L^2

时间过的真快

经历一年中同样的时间也有第三次了

今年当然和去年，和前年不同

惊叹那短短的时间它大大的能耐

对每一个人的人生定出独一无二的步伐

就让踏出的每一步，没有对和错，永远深印在心里

i LOVE life

最难的一件事

每一个人的人生中都会有自己最不能掌握的东西
现在这个时刻，我就在面对对自己来说最难的一件事
一举一动都被设想的结果牵制着
顿时想唱五月天的《超人》

Touched by hearts

Just a random thursday night
Just finished watching "The Ugly Truth"
A nice and true movie, made a few statements that hardly someone would make and admit generally but are terribly and seriously the truth~
Worth watching, even not for the 'truth', go for the 'laugh' then~

Hmm, just before I forget to remember to write it down
I just wanna talk about Brett
A guy that I met in Wayville basketball court when I was refereeing, umpiring rather...
He's a guy in his mid-30s, I supposed...
He was nice enough the other night to offer me a ride home from the court
It was already 11pm that night, instead of walking to the bus stop and wait for the bus in the cold without the jacket...
I've got lucky to meet Brett and of course Pat, his mother, I also supposed...

Pat: "John! How are you going home?"
"Oh, I'm just gonna take a bus at the main road!"
"Where do you live?"
"Just in the city."
Then I saw Brett sort of 'climb' to the backseat of his car, trying to pull the door lock up for me
Brett: "Come in, John!"

Besides a sign of relief, there was a kinda warm breeze rushing throughout my body

Turns out it wasn't just another free ride home...
On my way home in Brett's car
Pat told me a lot about Brett...
What he has done in his life...
Where he works...
When he did this and that...
While Brett just quietly driving alongside, on the quiet streets of Adelaide
Then, only I realise how much Brett has been thru' in his life...
Brett is a referee as well, he referees almost 3 nights a week
Of course, he has been a great teacher to me, teaching me every little things about refereeing
Not just that, he protected me when angry players tried to have a go on me as a rookie
Brett has broken his knee when he was younger
Brett had taken part in the Special Olympics held in Ireland back in 2003
He represented Australia and won a bronze medal for his country
Nothing matters more than the way he said it to me...

"I broke my knee when I was young, no big deal, I got over with it and move on with my life..."

I looked around in Brett's car...
I saw nothing but hardwork...
He works in a local disabled people facilities
He made sure he brings his mother around so that she will not get bored

I'm sure Pat is proud of Brett, in fact, very proud of what his son has achieved

In Brett's eye, I see truth, and I see the simplicity of happiness
Once again he allowed me to confirm that there's no superiority between happinessES
And I'm happy, I'm happy to get the chance to meet Brett in my life
He gave me the inspiration that I needed desperately
To live my life without regrets...

"Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt"

21

At the age of 21......

Everybody who had the privilege to live till their 22

had their opportunity to experience their own unique 21

Yes, by saying 'unique', means everyone gets to experience 21 individually

Some get to choose to shape their 21;

Some have to live according to others' plan

Some have earned their first million dollar;

Some are yet to earn their very first penny

Some are working hard for the future of their life

Some are still wondering around

However, we all dream

Even sometimes we share the same dream

Yet, some will succeed and some will fail......

Have you ever wondered one thing when you're working your ass off?

That...

There's probably millions of people working as hard as you

Probably millions are working harder than you

And only a tiny portion of them get to what society perceive as 'success'

Let's narrow the scope down to the 21s

How many of them have already had their future planned?

How many of them have already achieved it?

It once left me to think about how hard I need to work to be the best of them

In the end, it didn't take me too long to realise all I need to do is to be the best of me

Which simply means:

Living thru' everyday to the fullest w/o regrets

And waking up in the morning ready to roll

This is when the war between 'success' and 'happiness' steps in to play...

People once told me about the couples in Mercedes-Benz...

Why are they still having a long face when they have one of the best sedan to ride on?

Does success and happiness fit together?

Or...

Just like any other hollywood movies, the later wins it all

'Cause success is simply a status with a fixed measurement set by the environment

While happiness is purely a subjective goal......

Felt a bit lost recently, couldn't motivate myself by using the good old ways

Watching nba videos or listening to motivational songs, none of them seems to be working well at the moment

For a while I have to remind myself that I'm still a human being with rights to fall and to rise again

21 has been a great great year to me, so far the best in my life, despite the upsets and mistakes

I know I'm moving in the right direction

But the fact that I still can't quite see the top of the mountain, dragged me down sometimes

Luckily, the friends and families were there to lift me up to my prime again

Your loveSSS remind me not to give up despite the fact that the summit is still beyond my visibility

Ya, I just need motivation to keep on going~

Reading back, it may seems like a messy post, but that's how I felt...so be it~ I NEED MOTIVATION~

Between Basketball and Personality

There was this short conversation going on last night

This conversation between one's personality and basketball

"You either put your personality into basketball, or you let basketball shape your personality"

I said, "Basketball changed my life, forever, that it motivates me to do my best not just on the court, but in every single aspects of my whole life."

'Cause, it made me understand a simple principle, success does not come without hardwork, sweat, determination and faith...

