Poomsae is a competition which comprise a team of 3 members who will perform the traditional pattern of Tae Kwon Do. It is a competition which will study the teamwork, the accuracy of execution, the creativity as well as on stage performance. Marks are allocated in accordance to the level of pattern otherwise known as Taegeuk performed as well as all the above criteria.
For USM 2008 Taekwondo Championship, more than 20 teams which is divided into male and female category take part in it. Every team perform for their own combination of move sets in executing Taegeuk. Each of them strive to be the champion of their category by adding in additional moves such as back flip, summersault etc.
In the meanwhile, Su Yin's parents arrived and we greeted them with the warmest welcome possible. Oops, i forgot to mention that Su Yin, our lightweight contender for Utar. She is a previous Sea Games contender in Thailand 2008. As the nature of this category, participants are lesser due to the competitive environment. Due to the lack of competitors in this category, Su Yin made it to the finals without any competition. With sheer determination and overpower against her opponent from UiTM Kedah, Su Yin took her opponent out with a margin of 6 points even though she was tempted to finish her out in the first bout. Hooray to Su Yin for plucking the first gold for Utar. However in my opinion, the lack of competition made the whole arena less enthusiast especially there are so many categories yet there are so little participants who have made it to that particular category. Even though international standards require them to follow the weight category in accordance, but lack of participants will made the entire game less entertaining and less competitive.
After Su Yin's heroism act, the day is coming to an end as the final bouts are performed in both arena. As the prize giving ceremony approaches, the organizers awarded all the participants with their respective medals as it is their efforts who have brought them what they deserve at the end of the day.
Dinner time approaches after prize giving ceremony, therefore we pack our stuff and headed back to our accommodation. After 1 night of staying, we have started to nickname our hotel room as our home. The feeling of going back home after 1 whole day of straining as well competing has gauge us in a situation of complete worn out. Dinner was treated at 747 restaurant beneath our home as Su Yin's dad has offered a treat for the entire team. We were delighted to his hospitality, however we couldn't accept his generous offer as we did not make any contribution worthwhile of being treated to such a feast. No matter how we insist of making the payment, our host was very persistent in hosting us and settle the bill. Poor Ah C for missing out on his hospitality, but he was rewarded to catch up with his elder sister who works in Penang. Guess there is pros and cons in every situation, haha...
After dinner, we decided to head on to Gurney Plaza to check out the environment and stuff there. To my surprise, the place was glamourous yet the lacking of human traffic made the entire place rather dull. It is the least expected as it is one of the renown area for Penang people to spend their time as well shopping. After touring Gurney, we were treated to the drive around Penang island by Lim, our staff in charge who followed this trip in assuring everything was put into pieces. We wander around with his knowledge of Penang roads, but we were unable to get anything in the process as most of the areas we pass by was flooded by food. Our stomach was much too full to cope with additional feasting. Therefore, we decide to gather our belongings and get back to our home.
This is the end of day 2 in Penang, we were much delighted to have wonderful hospitality from everybody we knew. Penang Trip @ USM tournament 5 will make is debut very soon. stay tune
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