the gambetto

In most cases, senior year is arguably the most stressful year for teens. I'm stressed too, and if you are a senior, chances are you're stressed. Especially being a foreigner, this whole application process is way more complicated than where I am from.  Recommendation letters, test scores, EC's, and many other requirements...  This whole process reminds me how quick time passes by. I still remember my freshman year like it was yesterday. I was this shy and skinny kid from the other side of the world. I didn't speak at all the first week, I was simply afraid of making mistakes while speaking. (Now look at me; making mistake after mistake) My biggest dream was to make the basketball team in America, and I worked on my game like crazy. Couple weeks later I played my best ball at the tryouts and made the team. Making the basketball team, helped me a lot. I started gaining confidence, because you know... I was the man after all. You don't realize how fast time passe...

believe it or not, i once was a tennis player. well.. i only played a little when i was in first grade, so i guess it doesn't count. here's the story behind it: my whole life i defined myself as a basketball player (don't worry i'm not talking about first grade) and i started when i was around 6 years old. however, before basketball, tennis used to be my passion. i was born in a soccer dominated country, meaning that people lived with soccer; they talked soccer, they played soccer, they watched soccer, they fought over soccer and so on... after school, i would play soccer with my friends for hours. my parents were not big soccer fans, so they suggested that i played some other sport. luckily for them, my school was a modern  school meaning that they would have none of the barbarism that soccer brings in the school grounds. instead, they encouraged students to play sports such as tennis or volleyball, which were a little more elite in my country back then. (i gue...

Are people still writing blogs? I guess the better question would be, who would even read my stuff. I remember couple years back, blogs were a big deal. Even I had one, and I used to write about basketball on it. I was just a kid, and to be honest, I had no idea what I was talking about. It was a combination of comments I heard here and there. Those were the good times though.. No pressure, not trying to figure out what to do with your life.  You probably don't know me. and for now you don't have to. Wow, that sounded like it was from a cringy movie. You know those: bad acting, bad camera angles, overall a unpleasant experience. For real though, I don't feel like it's necessary for you to know who I am. However, I am a high school senior; I'll give you this much. Not really helpful I guess.  I don't know what I will write about. I might rant about some dumb stuff, talk sports, talk about my day, talk about a problem I am going through, recommend a song or...