Friday, May 04, 2007
njc basketball
guess cca has officially come to an end le, after the guys lost to tj today. imo, vernon played best today n can really see he did not give up. bt shall nt talk more abt the match. shall talk abt njc bball team.
joining njc bball has not only trained my fitness, bt also taught me many lessons of life, like not giving up so easily and the power of encouragement. n most importantly, letting me have so many wonderful teammates. hm. i dont really noe the j1s tt well yet, cos they only came in tis year. but they r a lively bunch. they come in and make our trainings noisier, which is a good thing. hm. bt i wanna specifically talk about 3 people who have left a very deep impression on me. probably 10 years after i will still remember them about their character rather than their skills.
1stly, mr sham is the most unique teacher i ever seen. haha. when i 1st came in, i admit i was intimidated by him, cos he is huge n seem fierce. he walks with a swagger, and always makes those menacing faces. bt actually, he is quite a nice person. he sacrificed alot for us. remb during the dec holidays, he always treated us. trng was really monstrous tt time. tink he felt bad training us so hard, so he brought us to dinner after tt. haha. he always got stronger opponents down to play wif us, hoping tt we wld improve. remb he got many of his national team n home united team mates down to nj. i heard frm mr lee that he even postponed his wedding for our team. ai. thr r many other things that he have done. quite difficult to list all of them down. he cld have done without all these. bt he still did them.
nxt, i tink jianming is also quite a nice person. he seems dao at sometimes. bt i tink he wld rather let his actions speak. still remb when we invited hc n the national team down to nj, he bought drinks n treated the team. he always help me out during trngs, shouting at me not to give up. the most memorable 1 was the last 2.4, when tt was the only time i ran below 10, he ran with me , constantly urging me to give my best. he didnt choose to overtake me, letting me finish 1sec b4 him. was very touched by his gesture. also remb he consoled me when we took the same bus, when i felt like shit after one of the trngs.
lastly, i dont tink i ever seen john being angry, haha, like zhikai frm my ex cls. he always smiles and shurgs it off when ppl makes fun of him. haha. i remb once we were damn tired frm our previous trngs. haha. then i dont really felt like running again. tink he felt the same way also. bt he said just run la. hm. once i saw him help a little girl turn on the tap when she couldnt reach it. he also doesnt really scold much vulgarities. he could also sense when ppl are feeling like shit. remb last dec after playing like a fag against dunman high during a friendly, was really feeling very down. he talked to me after tt to make me feel better. he also consoled me recently when i was nt selected into the team. he is really a great friend to have.
guess i m closing a chapter of my life. must focus on studies now. i m sure next year's team can go far, if they train hard, and sham manages to get better players next year. hm. they must not blame each other n encourage each other more on the court. ya.
iduntellu at 5:59 PM