Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Prologue-Kickz-Nike Zoom MVP and I

Okay, owning a pair of basketball shoes isn't an easy task for kids living along my street. A pair of Nikes, Adidas, or ReeBoks cost hundreds of bucks, and that ain't small money for people in my street. When I was a young kid, I used to play bare footed on the court with my homies. That time, we didn't care much about having how many blisters under our feet, we just play for the sake of having sun. Even if the blacktop is burning like a frying pan, we still play with our innocent smiles on our face.


Until I'm 16, I started to play serious ball and I joined my school basketball team in my last year of studying in high school. That's is when I bought my 1st basketball shoes. A Bata shoe. It's cost about only 30bucks. The price is the reason I bought it. I dare not to request my dad for a pair of Nikes. I know its not cheap at all. I can't afford it. But expensive doesn't equal to best. My Bata kicks makes me feel comfortable in it, and it had been by my side when I fought some games. Blocks, shoots, and rebounds, the Batas protects my heels well. In a short time, it retires from the court. I strain it too much and it can never be mend anymore.


Then I got myself another pair of METRIX shoes. This kicks worn out faster then my Batas. That time I was studying in INTI and one of my senior told me to invest on a pair of Nike. It will last for years. With some cash I earn from getting good results, I told my dad about buying a pair of Kicks. My dad nodded and he gave me some cash to add into my earning to get a pair of nice kicks.
I contact my former coach and she got me the kicks I had been wanted for so long.
Months ago, I read a short passage about this shoe, it's the current Phoenix Sun's point guard, Steve Nash's signature shoe, it's named Zoom MVP. It was the 1st time that I ever wanted a shoe so much, but I just can't afford it. The moment I get this shoe, I was excited, and can't wait any longer to put it on. My heart was bumping so fast that time and, I finally own my dream shoe.

Many kids today from the town can just buy any shoes they like and change it frequently. They will not understand how much I feel for my kicks. It's a partner, besides my teammates, the shoes is the one that always stay by my side to face challenges on the court. Till now, it's still with me, battling tough ballers on the blacktop.

Nothing comes easy, that is why I treasure everything.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Number 3-Prologue

Number 3.

It's the number of my jersey.
Everyone has his own number, range from 1-99, and their number means something to them.
Number 3 to me symbolize the spirit of never giving up upon challenges in life. Who makes me choose 3?
It's those 2 guys below

Allen Iverson and Stephon Marbury. Both of them are from the same draft, which is the Golden 1996 NBA draft, and Iverson was the No.1 pick of the year. Both of them plays the same position for their team, Point Guard, they act the same (ball-hogging when their teamates can't score), and share the same weapon, the crossover. As guards which are shorter than Centers in the paint, they use their lightning speed and deadly crossovers to break down the opponents defence and gets the ball to the rim. They never back down against challenges. Iverson was known for his perseverance on the court, while Marbury was known for his arrogance by self-proclaiming the best PG in the League. 
They share the same fate now too. Iverson is now in Turkey playing for the pro-team there and Marbury is playing in China's league. They were both not sign by any NBA team. What's the reason? Only real NBA fans understand why.
Both of them are the NBA stars I admired. They are the reason I choose 3, to be like them, treat every game as a challenge. Till when I can see them smile like that again? I don't know, but their fighting spirit is tattooed in my heart.

Having a jersey on my own is what I always dream of. Never a primary school player, and just played 1 year as a sub in high school makes me lack of experience in facing ballers which are experienced than me. What I could do to improve myself is to work hard on basics. From dribbling to running. Chances doesn't appear to you like your food on your table prepare by your mum, you have to hustle for it yourself. Until I had enter INTI to study, my Godfather found me, and he gave me a team. That's when I got my 1st jersey.
I still have a long way to go. To be like them.
Every baller knows to own a number which an NBA player once wore, you have to prove you have what it has to wear it. Earn your own respect on the court. 
I'm still earning it now and, still running towards my goal.
Givin' up ain't my style. Only the sky is the limit.



