A mail had been sent out few weeks ago to the vote for teambuilding activities. However, I do not have much choice as there are only 2 options, SkyTrex or Sunway. Well, I am that kind person who like to venture into new things, so it left to one choice, the Skytrex, a place that I never been before. The voting result was sent out a week later and no surprisingly, majority of my colleagues chosen Skytrex.

Event: Skytrex

Location: Taman Pertanian, Shah Alam

Date: 30^th April 2009.

On that day itself, my boss fetches me to the destination to meet the rest of the team. Once all of us arrived, we are requested to sign an indemnity form at the entrance before we enter Skytrex Adventure. From the entrance to the top of Skytrex, we traveled by shuttle bus. Along the way I could felt myself started shivering when I saw a long ladder which lean against a tree (around 22m), it might caused by acrophobia. We took our harness and the staff helped us to equip it. It was so tight and I feel a little uncomfortable. When the trainer gives us a short course about the steps for flying fox and all the stages, I started to feel hard to breath. But all of this, the harness and the walkthrough is for our safety precaution. After that, they let us have basic level practice before we go for the advanced level. Actually my hand is not that strong, so I needed help from the staff to lift me up when I tried to climb the stupid ‘spider web’.

Here come the real dangers! When I climbing the ladder, I felt I use most of my energy on it and my hands started to shiver and pain. After I climbed another ladder; out of a sudden, I had trouble to breath and I need to squat on the platform for a rest. Poovan that was following behind me asked me to relax and stay back to accompany me for a while. Since there are many people lining up behind, Poovan has to move on to give way to the rest. Luckily Rehka and Che Lim give me a hand during my suffered time; they encourage me to keep going as there is no way back. Even if I want to give up now, I also need to pass a few more stages only can climb down.

I kept moving on with Rehka and we both encourage one another while we passed each stages. Actually flying fox is not that scary, just that you need lots of courage to step out from the platform and flew out. Finally, we reach the ‘Tarzan’ stages, which used the rope and fly toward the stupid ‘spider web’, we have to skip it since our hand really out of strength and energy. During the flying fox stage, I hurt my hand. It is because I cannot hold tight of the rope A (the rope which help us when we almost reach the platform) and thus, I can’t help myself to the platform. I have been dragged back to the middle of rope B (the rope which have pulley on it). My upper part of my right hand was hurt by rope B while I raised my hand and struggled to hold rope A. It is painful and I felt my skin like burning. I straight put down my hand and scream for help. Rehka look at me and feel helpless. Luckily, my hero, a motorcyclist passed by and help me to reach the platform again.

We had our lunch after playing some stupid quiz, finally we can go home. I felt so sleepy and my hand felt no energy. The next day, almost everyone can’t raise their hand up. I’m worst as I can’t even stretch my hand; my mom used hot water to apply on my bruised part. Honestly, I felt like biting my mom and I screamed out because the water was way too hot (just boiled). After a few days, the pain on my hand did not reduced, so I have to consult doctor and she advise me to put ice pack on it but not hot water. She gave me some medicine for swelling and pain but I just ate them for 2 or 3 times. It recovers and I can hug my dear Tong Tong now.

The Skytrex adventure really gave me a new experience, however, if I’d been given an opportunity to go there again, I’ll prefer not to, unless I can go for other activities in Taman Pertanian.