The day start off at 6 am where all my roommates get up and start cleaning for the first match of our team. We started off early with match number 3 for the day. Our representative from Setapak, See Heng Chun otherwise known as Ah C gear up for the event. After looking at the bout chart, we realize our first opponent was the strongest representative for that category from UiTM Perak. Ah C has long wanted to test his skills against this fellow opponent since their high school time. The UiTM guy is known as Meng Yen, a former sukma player for Perak.
Ah C proceed the match with careful move sets as he known his opponent strength well. During the match, Ah C tried his best to hit the guy's head, but the size of the vest was larger than Ah C size. I couldn't run away from this responsibility as it was me who was suppose to gather all the equipment before the tournament. I ran out of luck in getting the necessary vest for Ah C as I couldn't get a smaller vest for our team. However with the vest holding skill and his agility, Ah C opponent overrun him by a margin of 3 points overall by our overall calculation. Well, a loss is a loss. This is a tournament, there are bound to be winners as well as losers.
That's the end of our first match. However, lacking of experience players to be fielded cause us to take part in fewer categories. Our motto to enter this tournament is to win as many medals as possible with the least amount of resources. Since this is the first entry for Tae Kwon Do team of Utar after such a long haul, we decided to play it low. Due to the limited participants, our next match for the day would be the final match for female lightweight category. It is scheduled to be bout no. 40. My estimation was the match would begin somewhere in between 3.30 to 4.30 pm. To justify my estimation, we left early, somewhere around 12.30 pm for lunch even though other teams was still competing in the arena.
We stop by a nearby local chinese restaurant named Bali-Bali to had our lunch. I was seriously considering McDs' since I haven't had it for quite some time. However with the team's democratic decision, all of us gotta stick with the local cuisine such as Char Koay Teow, Asam Laksa etc. To my delighted, I decided to have Char Koay Teow for lunch. I ordered not too spicy Char Koay Teow and the taste, was quite unforgettable since KL's Char Koay Teow is quite plain in term of taste and smell. However, given the price tag was Rm 2.50, the food was consider expensive since the serving was smaller as well as the additional topping was smaller as well. In KL, though the price tag is Rm 3.50 at least, we could easily get a larger prawns as well as bigger meal serving. Even though I am not an accounting student, but from a consumer point of view, Penang's food does not consider as cheap.
We were back in USM before 2 pm as we wanted to be fully prepared for Su Yin's match. The organizer start off with Poomsae in another arena after lunch hour. Poomsae is the ancient performance of pattern in the art of Tae Kwon Do. Do not expect Tae Kwon Do to be pure violence, everything related to Tae Kwon Do is about kicking and punching. Aside from being a self-defense technique, it is also used to perform the traditional art of Korean tradition. All the pattern is unify under 1 standard measurement as it represent the core of Tae Kwon Do.
That's all for the moment. My eyes is getting heavier by the minute. I believe the rest of the event highlights have to be continued on Penang Trip @ USM tournament part 4. So stay tuned...
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