Thursday, June 23, 2011

迷宫x雨夜

下雨的夜晚
总让人想着不该想的事情

听着雨水滴答滴答地落下
感觉时间慢慢的流逝
想你的时间
还剩多久呢

每个人心里都有个迷宫
而在出口等待着的答案
自己也不确定
那答案是否是答案

一个人在迷宫里
孤单吗
彷徨吗
何不放下脚步
慢慢去探索迷宫里的玄机
或许
会得到神秘礼物也说不定

你总是走得太快
我追不上你
你总是停得突然
让我撞个正着
我也想
牵你走出你的迷宫啊

下不停的雨
让寂静的夜晚有了交响乐
熟睡的你
却不懂我的思绪
也许你一辈子都不明了
我仍然相信
明早是晴天

不会发芽的种子
种下了
努力浇水,会发芽吗?
看着别人发芽的种子
也该微微一笑
至少自己曾努力过

下雨的夜晚
总是让人胡思乱想啊
在夜晚爱上了一个女孩
叫暗恋吧?哈哈。。。

Sunday, June 19, 2011

暗地里,恋上妳

下雪的夜里
孤单的莫斯科
心里寂寞得被寒冷的风凝住了
你伸出手心
递给我热乎乎的烧饼

抬起头
你那纯真的笑容
让我相信世界上还有天使存在

你的声音
让我感觉到
被关心的温暖
而我却只能静静的望着你

街边的路灯下
有个男生喊着你
而豪华的餐厅里
另一个男生正对你招手

或许
你在迷茫中
你不知道自己该向左走
还是向右走

我仍然望着你的双眼
手握着那热乎乎的烧饼
坐在不起眼的角落
只有你看见了我

你走了
往着那古老的城堡走去
看着你的背影
我想喊你
却又收回了声音
只能让你
消失在守卫骑士的护送中

抓起了地上的雪
再放开
我的手
好温暖

坐在一样的角落
哪一天
你还会出现吗

Saturday, June 18, 2011

篮球X恋爱

跟她谈恋爱,不是件容易的事。
她喜欢体能好的男生,以便能把她抱上抱下。
她喜欢速度快的男生,以便能追她到天涯海角。
她喜欢弹性好的男生,以便能为她摘星星。
她喜欢手感好的男生,以便能把她好好保护在手里。

如果达不到她的标准,她会慢慢与你疏远,不分手,也只是对你自己残忍。
她,或许残酷,但我就是爱上了这样的她。

为她,我告诉自己,要把自己变得更强。
为她,我告诉自己,挡在我前面的障碍我都要过。
为她,我告诉自己,不管怎样,我都要守护她。

寂寞时,她陪着我。
不开心的时候,她让我知道这世界上我仍然拥有她。
开心时,我和她一起庆祝每一秒。

最后,她让我知道,她也爱上了我。
或许我不是最好最棒的,但是,她还是接受了我,那份热诚的爱。

篮球,还真难让她爱上我啊。

真的,相信我,我爱的是篮球,不是她!

Friday, June 17, 2011

手机的掉落,与心情的失落。

真的,从以前到现在,很少会遗失东西。上一次掉不见东西,已是3年前的事了。当时不见的,是个项链。带了很久,突然不见,有点不自在。

今天遗失的,却是自己的手机。
里头有着很多信息的回忆,重要资料,以及一些纪实。拾到或者偷走的人,手机拿去没关系,请不要侵犯我的隐私就好。
一些该忘记的照片,也随着手机的不见,一起消失了。天意吗?要我放下回忆,从新再来?

自己太糊涂,不够专注,才会失去手机。
机会,也是如此吧?不去珍惜,就会失去的原则,是无法改变的定律。

几时才懂得珍惜,真的要等到失去后吗?不喜欢失去的感觉,不喜欢不见东西。

不见电话,晴天的照片也不见了。
那个晴天,她用最单纯的笑容将它拍下,她是否,会再为我拍一张。。。
她的笑容,是我见过,最纯真的笑容。。。

失去了,就很难习惯,没有她在的生活。

手机再见了。回忆,也该忘记了。
前进吧!我的晴天,我来拍下!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

3 Months

3 months just passes by, loads of things happens, couple of movies watched and a few ankles was broken.
Time flies, just a blink, I finished my studies in INTI, and the Perhentian Trip was a month ago. For 3 months i write nothing here, leaving it blank. And now while writing this passage here, I recalling all the events and hey, I'm smiling to myself. Sweet memories I guess?

