My Airness Still Crown King

After suffering sickness two weeks ago, I began to start exercise by playing the game I loved most. Basketball. I left this game nearly two years. Why? PBSM and study… Well, playing with some hyperactive youngsters, I really can’t cope with them in term of fitness. Even though I did show some glimpses of skill but judging from my performance I was way back behind. After some run with and without (yes it’s part of the game) the ball for five minutes, I collapsed (I mean I can go on). My mind says yes but my body won’t allow it. Shame… Shame... I lost to two Muslim boys that can play on despite having to fast. I was a pale shadow of myself. Despite one gold and one bronze to show of my involvement in this sport, I was not near at my best. I didn’t chase the ball. I didn’t jump high enough. I lacked the upper body strength (you need it when you are in the air).

I was even criticized by my own teammate. Well, what do you expect a person who is just coming back from the sport? For a guy who suffers long term back and wrist injury, it reminds me of those bad experiences. I will always remember how the Chinese medicine practitioner twist my spine and how he used those sucking equipment (bamboo lighted with fire) on my skin just to pull my nerve back in place. And how the herbs that he used to applied on my skin that makes my back itchy the next day. My dad scolded me. My brother laughed at me. And my mom asked me… “Is it worth it?” Charles who played with me today say it’s the nature of the game when I complained to him that the boys were running towards you blindly. No wonder they need PBSM for Sukem. Not that I disagree with him. I remember how my team won the gold medal by playing one of the roughest rugby-basketball match when we won the gold. But that’s competition. I’ll fight for every ball. But this is just a friendly match that supposed to make me feel happy and relax after some tension exam week. No matter what, I still love this game and I will always stick to my belief. In the end, it just another game only.