Journal

My love, hate relationship with rainy days

Like many people I really love rainy days, it’s cold which I really like and there is a very calm vibe when you walk or look outside. 

The sounds of the rain are also very calming.

the only problem i have with rainy days is that i can’t really go outside and play basketball and if i do it’s hard to play because the court is slippery, it is really fun to be outside in the rain but it usually makes me stay inside most of the day which i do not totally enjoy because i need my sport. 

and that is why i love and hate rain.

why i love playing basketball

I love playing basketball because I’ve always wanted to be a professional basketball player since I was very young.

I fell in love with basketball while I was living in Boston, I was at my house when a Boston Celtics game turned on the TV and I got so excited.

I started playing and I haven’t stopped playing since.

I love the pressure before every single one of my games, there isn’t another feeling like it.

it is a feeling of excitement and happiness but also a lot of pressure, and that feeling separates basketball games from all the other activities I do, even basketball practice because usually you don’t get a feeling like that before an activity that is not a basketball game or sports game in general.

Now, a lot of the time it is tough to overcome the pressure and that is why not everybody gets a lot of minutes on the court.

for instance , in my case i feel pressure before the game starts, because when im playing im concentrated on the game so i do not feel pressure while i’m on the court but if im on the bench and it’s a pretty tight game then i get anxious because i just want to get back on the court and play.

i love having my basketball games because i get to display new moves and tricks i’ve been practicing, i learn from my mistakes, i love being on the court and getting to showcase the hard work i’ve been putting in so people can see how much better i get throughout the season.

I enjoy watching basketball games because they are really fun to watch and also you can learn things from them.

Basketball also has made my social life more interesting and fun. I’ve met many many of my friends from playing basketball in the same league or even on my team.

Another reason I enjoy being around my friends that I’ve met from basketball is because we have something in common and we always have something to talk about because of it.

and that is why i love the game of basketball and i have surrounded my life with it even if im not playing at the moment then i’m watching it or talking about it.

This is me in an important game against hapoel tel aviv.( number 6)

how the coronavirus affected me 

1. How did the last year and the Corona virus affect you?

When the coronavirus started last year I wasn’t really sure what I was supposed to do with so much free time, it was really weird to be home so much.

The coronavirus affected me by giving me a lot of free time and helped me understand how time is valuable. I got to learn more about myself and got to be with my family a lot more. I got back in touch with my friends from elementary school and we started hanging out a lot. I got to practice a lot of basketball on my own and with friends.

i feel that school is tough because i get a ton of work and even though most of the time i get great grades it’s a whole lot of work.

in conclusion i do feel that the coronavirus affected me positively

2. How do you feel about the fact that you have hardly been physically present in school this year?

I feel that socially it is really bad that i don’t get to go to school physically and see my friends and talk to them and laugh and have fun.

 i also feel that because we are not at school we get a lot more work than usual and it is very hard to keep up with, it also is very hard to sit in front a computer for a couple of hours studying, when i am at school there are breaks so you get to go outside to talk and play with your friend and at home you don’t have that.

3. How has this affected your scholastic path, friends, social interactions, attitude. 

This pandemic has affected these things for me by making it a lot harder to do these things.

for example: this pandemic has affected my social interactions because i don’t see as many people as i used to, i see my family and close friends that live in my area and even though i do have social interactions with them it is not the same because i don’t have interactions with all kinds of different people and school friends, i just usually see the same people.

And also I don’t see friends that are not in my area or friends that are on my basketball team because everytime that they allowed basketball back after a couple of weeks they stopped it again and i think it’s important to have a good relationship with your teammates.

An important activity- that plays a role in my life

The activity that plays a role in my life is basketball.

I play basketball every single day and I practice many hours.

I have been playing basketball for 11 years almost, without basketball i would not be the person I am today.

I have been dedicated to this game since I was little, It brings balance to my life.

Basketball gets me away from all the distractions of the outside world, it brings me peace.

I am very competitive and when it’s time to perform on the court I love it, I love winning and like many I do not like to lose but I understand that it is part of the game and I learn from my mistakes.

My life would be very different without basketball because i would not have boundaries, it would be very tough to not get distracted from temptations, also basketball has gotten me close with so many people and talking about helps me connect with them because we have something in common.

Basketball is the love of my life and when im playing i feel like me and the basketball are alone and i love it.

My game vs Hapoel Tel Aviv

yesterday i had a game vs Hapoel Tel Aviv, this game was the most important game of my teams season.

we got into a rough start, we didnt score much in the first half and they were up by 27 points at halftime.

once the 3rd quarter started we still didnt get back into the game and they were up by about 30 points, going into the 4th quarter they were up by 25, me and my teamates who were on the court told eachother that this game still isnt over, and we started to make our shots and we built this momentum and with 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter suddenly we were down 13 points, and with three minutes left we brought the lead down to 8.

after that we made a couple of bad decisions and ended up losing by 11 points, even though we lost i think that we learned a lot from this and although i did not play very well yesterday this game has taught me so much and i am going to use my failures as lessons so i can always get better.

Book report about the true diary of a part time indian

Today at school we had a book report about the true diary of a part time indian.

the questions were pretty tough, and it’s not because they were hard questions, it was because I had so many things to write about each question and I ended up writing so much more than 60 words.

i ended up writing one full page front and back and another half page and to be honest this book is really interesting because the kid in the book ( Junior ) is about my age so i can really relate to him on a lot of situations.

Why i do not like the weather in the summer

Here in israel the summers can be really tough, as much as i like being on vacation, being with my friend, working out and having fun sometimes it’s so hot and it’s kind of tough for me to enjoy being outside when it’s so hot.