It doesn't matter if I lost by 2 points yesterday

It doesn't matter if I should have taken the game winning shot but didn't

It doesn't matter how hard I fell down

It doesn't matter I missed the free-throws

It just doesn't matter...

'Cause I'm just gonna keep trying to come back, and I will not quit, even until I win

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

裁判天

为了加强我对篮球规则的认识

前几个星期就决定报名参加裁判班

其实也是为了赚一点外快

又可以参与自己喜欢的运动，又可以赚钱

我觉得真是一举两得

最可惜的就是没有机会和Isaac一起吹球

如果我们两个一起吹，一定很好玩的～

无论如何，我还是得自己勇敢地走下去-.-

大约下午两点到了球场

透过玻璃窗看到一群人在练球，突然“篮球瘾”又来了

真想换上球衣马上到场上跑跑

昨天的球赛很明显还打得不过瘾

可是没办法，今天到球场的目的竟然不是为了打球

而是要学会怎样控制比赛和球员

说到球员，自己也曾经是个不是很合作的球员

经常要和裁判讲道理。。。

可是自从认识mr. IsSac过后，才开始对裁判改观

怎么说还是比较想服从会打球的裁判

至少裁判会以球员的角度来想

回到上课。。。

课程开始，左看右看都是些小弟小妹

只有一位和我年纪比较近的男生和一位40几的太太

hmm...开始觉得自己老了，不对，应该说生活经验多-.-

老师当然是一位合格的裁判

开始他就教我们一些基本的术语，裁判手势等等技术性的东西

过后到了球场，我们就练习吹哨子

现在才知道连吹哨子也是一门学问

方法不对，很容易就会漏风-.-

然后是丢跳球，其实这也不容易

要把球垂直往上丢，不偏左右也不是件容易的事情

最后当然是最重要的部分了

就是练习比手势

比方说：

Red #26, Blocking foul, Two free-throw awarded

1. 把右手握拳举高

2. 左手稍往下指向#26球员

3. 双手叉腰动作两次

4. 跑向纪录台

5. 用手势表示26号（本人觉得这个最难）

6. 重复3

7. 右手示出食指和中指摆出“胜利”手势

这些动作，都要有连贯性，不然很容易就会给人“这个裁判不肯定”的印象

就这样“玩”了三个小时

真的学了好多东西，对篮球的认识又再加深了

本来对篮球的了解也帮了我不少，很轻易地就能够把原因指出来

好玩的来了～

老师告诉我明天晚上我就可以去吹我的第一场球了！

听了好开心，希望可以一切顺利，到达下一个等级

到时就能真正地一个人吹球了～

当然，在这之前还是得努力学会手势，建立自信，表现才能说服人家

今天也收到了我人生中第一张请帖

哈哈～

是Joe和Vivian的～

看起来这会是一个很特别的婚礼

不需要穿着正式，而是要有夏天的味道的主题

一个美丽的星期又要开始了

加油了！

夏天来了

穿着球衣和短裤坐在电脑前
经过手掌感受到电脑的“热”情
当手心开始冒汗的时候
就知道夏天已经来到了！

夏天的来临
其实对我来说有好几个意义
首先当然是不需要再把自己包起来了，最讨厌把自己包起来了还是会冷的感觉-.-
接下来就是代表离开回到msia的日子也将近了
还有还有，就是不用担心会下雨而犹豫要不要打球了～
看起来这几个所谓的“意义”有点无聊
的确有点。。。
还失算了，说点别的 :b

今天上课还没开始前
Matthew问我明天晚上要不要和大家去pub来喝一喝
可是因为每个拜五晚上都是我的打球天，只好拒绝了
这一拒绝，其实心里有点庆幸，哈哈
因为我其实不喜欢为了喝酒而喝酒，就是说“到外面喝酒”
我还是属于那种在家里慢慢品尝红酒，或者和一班朋友看球时小喝一轮的类型
又或许我看不到那大喝大醉的乐趣吧～

话题延续到篮球
他说像我这样很好，可以保持运动，身体健康
但他又问了我一个问题
“Will you give up basketball for your studies?"
当然，想都不用想，一定是NO!
因为对我来说，篮球不是可有可无的东西
也不能把篮球跟前途分开
因为在我的生命中，篮球和人生息息相关
没有灵感的时候，我从篮球那里得到灵感
没有斗志的时候，我从篮球那里得到斗志
没有希望的时候，篮球给我希望
读书想不通的时候，打完球后就想通了～

最近参加了这里的Church League
就是教堂和教堂之间的篮球比赛
虽然自己不是教徒，但是还蛮常参加活动的
有个叫CCM的学生聚会，每个拜三都会聚起来
大家聚在一起有说有笑，玩游戏，唱歌等等～
回到篮球赛
上个星期六的开幕赛，我们险胜1大分-.-
以我们实力来说，明明就可以大炒对手的
结果大家第一场比赛手软，希望这个星期不会再发生了
很开心，因为又有为比赛努力准备的感觉了～
加油加油！！！我要努力学习，为大家带来胜利～
经过上次Sydney之旅后，我才体会到。。。
输了看对手上台拿奖的感觉，真的很不好受
我一定要做那个上台拿奖的！

最后，来个激励的video~
给正在努力的大家，加油加油！