actually, she was very intelligent. For every time they asked for candy a funny incident was held. And some of them were dressed like something we didn’t actually knew about, for instant some of them made combination like that they were a “pirate-princess”. Okay hold on! What is a pirate-princess?

After handling all these kids, we were almost very tired, but still we had a little energy to watch a movie, a movie that will only be able to see on Halloween. “ The nightmare before Christmas” a movie about each holidays, and about they was the celebrate them. After watching this movie I always sing the songs from the movie. 

“Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange? ”

” Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween ”

I really loved the chorus of this song, which goes like:

” This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Halloween! Halloween! ”

The next day was for me a day were I was starting to take my first step of my own aim. As a bet you, I went to the Hip-hop club at Edmonds Community.

College. I was there with Ebru, Janu, Meliha and Emilie.  My first attempt on this was, “WOW!” those people who were dancing with me were just very good at dancing, and I was not even to their standard, but what I realise, was that if I practised hard, I will may be come to their standard, and from their it will be more easier for me.

The next attempt was when I saw, the dance master whose name was Albee. He was actually a very nice human being and a very talented dancer, and that he was teaching me to dance, was really something I should be proud of.

I was not only focusing on what dance steps he taught me, but also on what he said, I remember one thing he said, which almost taught me how a dance master must teach his students:

“ I am not teaching you anything. I just help you to explore yourself “

Anyways, after the dance was finished I just done some math for fun, and after for relaxing, I start dancing the steps we just learned. Some of the dance steps were not so easy to remember.

 Today, I am ready to do some Bruce Lee workouts with Oliver at the gym. Genuinely, it is very hard, but we don’t want to give up so easily. One thing there will be happened when you start give up, is that you will miss a little bit self-confidence, and on the other hand we are very glad or motivated to do these kind of workouts.