The Perhentian trip was fun. My dude actually belive the fake story about Perhentian that I've told him. We drank some beers on the 1st night, watching lightning lighting up the midnight sky, tasting the flavor of the sea breeze. We talk like men, about our future and what we felt for each other. Pick'n'roll define us all. Went snorkeling the next day in the crystal clear ocean. I call it, sapphire blue. Nemos wondering around the corals and sea cucumber resting on the sea bed. The sea kingdom looks peaceful. Before I left this island, I get myself a bottle of sand. It's a myth that the sand of Perhentian, The Island of Greeting, represent a symbol of waiting, waiting for the person, either a friend or a girl, forever.

Then, I was back to my hometown again. Parit Tengah, call it PT Street, where I live and represent. My homies are waiting for me to ball with them. And then I was back in INTI again after 1 week. Yes, it's 2 sentence quick. Back here with my brothers, ballin' and movie'ing with them. Manage to date my junior out for Pirates of the Caribbean 4, what a lucky week. With a sweet girl by my side and a GREAT movie on the screen to watch. What else I can expect? Such is life, enjoy to the fullest. Before finishing my 1 week stay in INTI, Gang$tarZ get to have a little reunion dinner among the elders in our team.

Back to my home again and I'm addicted to a chinese card game, SanGuoSha. They say it copied Bang!'s idea but, who cares? The 3 Kingdom setting really makes me dive into the 3 kingdoms world. So I get myself a set and played with my homies. I battle online too like freak SGS gamers. It's really a nice game to be play among friends. Thanks to my brother Albert for introducing this game to me during my final examination. Yes, we play it while we are revising. My schoolmates gets to gather again too. As usual, we went to a cafe and crap for hours. The next day, Ah Shi asked me out to ball. She's not a baller, but she loves playing around with the ball. She told me she loves the sound when  the ball hits nothing but net. I taught her how to make it. And when she make it, she smiled to me. I like that smile. Played some games with my friends in town. Quite a tiring week while I work out and ball in the same day. In that week, I went back to my mother's mother which is my grandma's house. And it's snowing again. Finally, I met my GodCousin for the 4th time and we get to talk a lot. But her gastric pain in the middle of supper-ing made me feel bad about it.

Back to INTI with Gang$tarZ again. Back and forth. You know how much I miss all my families. This time is the Genting trip. I got a roller-coasterophbia after walking out the theme park. No more for me. My heart can't take it. But what pleased me is the Maxim suite hotel room! Like an Emperor, we have TV, desk, fruits, beds, sofa and a bathtub in our hotel room. Of course 8 of us, stay(the room is huge, we need not to squeeze)  
 together in the room. Lying in the bathtub watching the night view of Genting, I felt like King Dogg. After the trip, all of us when broke. No more papers in our pocket. Living on Instant Noodle for the week. To be an emperor, you have to be prepare to be a beggar! Then it's the good news for the week, Dallas Mavericks won the NBA finals!!!! Finally, Dirk and Kidd, the players I respect gets what they deserves!

Then it's today, snowing Wednesday. Maybe if one day, Malaysia snows, I may like it. I went to KL to grab a lunch with my GodCousin aka Xue. It was her 1st day working at Nike. So coincidentally, my friend Craze plan to go to KL too. In the end, we both went together. I was suppose to be back in INTI at 5pm without buying a shirt, thanks to her blurr-ness for leaving her thing in a random shop in Times Square, I reached INTI   at 8.30pm with a Tee. Back to the lunch part, I ended up getting Xue staring at me while I'm eating. She is small, I can't even see her while we are walking, but sometimes, she talks like an adult. In a pink Nike Tee, she looks like a cute Minnie, complaining that she dirtied a small tiny part of her pink Tee. Hmm, after all, she's still a little kid. To see her today is to pass her the sand that I get from Perhentian. Waiting, for her? I just hope no matter what happen, no matter how fast time passes, we are still the same, eating and watching movies with each other. Always like my baby sis.

3 months, and I had finish writing down my memories, leaving them in words. It had been a very long time that I had not touch this blog. When is the next time I post? I don't know. Just let it be.
There ain't nobody in this world that you can't love, Coz you know you have the right to love everyone.
Pulau Perhentian, where Friendships are create and where people reunites, the sand as a symbol, for waiting forever. The myth.


That I create for that Island.