My favorite sports moment

Through my whole life I’ve been doing lots of various kinds of sports-related activities both inside Norwegian and American style. As a kid, I kicked the first soccer ball at the age of 3 and was at my first practice when I was 5. I’ve always loved soccer and therefore it’s probably pretty obvious that my favorite sports moment is a memory of my carrier in soccer.

In 2009 I and my club (Trond IL) travelled to Sweden to participate in a local international cup where teams from across the globe were taking place. We’d heard from before that this cup was a tougher kind of cup than the others we’d been on when it comes to physical playing and tackling. We had a great start winning the first 5 matches with an average of 5-0 in goal difference. Our passion and confidence carried on until the quarter-finals where we met a team from Germany with players almost twice our size and body strength. But we didn’t let that stop us. The score was 2-2 after the break and we got even more aggressive and showed that we really wanted this victory. As the end of the 90 minutes of the match occurred, the score was 3-3 and both teams were tired and exhausted. It wasn’t until the very last 10 seconds that out team received a free-kick right outside the 16-meter line. As me and a team-mate stood there considering who was going to take it, he whispered to me that I should go with the others and try to score by head. I accepted his order and walked to the rest of the group. He shot right at the goalie but the goalie wasn’t able to catch it due to the power of the shot. He punched the ball to the ground and didn’t spot me who saw the opportunity and sprinted towards the ball and shot it right between his legs. At first I didn’t actually realize that I had just saved my team from elimination until everybody jumped on me hugging and shouting words of joy.

I can also tell that we won the cup and made Trond IL known across Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Even considering the victory, my best memory from my carrier was my goal in the quarter-final.

- Jarand 

What I found interesting about the book The curious incident of the dog on the nightime

What I found the most interesting

I find this book very interesting mainly because that the main person is suffering of the syndrome called Asperger’s syndrome which is an illness that weakens your confidence when gathering or being with others. The author, Mark Haddon, explains how a person’s life is when having Asperger’s syndrome through the whole book and takes it in a form of an adventure for Christopher which is the main person in this book. We see different samples of how he stands out from other people when the syndrome hits him. One example is when the policeman arrives and asks him questions about the incident that just occurred. Christopher responds by saying nothing at first because he doesn’t know how to answer him. This is one clear example of how it is to have Asperger’s syndrome. Also later, when the policeman attacks him with difficult questions in a too short circumstance of time, Christopher lays down to the ground and makes a kind of groaning noise that would by most people be understood as “enough asking, please”. But does the policeman care about this? No! He doesn’t give a blank butt about how Christopher responds and just continues with the asking.

I personally learnt a lot about Asperger’s syndrome when reading this book. I admit that I didn’t know anything about the syndrome until this book showed up. I think it’s an absolutely great example and lesson to learn about the Asperger’s syndrome because it’s also an exciting story. Of course you can look it up on Wikipedia what the syndrome is but I would highly recommend reading this because you will understand the twice amount of how it is to have the syndrome and what different challenges you stand upon and how you deal with them.

- Jarand