Basketball Geschichte I

Part 1: Handles


The Professor
Team AND1
-He's called 'The Professor' cuz he's 'schooling' people on the court-


Silk
Team AND1
-silky Silk is sik. Fast & smooth-


PG-13
5'5" Size doesn't matter. Speed does.


Allen Iverson
Team: Detroit Pistons
Real handles, real ballin'

Summary: Fast dribbling could beat height. Be fast, be agile.

Coming soon- Part 2: Hops

Bonn

Bonn is a city in the Federal State of Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany. From Köln it takes about 30 minutes by train to reach Bonn. Before Berlin was renowned as the capital city of Germany, Bonn was the centre of Germany's administration (which explains a location in Bonn named 'Bundeskanzlerplatz', which means 'federal chancellor's place'). Compared to Köln, Bonn is smaller in size. But still the city has a lot of interesting attractions to offer to its tourists.

Hbf = Hauptbahnhof = Central Station

On the 14th of February 2009, my classmates and I made a trip for the first time to Bonn to visit "das Museum der Geschichte" (the museum of history). It shows the history of Germany and its development after the World War 2. The tour inside the museum was free, so we didn't have to pay for the entrance fee. The museum is gigantic. The tour starts by showing what happend after many parts of Germany was totally destroyed, including life as a refugee, prisoners, and families looking for their missing members. Then it shows how the Germans rebuilt their own country (awesome, even small kids came to help). Further in the tour it was more about political stuff. Then, economic (import exports of German, etc). I think many know about the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. After that, I went straight out of the museum. I felt really bad that day, cuz I had a terrible stomachache, which also made me feel dizzy.

(P/S: No photos are available because no cameras are allowed in the museum) - Sorry..

Gambar ini hanyalah selingan semata-mata, tiada kaitan dengan Bonn

Letih pulak dah cakap bahasa omputih nie.. Tukar pulak jap. Sebulan lebih lepas melawat muzium tu, aku dapat e-mail daripada pegawai JPA, Encik Abdullah, yang menyatakan bahawa ada seorang lecturer Universiti Malaysia Sabah akan datang ke Bonn untuk menghadiri conference. Nama lecturer tu Dr. Mohd. Zaki. Dr. Zaki tak pernah lagi datang ke Deutschland ni, so beliau mintak tolong student yang berdekatan untuk tunjukkan masjid & tempat makan yang halal. Maka, my friends & I pun bercadang nak menghulurkan bantuan.

Aku pun tak paham perangai budak2 nie...

Jumaat, 27/3: Selepas solat & bersiap2, kami berlima (Azri, Zu, Fir, Faris & me) pun bertolak ke Köln/Bonn Airport, dengan tujuan nak menyambut ketibaan Dr.Zaki di sana. Selepas Dr.Zaki tiba, kami terus bertolak ke Bonn. Dalam perjalanan tu kami tunjukkan cara nak naik tren di Jerman kat Dr. Zaki (Rasa bersalah pulak sebab serang Dr. Zaki dengan info yg melampau banyak at one time). Kami sempat tiba di hotel tempat penginapan beliau, Acora Hotel sebelum masuk waktu Maghrib. Lepas Maghrib kami keluar lagi untuk makan malam. Dr.Zaki dah 7 tahun mengajar di UMS. Subjek yang diajar ialah Physics Teaching Method (Guru2 Fizik kat skolah belajar dari lecturer macam dye la..) Sebelum sampai di Jerman, beliau berada di Istanbul untuk menghadiri satu lagi conference. Lepas borak2, Dr. Zaki pun balik semula ke hotel beliau, dan kami berlima balik semula ke Köln.

Dr.Zaki & us

Dalam hotel nie ader stove untuk masak...

Pengalaman Dr. Zaki

Prost! (cheers!)

Sabtu, 28/3: Pagi2 lagi dah bertolak ke Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) Köln, sebab dah janji dengan Dr. Zaki nak jumpa kat Hauptbahnhof Bonn pukul 11 pagi. Perjalanan kali ini disertai oleh pemain simpanan, Mu'izz yang menggantikan Fir yang tercedera pada minit ke-72. :P Azwa & Lisa pun turut serta. Trip kali ini dimulakan dengan mencari tempat conference yang akan dihadiri Dr.Zaki. Rupa2nya conference nie pasal 'Education for Sustainable Development' yang dianjurkan oleh UNESCO. Tempatnya terletak di UN Campus di tebing sungai Rhein. Cuaca yang kurang tetap pendiriannya (kejap hujan, kejap cerah) menambahkan lagi cabaran untuk mencari tempat tersebut.

