Had another session of basketball today, again after 2 weeks of hiatus.
And since it's already school holiday here,
The court was super full of kids and teenagers too. ==
Which I dislike.


I don't really know why.
I don't feel so comfortable playing in the crowd.
Except with people I know though.
I'm unconfident of my basketball skill, maybe.
Or maybe because of traumatic experiences I had in the past.

My friends used to be fairly good basketball players, while I was really, really, really NOOB in my primary school days.
Still, I often hung out with them and joined to play basketball.
One day I was out with them around my neighbourhood after school.
We decided to play basketball.
And there were these few older teenagers, who seemed to know one of my friends.
So we decided to play together.
I was a bit uncertain playing with them at first, but since I knew I had a bit of stealing skills in basketball, hopefully I could manage to keep up.

And there it went.
Being smallest guy in the court, and the most nerdy-looking one,
I ended up being the so-called 'shit' and got bullied by the opponents. Badly.
My friends?
Some didn't help, some even bullied me with the older guys.
What a group of friends I had.
That's why I didn't really like my primary school days.
I got into a lot of trouble, and most of the friends suck to the core.


Well, it was different now. Haha.
My basketball mates are like brothers to me now.

Ok, where was I?
Oh, so that is why I was always afraid to mix up with new friends who play basketball too.
Either I was unconfident of my skill,
Or if I mix with the wrong type of people, misunderstanding can happen and when a fight ensues, I'll be without any help. Haha.


So half of the court was used by these teenagers.
The other half, was used by smaller kids to play soccer. ==
Luckily one of the older ones from them said I could play here.
So I did.
Carefully avoiding the ball they kicked and shooting the ball so as not to knock them down.
It was not very enjoyable.
Not until it was about 6pm here.
At that time, they already stormed off at the same time.
So one half of the court was mine to use, FULLY. haha.
That was when my basketball mode officially got turned on.
Played for another one-hour.



And surprisingly, I wasn't as tired as when I last played.
The previous session, one hour and there goes my limit.
I even played with lesser water this time.
Although after I took a shower at home, I really felt restless. Haha.
Does this mean I'm regaining my stamina, or does this mean I'm gaining better control of my mentality??



Can it be both? Haha.

20:30
Up, up, and away!