Universiti Malaya: PENDEKAR SE’ABAD 4

As suggested by the NTU Silat Club coach Mr Ilyas Hakim Jamaluddin, I’ve finally managed to steal some time to update about the not so recent Universiti Malaya: Pendekar Se’abad 4 competition which was held from 21-24 February 2008 ( sorry coach ). As being the only representative from Singapore, NTU Silat Club, represented by 10 athletes and headed by its coach, Mr Ilyas and Team Manager, Miss Herni, was not cowed by the intense pressure it faced and managed to bring glory to the school. Here is a reproduced of the email sent out by Mr Ilyas to summarise the achievement of NTU Silat Club in the land of the Twin Towers…

Picture credit to Miss Herni

Silat Pengantin Workshop

Rizman Hassan, 26, has always been interested in the traditional martial arts of silat since young. His interest turned into unbridled passion after he became an active member of ntusilat club and had since represented his university in many tertiary and national silat competitions during his undergraduate days.

So it was of no surprise when he mooted the idea of learning to perform the silat pengantin which is ubiquitously seen during the wedding ceremonies of Malay brides and bridegrooms. After discovering an article about silat pengantin in a local newspaper, he started to ask around among the ntusilat club members to gauge their interest in learning the art of silat pengantin too.

And so on a rainy night last Monday, 24 March 2008, ntusilat club organised its inaugural silat pengantin workshop for its members. A healthy turnout of 18 participants showed up in Activity Room 2 at around 7.30pm. The night turn into a reunion of sort with the appearance of ntusilat club alumni such as Darwis and Razali who took time off from their busy work to gain some knowledge about this artistic aspect of silat.

Razali, Darwis, Faizal Bulu, Badman and Raihan

Clearing The Cobwebs

It’s been a long time since I paid a visit here…

Time for some spring-cleaning…

Made a few changes:

1. Changed the face of the website (bored of the old look).
2. Opened up a yahoo account for ntusilat (ntusilat[at]yahoo[dot]com[dot]sg).
3. Opened up a flickr account (store ntusilat photos and can hotlink from there).
4. Transformed the look of the media player.
5. Replaced Raya song with Rock song.

That’s about it.

Feedbacks are appreciated.

Adios!

NTU Silat Gila-Gila Jalan Raya ‘07

NTU Silat Gila-Gila Jalan Raya ‘07 ~ NTU Silat Crazy Raya Outing ‘07

Well it was a totally crazy, wild, outrageous, hilarious and fun Raya outing.

Haven’t been laughing as much till my jaws ached.

And it was great to learn a few more stuff about the new members through the interactions and conversations and finally memorised their names; erm… in alphabetical order Adib, Andi, Anisah, Hayati, Herni, Liyana (sorry forgot to add you), Razee, Syaza, Sukiman.

Really cool and great people.

Really hope you guys and gals stay on with NTU Silat.

It was nice to get updates from the alumnis such as Kak Lin “Lil girl at the window”, Renee The Genius, Nasir “Bruce Lee”, Rizman “Circus Trainer” and The Godfather RizlanLuth. and his cutey baby son,

Last but not least the great friends that have been around.

To the committee, thanks for the great organisation. Without you, the outing would not have taken place.

So give yourselves a pat on the back.

As a teaser…

Day of Eid

Hey guys and gals, write your Raya wishes in the comment sections lah.

And do join us for the NTU Silat  Raya Outing ‘07 this coming 27th October 2007.

This goes out to the past, present and NTU Silat Club members.

Pass your name to the committee members yah.

Finally, as the ‘penjaga website’ or webmaster, I would like to extend my apologies for any shortcomings or misgivings in maintaining this website.

Adios and

Selamat Hari Raya!

A Lil’ Something Different During This Fasting Month

While this post will not be about NTU Silat as per say, it’s just to share a little animation from the talented guys and gals from across the Causeway.

It’s about two cute guys Upin and Ipin and their trials and tribulations trying to fast for the first time in this blessed month of Ramadhan.

Enjoy!

Oh yah! It’s in Malay btw.

How? If you are interested you can either search for their other videos in YouTube or I can post them here too.

Breakfast @ Chai Chee Village: A Personal Recount By The Guy Who Long Time Never Go Training: Announcement

The personal recount by The Guy Who Long Time Never Go Training, will return as it’s impossible to update now as wordpress.com is currently undergoing maintenance and the whole editing interface is haywire right now.

The next update will contain more pictures and more first-hand account by The Guy Who Long Time Never Go Training.

So stay tune and apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Breakfast @ Chai Chee Village: A Personal Recount By The Guy Who Long Time Never Go Training

Hello!

I’m the guy who long time never go training.

Not because I don’t want to go lah but because of some other things.

Because I long time never see my friends from NTU Silat Club, I think ok lah join them for this Breakfast Session or ‘Buka Puasa’ or Iftar (coming from the word ‘futhur’ which means breakfast in Arabic) or Sungkai (this is what people in Brunei call ‘buka puasa’).

At least can catch up little bit with them.

But today the plan a bit different one. I thought go breakfast first then pray Maghrib. But tonight we pray Maghrib first then breakfast. So some of us like Rizman, Rizar and I go break our fast at Kassim Mosque first. We also see Ridzwan and his new buddy there. His name is Razi (new guy). Everybody’s name all start R one except me.

Rizman is wearing the white stripe shirt (dunno why he every time must wear smart only). Rizar wearing the green one.

Rizar (in his head): “Aiyah! Eat bubur masjid (a type of porridge usually made by mosques and served during Ramadhan) only ah.”

Happy Teachers Day!

This goes out to all the teachers (kindergarten, primary, secondary, institute of higher learning and religious) and also the teachers-to-be out there!

Not forgetting the first teachers we’ve ever known; our father and mother.

Your deeds are not forgotten.

And The Father Spoke

Just something nice to be shared among the NTU Silat members…

Reproduced in whole:

Hi all,

Thank you Raihan for the wishes. Yup, I am still receiving mail from this account. And yup, there’s a mini Rizlan now. His name is Luth.

My congratulations also to the new committee. May new heights be achieved with you guys at the helm. It is a new and exciting Silat world out there and we are right in the middle of it.

Also, to all teacher and teachers-to- be, I wish you a Happy Teachers Day. May you have a good and well deserved break.

Regards.

Muhammad Rizlan

“Kerana mulut badan binasa” -When did I say that?