Had a good rest yesterday. Had resume my download of my favourite TV series and was satisfied with the download speed. Was still in a holiday mood and luckily today though I am suppose to return back to work, I was excused to go to the Dusun Eco Resort for a survey and a try-out session for our Away Day in July. It was a one hour drive to the place which was situated off the Karak Highway just after the Berjaya Hill Resort and after that, we sat on a pickup which brings us up the slope towards the main camp.
On this very day, there were a lot of firsts for me. After testing my sense of balance and trying not to look down on the far ground below while on the suspension bridge, I finally get to try the flying fox which was a simple zip from one end to the other. During the second session, equipped with harness and helmet with a rope tied behind my back, I absail up a wall with rock-hold and upon reaching the mid-way point (no one got pass here as the wall began to slope 70 degrees from the ground), I released myself and close my eyes while my handler slowly control my descend to the ground.
The next part was really a heart killer as I am supposed to ascend several flights of step up to a platform high above the ground and with the help of a rope, to go down it fireman style. It was not the fear of height that took me but the fear of falling. I must have looked pretty funny standing backwards with my toes on the platform and refusing to listen to the guide's advice to extend my leg. The guide was telling me to hold the rope with my right hand (with double gloves) behind my back and the other rope with my left hand, but it was hard to do it as I was looking for another rope (which was already attached behind my back). Finally I lost my foothold and started to slide down the wall. I asked the guide whether I can go down now but he asked me to say my name out loud first and ask permission to go, which I did. And so I went, down and down and down. Managed to save my dignity by not slamming my face on the wall on the way down and I was so glad when I reached the ground.
With only a few moment for break, we proceeded to the obstacle course which really test our sense of balance to the max. It was no big deal as a little fall won't do much harm to me. Just had to know how to land if you know you are going to fall. After passing through the 12 obstacles, it's lunch time for us and soon after, it is raft building competition between 2 teams. Tried to remember how they managed to build a raft in Lost, but reality check... they have a few days to do it but we only have 30 minutes, not to mention the materials that we used (bamboos, ropes and liquid containers) is limited. Finally, with 4 people each on the raft we are to row it from one end of the pool and back again. The rest of us who weren't on the raft soon enough try to shake the raft so the occupant would collapse into the pool. I had my try on the raft after everyone was in the pool but into the water I went as one rascal overturn my boat. Somehow, they liked me better in the water as everytime I got myself up onto the raft and no matter how I tried to lie down for better balancing, I ended in the water. The raft we build was really unsinkable, only the people on it were. Sigh...
Drenched with water, we proceeded to a cleaner pool and took a really good swim here before going for a much cleaner bath in the shower room. If right after lunch I felt really sleepy, I was fully awake and alert now. But in the car on the return to KL, I started to doze. What a great day...
On this very day, there were a lot of firsts for me. After testing my sense of balance and trying not to look down on the far ground below while on the suspension bridge, I finally get to try the flying fox which was a simple zip from one end to the other. During the second session, equipped with harness and helmet with a rope tied behind my back, I absail up a wall with rock-hold and upon reaching the mid-way point (no one got pass here as the wall began to slope 70 degrees from the ground), I released myself and close my eyes while my handler slowly control my descend to the ground.
The next part was really a heart killer as I am supposed to ascend several flights of step up to a platform high above the ground and with the help of a rope, to go down it fireman style. It was not the fear of height that took me but the fear of falling. I must have looked pretty funny standing backwards with my toes on the platform and refusing to listen to the guide's advice to extend my leg. The guide was telling me to hold the rope with my right hand (with double gloves) behind my back and the other rope with my left hand, but it was hard to do it as I was looking for another rope (which was already attached behind my back). Finally I lost my foothold and started to slide down the wall. I asked the guide whether I can go down now but he asked me to say my name out loud first and ask permission to go, which I did. And so I went, down and down and down. Managed to save my dignity by not slamming my face on the wall on the way down and I was so glad when I reached the ground.
With only a few moment for break, we proceeded to the obstacle course which really test our sense of balance to the max. It was no big deal as a little fall won't do much harm to me. Just had to know how to land if you know you are going to fall. After passing through the 12 obstacles, it's lunch time for us and soon after, it is raft building competition between 2 teams. Tried to remember how they managed to build a raft in Lost, but reality check... they have a few days to do it but we only have 30 minutes, not to mention the materials that we used (bamboos, ropes and liquid containers) is limited. Finally, with 4 people each on the raft we are to row it from one end of the pool and back again. The rest of us who weren't on the raft soon enough try to shake the raft so the occupant would collapse into the pool. I had my try on the raft after everyone was in the pool but into the water I went as one rascal overturn my boat. Somehow, they liked me better in the water as everytime I got myself up onto the raft and no matter how I tried to lie down for better balancing, I ended in the water. The raft we build was really unsinkable, only the people on it were. Sigh...
Drenched with water, we proceeded to a cleaner pool and took a really good swim here before going for a much cleaner bath in the shower room. If right after lunch I felt really sleepy, I was fully awake and alert now. But in the car on the return to KL, I started to doze. What a great day...
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