Mencari jalan kebenaran...


Found!

Zu bajet macho, Mu'izz macam askar jepun

Lepas tu, kami tunjukkan area market (Marktplatz) yang berdekatan dengan Hauptbahnhof Bonn. Di kedai kamera, kami hanya berniat untuk membeli bateri untuk kamera Dr.Zaki. Turns out that kami mendapat hasil yang lebih. Saudari Azwa dengan penuh jayanya membeli sebiji kamera digital berjenama Nikon yang mempunyai kekuatan 10.1 Megapixel. Tambahan lagi, tauke kedai amat 'gentleman', dengan itu menghadiahkan Azwa sekeping memory card 2GB dan beg kecil untuk kameranya. Kejayaan kami di kedai kamera tidak berhenti di situ, pemain gantian Mu'izz juga berjaya skor sebiji kamera Nikon berwarna merah bergaya. Cuma kali ini tauke tidak menunjukkan sifat 'gentleman'nya, kepada lelaki, maka Mu'izz terpaksa membayar untuk memory card. Dan disangkakan bahawa kamera Mu'izz itu percuma, rupanya tidak... :P

Azwa & Mu'izz bersama hasil2 mereka..

Der Dom in Bonn...
The people of Bonn

Saudara Azri & Faris juga tidak kurang hebatnya. Setelah bosan menggunakan slingbag sejak dari bangku KBU lagi, saudara Azri juga membeli backpack Adidas yang stylo. Saudara Faris turut support dari belakang dengan membeli backpack berjenama Puma. Nampaknya, hanya aku dan Dr.Zaki yang tiada hasil. Dead wrong! Pantang mengalah sebelum berjuang. Dr. Zaki membeli kasut untuk isteri dan anak beliau. Aku? Kasut, beg, tak mainla.. Bola basket aku bawak balik, baru mantop!

Walaupun Lisa pompuan, tapi posing dye macho gler..

Di masjid..

Kami balik semula ke Köln pada waktu petang. Penat jugak, tapi seronok sebab dapat tolong saudara senegara di tanah asing. May Allah S.W.T bless Dr.Zaki and his famly in Malaysia.

Nak balik dah!

The weather's getting warmer (today 25 degrees). I just declined an invitation to go on a trip to Holland and I have double feelings bout it, partly glad and partly sad. It's okay though, probably there#s another chance another time. For now, I'm just gonna focus on my trip to London, which is, tomorrow. :D

Schokolade macht froh!

Das Schokolade Museum am Rhein

"Chocolate makes us happy". I think that's the best way to translate the post title. Many people love chocolate, but many also do not know how chocolate is made. Well, my friends and I had the opportunity to learn more about chocolate here in Köln. "Schokolade Museum" (Chocolate Museum) is located just at the bank of the Rhein River in Köln. This museum is dedicated to everything related to chocolate (history, harvesting, manufacturing, etc.). Entrance: About 7 Euro, 5 Euro for students with proof of student identification card.

The chocolate factory

I think this muesum ain't so boring unlike other musuems. It's interesting because: 1) It's about chocolate. 2) It's not old school, meaning it doesn't look like an old buildng from the inside. 3) There's a strong smell of chocolate in the museum. At the early entrance people could learn the origin of chocolate, how cocoa is planted and harvested, cocoa products from many countries (I found a packet of Milo in this museum :P), etc. The next part is the most interesting part. This museum doesn't only display facts about chocolate, but also make chocolate right inside the building. There are big machines for manufacturing chocolate, and a few workers operating them. Then, theres's this chocolate fountain. Melted chocolate from the machine is channeled to the fountain, so that there's chocolate flowing out of the fountain. Cool, but unfortunately visitors can't simply drink the chocolate from the fountain. There's a person standing there who will dip a small biscuit into the fountain and give it to them.

Warmth in winter...

There's a special large room in this museum, where they keep plants which grow in warm and humid climate. The great thing was, I was able to feel the Malaysian climate in this room during German winter. On ground floor there's a chocolate shop which sells various kinds of chocolate. I had to be careful though, cuz some of them contained alcohol. The price? Oklah.. I'm getting used to Euro. If I keep converting into RM, want to eat also I'm scared arh. :P

Beautiful spring...

