Go team!

I want to tell you about my basketball team. The 12 of us, ranging from 14 to 17 years represent our school in various tournaments in the city and the state.
Last week, we had our all-state tournament. The winners would be given an opportunity to represent the state at the national championships. it was a wonderful chance. it was a chance our school had been missing ever since we started taking part in the tournament.
we were a good team, no doubt. we played hard and we would most often make it to the finals of the tournaments we played. but at the finals, there was one team, just one that could beat us. and they did it without fail every time. each tournament we would have to suffice with a runners up trophy. one step below the top.
in the beginning we were happy with what we got. but as the years went on, and history kept on repeating itself, we yearned for something more. we wanted that number one spot. and then we started trying. and still, every time, we lacked something and we lost. losing was the game now. but it got to us. every year our hopes were renewed. we had fresh players, new faces, new ideas, new coaches... but nothing seemed to work.
last week we were there again. the finals of the big tournament of the year. we wanted to beat them. we KNEW we would beat them. we had to beat them. winning was important, like never before. and on the court, the tension was high. our nerves were taut. theirs on the other hand were relaxed, to them we were an easy win. they had done it before and they would do it again.
the thing is, we lost again. we lost the match against the team, just like all those other times. but what was different this time was the cheers in the crowd i heard when we scored a basket. the fact that we fought with our hearts and souls in the game. for once, that we believed in each other and trusted each other and helped each other out even when we were being kicked in the dirt.
that one match was what made our team special this year. we had never fought like that before. never wanted anything so badly and yet did not get it. the tears we shed that day were endless. they would just not stop flowing. but when the 12 of us lay down at night to sleep, we just said 'it's OK, we fought, we tried, it's OK" we hugged each other, and tried to make a joke or two.
this team, our team with so much spirit, i love them. they have taught me values of teamwork, trust, faith, courage, determination, co-operation, perseverance, optimism and kindness. there's nothing like being part of a team.

TIME

Time-Pink Floyd

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ntm1YfehK7U

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time has gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say

This is such a wonderful song. it makes the most sense to me. we are all complaining of not enough time, but really time only passes us by. we are just so busy that we don't notice. time plays so many tricks on us, cheating us, twisting us, changing us. and yet, it is time that is unchanging.
The reason i posted this song was because i was in Bangalore the other day. I had gone with my dad and we stayed over at a friends place. the song was playing and all three of us were just so into it, we sang out loud. Such a wonderful song it was to listen. we had just finished our day's programme and were reclining on various couches and chairs in the room. and i didn't even feel out of place with my dad and his best friend.
I think of my time. i used to complain a lot about how fast time sped by me. how i miss my younger days, how there could have been so much more i could have done. life seemed to revolve around regret. but time, we know waits for no one. and now i realise how i must seize the day and take in everything without a second thought. live my life before i sit around thinking 'damn, i could have enjoyed myself'. i shall let down my hair, let life take its path, and let time walk on with me following closely behind.
time and the lack of it is after all just a ruse of the mind. for if you did something you felt profoundly happy about, then time wouldn't matter. it passes by you only if you regret. and i have decided i shall regret no more.
yes, time is of the essence so i shall love, laugh and live it up.

Back to School

So it's back again to l'ecole. here's what I've been doing lately

1. getting the last term exam's marks: sigh, it's always got to be chemistry that brings me down. oh and this time, there was also English,my lowest marks. if it weren't for these two subjects, i would have aced these exams but i always have to falter somewhere don't i? i can only console myself thinking this is just a stupid meaningless exam and that when i time comes, i will perform my best. but, i am pretty content with my overall performance.

2. basketball: season has begun and once again it's practice 6 days a week. we are getting ready for our first tournament and hopefully this time we will finally break through. it's wonderful playing with the team again, but also extremely tiring. it takes up a lot of time but when you play basketball, it really does feel good inside.

3. the scholarship: well i have a shot at a scholarship for my pre-university course. I'm excited, but apprehensive of the tests and the interview i might have to face. but yes, this is a good chance for me. I'm happy.

4. NEM: god, he's such a wonderful guy. just like in the start he's always there supporting me and making me laugh. he's my inspiration for almost everything these days and when I'm with him it feels like home. he is the most important thing right now, in my life.

5. Class: class is BORING to the core. our teachers ave begun new chapters and i resist the urge to sleep. our class is fun, to an extent, but i just get fed up because things become a routine, even the jokes and the laughs seem uninteresting to me. i think it's partly because when I'm out of class i have tons more fun when I'm in, so I'm constantly just trying to get out! yea, that doesn't make sense i know.

besides that nothing much. i'm reading alot these days, just the usual novels but it's good.

see you later