I am more of a winter person in my opinion, wearing sweatshirts and sweatpants and when it rains it just feels amazing and it gives me really good vibes.

Why i’m so happy that my gym reopened

Finally my gym reopened last week and i’m so excited because i can finally work out in the gym and have almost every single exercise available. i have been working out in my house with weights that i bought and a sport bench for about 6 months and know i can finally go back to the gym.

 it’s not totally back to normal because i had to go get my first covid test so i can get in the gym but thank god i was negative and i can’t wait to go tomorrow.

The picture underneath is a picture of my gym

I love watermelon

I really love watermelon, it’s probably my favorite fruit. 

It’s just so refreshing and it makes you fell amazing. 

It’s sweet and cold and fresh usually

And it cheers me up because if I’m mad or sad and I get some watermelon then I will probably feel better faster

My game vs Ramat Gan 

Yesterday I had a game against Ramat gan.

Now me and my team are not supposed to lose this game which we lost to this exact same team last week and we were terrible that game.

So this game we felt like we really had to win, we started of pretty good and we had a lead but by the end of the first quarter we were up by one.

The 2nd quarter started and it was still a pretty close game I hit a three and squared a floater in that quarter, it was halftime and we were up by 3.

By the end of the third quarter we were up by 1 and with two minutes left for the game we were down by 4 I drove to the basket a couple of times at the end of the game but didn’t get any foul calls

WHY I MISS BOSTON

Sometimes I just miss Boston because I have many many great memories from there. 

I really miss seeing nba games in the TD graden seeing the boston celtics play.

When i was little i really loved going to the aquarium and the science museum and i also miss my basketball coaches from there.

I miss my childhood friends in the US, most of them live in Boston but I also have ones in Connecticut and I also haven’t seen them in a really really long time because of the coronavirus and usually most of them come to israel also because of their families or we come to the US.

weekly wednesdays 

Yesterday I went to eat Shawarma with my friends Amit Orie and Ben.

We had a lot of fun and the Shawarma was very tasty.

 We enjoyed it so much we might start doing this on a weekly basis.

I hadn’t eaten shawarma in almost a year but that meal was really really good and I enjoyed it.

Rough patch

Im kind of going through a rough patch right now, me and my basketball team lost 4 out of our last five games and we have 5 losses allseason so we literally lost almost all our games in the last month and a half or two months.

And also i didnt get a really good grade on my math test and i feel really bad and i know my family is dissapointed inme but so am i.

A quote that is special to me

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen- Michael Jordan

This quote motivates me every single time I read it because this quote shows me that there are always people who want something to happen and they wish it would happen but the ones that always win or get what they want are the ones who make it happen and I believe this quote is way deeper than just words.

Shoes

I really don’t know what it is but I love shoes, basketball shoes, dress shoes and every shoe I think looks good.

I love the feeling when you get a new shoe But it’s also annoying because  you try really hard not to get it dirty and every single thing you see on the shoe you just have to clean it.

Expensive shoes are so beautiful, about two years ago i was in London and at the time i was really into the whole shoe game and there was this very specific shoe store that i wanted to buy shoes there because that store was a special store for rare sneakers and there was a specific shoe i really wanted and it was kind of pricey but it was so special.

so i went to the store and i looked for that shoe but they sold it for 900 pounds which is insane so i found myself 2 beautiful jordan sneakers and i bought them and i was happy.

Greece

Every single summer me and my family from dad’s side.

last year we didn’t go because of the whole coronavirus and i was really bummed because we couldn’t go anywhere out of Israel, 

We have been to many hotels and clubs but the best i’ve ever been to is called Sani Beach in Saloniki.

Last summer we were supposed to go to the club med in Greece called Gregolimano and it’s literally an island and all of it is the club. 

i can’t wait until we can finally travel again.

Iceland

I had two Bar mitzvah trips, one with my grandparents and another one that I went with my mom to iceland.

and this trip was probably one of the most amazing trips i’ve ever been to in my life and the whole time i was there i felt like i was in a movie.

I mean Iceland is probably the most beautiful place I have ever seen in my life. I highly recommend going on a trip there.

Every single night me and my mom slept at a different hotel, we went to all kinds of places around Iceland and every day we had different stops and each stop was a special hike or waterfall or something amazing in nature.

the picture under might look unreal but thats actually me

skiing and snowboarding

I really miss skiing and snowboarding because you can’t really do it in Israel, it’s not cold enough.

I also haven’t seen snow in a really long time and I love snow so much. The last time I saw snow was on a snowboarding trip to France with my dad and that was in 2016 and I haven’t snowboarded or seen snow for 5 years.

The only reason i miss it is because when i lived in Boston me and my dad would drive almost every weekend and i would ski.

this picture is me in France

My dream cars and why i love cars

so i don’t know what it is but in the last year I have started to love cars again, i mean they are just so cool and it’s so fun to see a rare car you have never seen before for the first time, it’s exciting.

when i was little i really loved cars and i used to watch this show called Top Gear and know they added it amazon video and it’s called The Grand Tour it’s exactly the same as top gear, what they do is drive test all kinds of cars but every episode is a different kind for example: one episode will be about supercars and another on about pickup trucks and they try to find out which one is the best.

when i was in Paris and London literally five minutes after leaving the airport i saw three insane cars in a row and in Paris i saw a ton of awesome cars but one that i remember was a rolls royce parked in front of the restaurant we were eating at and in my opinion rolls royce is probably my dream car.