It's already spring now, and it's getting warmer. Looking forward to do something interesting this Easter holiday. Maybe go to new places :-)

Tagged (by Azwa)

RULES: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 peopleto be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it'sbecause I want to know more about you.

I just remembered, I was tagged in my previous blog, thanks to Azwa. I'm new to this blogging thing, so I didn't know how it works. Now that I've known, I think it's my responsibility to carry out the task of being tagged (actually I don't have the mood to do it, but I really have no idea what to do right now, so I decided to do this)

Rhein River in Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland.

1) My full name is Mohammad Nazmi. Many call me Nazmi. My relatives and close friends call me Mimie (girly, right?). Some call me Naz. My German Language classmates call me Nemsyi, thanks to our German teacher Mr. Lambert.

2) I'm turning 20 this year. I'm one of the eldest in my class. Huhu..

3) I'm addicted to Breaking Benjamin. (BIG FAN!!) been listening to their songs from all their albums every single day since August 2007. I never get tired of it. Even now I'm listening to their songs. (Check it out in the playlist).

4) I went to a Chinese school in Kuching, which is S.M.K Kuching High. It's not a high school. Many people say it's being called so just because it is located on top of a hill.

5) For 4 years I sit in class full of Chineses students. I was the one and only Malay in the class. My mom said, if I wore shorts like them, nobody could tell the difference between me and them.

6) I can't speak Chinese, even though I completed my five years of secondary education in a Chinese school.

7) I like basketball very much. My favourite basketball team is Detroit Pistons. My favourite basketball players are Chauncey Billups, Silk (AND1) and The Professor (AND1).

8) My favourite football team is Newcastle United. The reason I prefer this team was because of Alan Shearer. Back then, when he was still around, Newcastle utd was winning games.

9) I started to play guitar when I was 16. Until now, I have never played an electric guitar.

10) Due to my brother's influence, I was exposed to skateboarding when I was 12. Due to extreme lack of talent, I stopped the activity at 15 and started to ball.

11) I'm also a big fan of Eminem. I used to listen to his songs every day. I still have the words to his songs stuck in my head until now.

12) I have close friends in my hometown who aren't actually "friends". I say so because somehow we are actually related by blood. (really!)

13) I continued my studies in 2007 at KBU International College, Selangor. Only then that I started to practice my Bahasa Melayu Baku. Trust me, I've never spoken real BM in school. I speak in English with my Chinese friends.

14) Why did I decide to study in Germany? Simple. Because I wanna be different from my friends. They all wanna study in Australia, UK, Ireland, etc, but nobody wants to go to germany. So, I decided to go to Germany. No other more rational reason than that.

15) I started to learn German language (Deutsch) in July 2007. I'm still learning now, and currently on level B2.

16) I used to work at Secret Recipe cafe in Kuching from April - June 2007. I was at the Barista (making drinks) as well as a waiter. I earned about RM1200+ working there and learned to prepare many kinds of drinks, including varoius types of coffee.

17) I also used to work as a book promoter. I went to primary schools to promote books from a small publishing company. I stopped working 2 weeks later, because the job was so boring, and the pay wasn't much.

18) I don't smoke.

19) I joined a drama competition when I was in Form 1 and Form 5. I was only a supporting

actor the first time, became the lead role the second time. The second time was the best. People said my acting was so real, that a few girls who sat at the front row of the hall shed to tears while watching our performance. One of my sweetest memories.

20) I had a bike when I was studying in KBU. That bike underwent a lot of restoration process, and was stolen exactly on my last day in KBU.

21) My bestfriend said I look like Adam Levine of Maroon 5. :p

22) I made 2 videos by myself (and f course with the help of my friends) while in KBU, in other words, the videos are self-productions using cheap handycam and edited using sony vegas. One, entitled "Journey to Western Paradise" won us a distinction for our English project. The other one, "Verdreht", in German, won us the third prize in the German-French Video Competition held by the Goethe Institut.

23) I had chicken pox just two days before I was supposed to leave for Germany. I safely arrived there about two weeks later.

24) I am actually referring to Ahmad's blog right now to make sure that I'm doing this tagging thing right, and that I have ideas of what to write.

25) I'm not gonna tag anybody, cause I don't have 25 contacts. I probably have only 3, 4 or 5.