I was on leave yesterday.. Was too tired after the barbeque on Sunday. After the Nationals on Sunday I straight away went the the BBQ reunion. But a bit about the Nationals first, my club did quite well with the match category.. A total of 30 finalist. On top of that we bagged 6 golds in the artistic category. I hope that this year we could maintain the overall champion status.

A lot had happened during the championship on Sunday when some of the crowd turned hooligans. Throwing bottles into the arena. If I can recall this is the first time this incident happened. These people simply don't have brains or maybe just plain stupid. On top of that there were some motorcycle gang shouting out their colours. What the hell... Padahal it's only Silat. But of cos I'm wary about the surroundings. You know anything can happen..

Some of the kids lost that day. It was very hard to see them lose but sometimes this kids might have a mental block and couldnt really think about what they doing or maybe the cornerman is just a cornerman and simply don't know what to do. Some people just want the title to be a coach or a Head Coach even. It's so glamorous ain't it when you have that kind of title.

This kind of things happens every year during the Nationals. Favourism, Club pride, people wanting status, overgrown man quarrelling withe each other over small issues, referees not being fair and even all the aunties don't act like aunties. And you know what all this is because of Silat. I am not saying that I am good or anything but do think like a sane person. Always talk about the love of the sport but never do anything about it. You know what.. Love can just take you that far but in the end you still need to survive. Money will make you survive..

Anyway next week is the semis and finals. I really hope it doesn't get rowdy. I'm tired of all this. And i also hope that kakak will go slow on her son. It's ok sometimes people just make mistakes. He is really a potential athlete including his two beautiful sisters. It just take time to learn. Muhammad Ali always say,'Even the greatest got to suffer sometimes'. It's not a matter of how much hits he can take but it's how hard can he come back up and walk with his head up. I also understand it's sad to see them lose but it's a thing that we have to accept.

Anyway the bbq was great. Great time to hangout with friends and eat. The food was awesome. Everybody was there. Stayed until late that's why had to take leave on monday... hehehe