Part 1 of 2
Warning: Since I have not been posting as much I would have liked, this will take a bit of space. This will be part 1 of 2 for my next post.
The past two weekends have been awesome to say the least. If anything, they’ve been a great respite from the working weekdays that have plagued my life since February this year. This is not to say that the work is terrible but more the fact that nobody likes the work that they do. Well, most anyway. I am actually very thankful that I’m working in an awesome place with great people and am learning a lot. There is proper work life ratio and the pay is somewhat commensurating, at least when compared with most of my peers.
Before this post dwells more on my working life (or non-life, rather) I would like to share my two recent weekend experiences which have been quite simply, fantastic!
On the second weekend of July, I went on this Skytrek circuit with my friends. (The name itself sounds amazing already isn’t it?) It is like a outdoor theme park with flying foxes and obstacles and lots of ladders and ropes. It is located in Shah Alam, some Bukit Cahaya. The park itself is pretty large and I think it is quite the place for picnics and weekend family outings.
Reaching there, we had to take a tram ride along a meandering road up the hill. Along the way, we can see many people (adults, kids...you name it) cycling along the road. I suppose the bikes were rented. After like 10 minutes (or perhaps it was a 7), we came to a stop and proceeded to a small hut to register. We had to fill in disclaimer forms and get our gears. This was also the last stop to snack up or fill up the tummies before the “adventure”.
The gears look pretty high tech and feels like it too. Personally, it makes me feel like I was a professional rock climber. My only complaint was that the gloves that they provided were really icky. They were practically still wet with sweat from previous users. Talk about Yuck!
Once we were geared up, we were taught the basic safety procedures especially when reaching a station. I think I should explain more. The circuit consists of many stations all located up trees. To move from one station to another, one has to go through some form of “obstacle” such as walking on cables, flying foxes and the like.
Moving on, my favourite obstacle was the flying fox and the “tarzan swinging”. They were absolutely fun. I think the first time is always the hardest...making the first move/jump. Kinda like real life and relationships too I suppose. But I digress. Once you overcome the first-timers fear, there’s no holding back.
My only concern was that they should have at least fenced up the stations. The stations were basically just wooden platforms without fences. Of course, we’re harnessed to the cables tied around the trunk but I can’t help feeling that putting up a fence would have been wise.
At certain stations, there is an exit of sorts where a person may “chicken” out by sliding down a netting all the way to the ground. This exit strategy is aptly named the “chicken coop”.
There’s 3 type of circuit to choose from, there’s the first (I can’t remember the name), Big Challenge (that’s the one I went) and the Extreme. Apparently, the Big Challenge is the one which is most fun because of the many flying foxes. Extreme is just tiring with a lot of ladders and whatnot. Of course, this is all hearsay from the people who’ve tried both but nonetheless, from my own personal experience, Big Challenge was a lot of fun.
Overall – highly recommended.
The past two weekends have been awesome to say the least. If anything, they’ve been a great respite from the working weekdays that have plagued my life since February this year. This is not to say that the work is terrible but more the fact that nobody likes the work that they do. Well, most anyway. I am actually very thankful that I’m working in an awesome place with great people and am learning a lot. There is proper work life ratio and the pay is somewhat commensurating, at least when compared with most of my peers.
Before this post dwells more on my working life (or non-life, rather) I would like to share my two recent weekend experiences which have been quite simply, fantastic!
On the second weekend of July, I went on this Skytrek circuit with my friends. (The name itself sounds amazing already isn’t it?) It is like a outdoor theme park with flying foxes and obstacles and lots of ladders and ropes. It is located in Shah Alam, some Bukit Cahaya. The park itself is pretty large and I think it is quite the place for picnics and weekend family outings.
Reaching there, we had to take a tram ride along a meandering road up the hill. Along the way, we can see many people (adults, kids...you name it) cycling along the road. I suppose the bikes were rented. After like 10 minutes (or perhaps it was a 7), we came to a stop and proceeded to a small hut to register. We had to fill in disclaimer forms and get our gears. This was also the last stop to snack up or fill up the tummies before the “adventure”.
The gears look pretty high tech and feels like it too. Personally, it makes me feel like I was a professional rock climber. My only complaint was that the gloves that they provided were really icky. They were practically still wet with sweat from previous users. Talk about Yuck!
Once we were geared up, we were taught the basic safety procedures especially when reaching a station. I think I should explain more. The circuit consists of many stations all located up trees. To move from one station to another, one has to go through some form of “obstacle” such as walking on cables, flying foxes and the like.
Moving on, my favourite obstacle was the flying fox and the “tarzan swinging”. They were absolutely fun. I think the first time is always the hardest...making the first move/jump. Kinda like real life and relationships too I suppose. But I digress. Once you overcome the first-timers fear, there’s no holding back.
My only concern was that they should have at least fenced up the stations. The stations were basically just wooden platforms without fences. Of course, we’re harnessed to the cables tied around the trunk but I can’t help feeling that putting up a fence would have been wise.
At certain stations, there is an exit of sorts where a person may “chicken” out by sliding down a netting all the way to the ground. This exit strategy is aptly named the “chicken coop”.
There’s 3 type of circuit to choose from, there’s the first (I can’t remember the name), Big Challenge (that’s the one I went) and the Extreme. Apparently, the Big Challenge is the one which is most fun because of the many flying foxes. Extreme is just tiring with a lot of ladders and whatnot. Of course, this is all hearsay from the people who’ve tried both but nonetheless, from my own personal experience, Big Challenge was a lot of fun.
Overall – highly recommended.
