An awesome camp i would say. though our limits were tested, i really benefited from the 4 days 3 night silat camp in sp. now im back home, all the aches and bruises reminds me of the"fun" i had during the camp.
So yea..it was great to see almost all the year ones attended the camp. bonds were strengthened, shared knowledge and just appreciate each other's presence. so day 1 was okay. we started off with learning new moves by coach wandi. he thought the 5 techniques which can be used during a fight. so i grabbed a patner. we applied the 5 techniques with a padding. unfortunately, on the first day of camp, i had a muscle pull on my right groin. i was not able to lift my right leg up. limping throughout the camp. i took that as a challenge and just continued my kicks with my left leg. so it was day 1 and 1st injury.
day 2. i would say day 2 is torturous day throughout the camp. we assembled at 6am in the mussolah. by 630, everyone were suppossed to gather at the carpark. it was time for PT. morning physical training. man..we were still tired from the first day training. some of us were late to assemble, mostly the guys. so we got a punishment. yea..PT started with a jog around SP. you know..sp is big. i think we jogged more than 3 km that morning. plus the few more rounds in the stadium. after that we had a light breakfast. that it was back to training. this time, lead by coach himself. it was this training that really took almost everything out of me. physical training, doing push up and all that. still having the aches. after that, we had our lunch, after lunch it was back to training. we recap all the moves that we have learned throughout our training since we entered sp silat. after a short break, we headed for the sports hall where we learnt a new move, called guntingan.the awesomest move i've ever seen. then at night, we learned the rules and regulation in silat competition. after it was lights off. second night was totally diff from the first night. this time, all slept soundly.
3rd day. i would say it was quite relax. though we still had morning PT. but after that, we had breakfast and it was free and easy till lunch. after lunch we started with training session. luckily it did not involve any sweat. we learnt how wear a benkung/sabuk. it is the white sash around a pesilat's waist. there will be a " ceremony" during the last day of camp were all the yr one who attended the camp will receive the sash presented by the coach. we have to wear it front of the coach himself.one rule to take note, the sash cant touch the ground, and it is really long. so we have to be careful when wrapping it around our waist. after this session, we resumed with normal training. it was time to refine our kicks and punches as for preparation for the next day's "mini IVP" where the randomly selected seniors will face off with the juniors. that's the highlight for day 3 i guess.
Last day. it was an exciting and nerve wrecking day as well. today is the day we will prove to the coach and other pesilat what we can do. to cut story short, we headed to the sports hall at 12. the mats were set, the sash were neatly wrapped around my waist. it was time for the sparring session. my opponent was SP silat's president, Mus. man..it was an honour to have a spar with him. the nervousness upon reaching my turn, only God knows. so my friend help me to put on the vest. so i stepped into the ring. i didnt know how to do the steps to enter the middle ring. so i just make straight walk into the ring while my opponent was almost like dancing into the middle ring.
"Mulai!" shouted the wasir. and so starts the match. i quickly aimed for a punch. and then a kick. i knew he played easy on me. so i decided to do a sapuan. he easily dodge it. the he gave a direct kick into my stomach. senak dok..but i just kept my cool. he gave me a sapuan. guess what..i not only dodge it..i jumped over him! haha. i heard some of them saying " mcm spiderman sia!" hahah! of course there was cheering and all. then he sapu me again and again i jump over him! i myself couldnt believe i did that. after that, i gave him a flying tojang. fusshh..it hit his chest. i felt so great after that. haha. i could'nt really remember the whole match. what i know is that, during the second round, i was exhausted. "Ti!" and the match stopped.
to my surprise, there was another match arranged for me. i was up against....the coach himself! omg..i tried to back out. but its worth trying. with my injured groin, i just push myself to face the coach. after many match pass..it time for the last match. the last match was between me and coach wandi. my friends were telling me, just act as if he is like others. that helps. i entered the ring once again. this time, more confident. i again started with a punch. it was hit and run. punch and run away. at one moment he gave me a kick. i tried to catch but it was too fast. the seniors told me forget about catching his leg. i was not taking that. on his next kick, i manage to grab hold of his leg, but did'nt get to make him fall down. everyone was cheering loudly. so i waoted for his next kick like a hungry eagle. "snapped!" i caught his leg again. this time i tried so hard to kick of his supporting leg. "bam!" he fell. everyone cheered for that fall. i was so happy at that moment. i didnt know what to do. i just smiled and bow at he spectators to show i really appreciate their support. there was a boost in my morale. i made him fall down once again after that :') at one moment, i saw him sitting on the ring cause i pull his leg just after the wasir say stopped.
I guess this is the story of my memorable training camp. truly, i cherish every moment of it. in time to come, im gonna train hard to become a great pesilat..insyaAllah :D
7) wooo..my very first chocolate cake for a special someone on his next day of birthday!
6) taadaa! haha..heres the baked cake! As you can see there are many holes because i checked on it for a few times. luckily it comes out nice chocolate colour and not black!
5) heres the topping part. the thing that makes this cake nice! add in 1 tin of sweetened milk ( can add less if you scared tooo sweeet). add about 125 g of oil, any cooking oil, 1 tspn of vanilla essence, about 70g of cocoa powder and a lil bit of salt. put it into simmer under slow heat. slowly swirl the mix. dont let it for too long. if you hold your hand over the mix and its hot then its okay ordy can take out. dont wait until it boils, like me. luckily i mange to pour it out before the whole mix becomes chaotar!
4) here's the result! add in about 200g of chilled water slowly. gently mix them. put in a tray which has been oiled. bake for about 60 mins at 170 dgree celsius. can check if already baked by poking a stick into the cake. if you pull the stick from the cake and there's some dough on the stick means its not cook yet. but if the stick comes out clean means it ready to be taken out of the oven.
2) so here it starts. put the butter(170g) in and next the castor sugar(400g) then let the butter soften first. mix it well with a mixer preferably. after the butter and sugar is evenly mixed, add in the eggs, one by one. only 3 eggs is used. after that, add in the nescafe ( 1 tspn) chocolate paste (1 tspn), vanilla essence ( 1 tspn) and also 1 tspn of hot water.
1) so first, this is all the ingredients. eggs, a packet of cocoa powder, castor sugar, flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, chocolate paste, vanilla essence, sweetened milk and Nescafe. woo..you can subsitute nescafe with milo.