Showing posts with label My first Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My first Love. Show all posts

Saturday, May 30, 2009

My First Love !!


Whats the minimum age when ppl start falling in love ? 
well the answer could be high school (15 yrs).. well i fell in love at the age of 7 ..!! too early right.
the question will be with whom ...?? 
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Y is it always "whom" y cant is be "what" . well in my case the question has to be framed as with what i fell in love .Near my house in Jamshedpur, there happend to be a basketball court and every evening i saw group of ppl jumping to collect an Orange colored ball after every time it was thrown in the air aiming towards a board with a hanging basket. I was curious, i went to the court and requested the group asking them in humble voice "mai bhi khelun ?" one of the guy in the group told me that i will get hurt if i play with them. the warning was quite true !!! all the guys were much taller than me, i was alone with an age of 7 yrs. but i insisted and got on to the ground , stood under the basket. i kept jumping in a group of guys all taller than me to collect the ball but to my bad luck it never reached my hands. 
Then a gentleman offered me the ball and asked me to shoot it at the basket.... i took the ball and with all my poower and force i threw it in the air and to my surprise it went to the target and i counted a shot. That was a moment of joy for me and i fell in love with the game..!! yes the Game. 
From that time onwards every evening i started comming to the court and stood with the group jumping but with no results.. ;) i never gave up !! i started to learn the basic techniques in basketball like dribbling, shooting, lay ups for next 3 yrs . and i use the see the senior players play the game. after 3 years at the age of 10 i first time got a chance to actually play an official game, i dont remember how i performed there !!! but i was it ... i never looked back from then i started playing at school and got into the school team too . and years passed i began to play like professionals and my game was appritiated by all viewers, i played at different state levels too. 

If some one asked me to get up in the morning 5 am and study, i never did but when i was called for basketball practice at 5 am i was always the first one to reach the ground.. and that showed my love for the game. i continued playing till my engineering days..
Now the time is different i always complain that i dont have time for it !! but i really long to get into the court and show my skills... I Miss It a lot ..!!