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[00:01.14] Gyri: What are some talents you wish you had?

[00:04.39] Viyasan: I would say this talent spreads a long time back and it's always something I'm very envious about.

[00:11.14] I don't have the best memory and so I really wish that my talent was to remember a lot easier or even have a photographic memory.

[00:19.39] I think that would be very useful, especially as a student during exams where we're able to read quite a bit and remember all of it. I think that talent would be interesting to have because I wouldn't always be forgetting daily things, like my keys to my apartment.

[00:35.39] Gyri: Right.

[00:36.14] Viyasan: Or for example, my water bottle every single time I leave for class.

[00:40.89] I think memory is very important and it's very good to remember certain conversations with people.

[00:45.64] For example, sometimes I might have a conversation with someone and completely forget that I talked about that topic and then just be reminded of it when I talk to that person the next time.

[00:56.14] Gyri: Yeah.

[00:57.14] Viyasan: I think having a better memory or photographic memory would be great for those situations.

[01:02.64] Gyri: Yeah, definitely.

[01:05.64] Viyasan: And yourself? What are some talents that you wish you had?

[01:07.89] Gyri: I wish that I could dance. I have no rhythm at all.

[01:11.89] Viyasan: Yeah.

[01:12.64] Gyri: I feel so stupid when like if we go out or we listen to music, I just look really goofy when I try to dance, but I feel like dancing so I still try, but it just looks horrible.

[01:25.89] Yeah, I wish I had more rhythm and the ability to learn dance moves, I guess.

[01:31.14] Viyasan: Yeah, I would say that dancing is definitely a talent that some people have.

[01:35.39] Likewise, I do not have any rhythm so I'll join you on that same dance floor.

[01:41.64] Gyri: Yeah.

[01:42.39] Viyasan: Even though I like to dance, I don't dance very well.

[01:43.89] Gyri: Yeah. Yeah, I wish that I was better at sports as well.

[01:49.89] I really like downhill skiing, for example, but I never skied a lot, like my dad, he skied professionally when he was young,

[02:00.14] and I'm kind of bitter that he didn't take me up to the hills more than he did because if I had started at a young age I could be really good right now,

[02:09.14] but I didn't, so I'm a casual skier but I really wish that I could be like better than average in something, especially a sport.

[02:18.39] Viyasan: Got it, got it.

[02:19.64] Gyri: Do you play any sports besides basketball?

[02:23.14] Viyasan: Basketball is my main sport. I used to play a little bit of volleyball when I was in high school and so I played the position of setter and so that was very fun.

[02:33.64] It took a lot of accuracy. I think if I had to be a little bit more talented, it would be at jumping because if I was able to jump a lot more, I would be able to fake my sets and just hit the ball down on the opponent's side.

[02:48.39] That would be a cool talent to have if I was able to jump maybe five to ten more inches higher than I usually did.

[02:55.14] I still remember that my vertical was 26 inches when I was in grade nine or grade ten and so maybe if I added a couple more inches onto that I would've been able to perform in more creative ways.

[03:08.14] Gyri: Yeah.

[03:08.64] Viyasan: Yeah.

[03:09.14] Gyri: Can you dunk a basketball?

[03:10.89] Viyasan: That depends on how high the rim is. If it's five feet or six feet, definitely, but on a standard regulation net, which is probably nine or 9.5 feet, I cannot.

[03:21.89] Gyri: Okay.

[03:22.89] Viyasan: But maybe if I had the talent of jumping extremely high, I would be able to dunk a basketball but no.

[03:30.39] Gyri: Can you dribble with your left hand?

[03:32.39] Viyasan: Of course. I can dribble with my let hand, I can dribble with my right hand, I can dribble between my legs.

[03:38.14] I've done a lot of different types of basketball drills when I was on the high school team and so yeah, I'm pretty good at handling the basketball.

[03:45.39] Shooting, driving to the net, and passing it a lot quite a bit, so yeah, pretty efficient with the basketball.

[03:53.64] Gyri: Yeah, that's impressive.

[03:56.39] Viyasan: I just can't dunk.

[03:57.14] Gyri: Okay, yeah. Can you shoot with your left hand?

[03:59.39] Viyasan: Mm, no, I cannot. I can't shoot with my left hand.

[04:02.89] I can do a lay-up with my left hand, but I can't shoot the ball naturally like a free throw or three-point shot with my left hand.

[04:08.14] Gyri: Okay. What exactly is a lay-up?

[04:09.89] Viyasan: A lay-up is when you drive towards the net, you're allowed to take two steps while holding the basketball and so that's usually how people when they're very close to the net,

[04:19.39] they do a lay up or they're also able to convert a layup into a dunk so they're able to take two steps and dunk towards the basketball net.

[04:26.14] Gyri: Okay.

[04:27.14] Viyasan: Yeah, that's a little bit of basketball knowledge for you.

[04:31.14] Gyri: Yeah, got it.