Rock Climbing and marriage??!!!

wow broke my own record.. :) 5 posts in 1 month.. :)

anyway, 2 days ago when i yam cha-ing with help friends, i got a call from steven. out of the blue, he suddenly told me that he's getting married... i cannot find anyword that can illustrate my suprise... anyway, he asked me to become his "Heng Dai", so i gladly accept it...

sidenote: for those of you who don't know, heng dai is the shield of the groom, and we have to endure all the punishment given by the "ji mui" (the bride side's girl friend)

anyway, the next day, a whole big group of us gathered in mcdonald, and sucessfully occupied the top floor (which usually researved for those birthday kids). we've told him what kind of cars we're going to drive and how many person we're going attend the party... after the discussion, as usual, steven and laysye went home early... at first the rest of us decided to split too, but we saw bee yam is heading our way, so we decided to stay for a while longer and chat...

well, that's all there is to report about our gathering regarding steven's marriage.. :)

last saturday, me and kingsoong finally decided to attend that rock climbing course in 1-U... after almost 1 year of "planning", i finally know how to... not fall from the rock.. :D

anyway, we gathered in front of the camp 5 entrance at 4:15, after fill in the form, wait for half more hour, finally our trainer appear... first lesson is to know the use of equipment... we were all nodding when the trainer explain to us, but not because we understand it, it's because after half days of work and no rest, we were all very tired, and controlling ourselve not to suddenly fall asleep...

anyway after all the boring theory part, we move on to the more practical part... still no climbing yet, and we have to learn how to die a rope and learn how to belay... belay is the action when you control the rope so the climber won't fall and die on the spot... anyway, in rock climbing, belaying is the msot important part, so we took almost 1 hour just to learn belay...

after half hour of waiting, half hour of doozing, and 1 hour of belaying, we finally get to touch that "fake"rock wall... after the first attempt, i finally realize that in rock climbing, the most challenging part is to trust your belayer (the guy who doing the belaying)...

imagine this: on the peak of the wall (not that hard IF you simply climb and not following rules), you have to get dwon from the wall, and it's impossible to climb back down... so what to do? well, first step is to let go of the rope... easy right? well wait until you're 2 floors up from the floor, with no cution to save you, and the only thing that seperate you and the floor is 1 single rope, that is controlled by your buddy belayer which have to support all your weight until you're safe on the ground again...

anyway, all those words just conclude 1 thing... in rock climbing, the scariest part is to come down... =.=''

anyway, after alot of practice, me and king soong got the hang of the game, and at the end of the course, guess what? we have to take a test... not climbing test, but a writing test... =.='' well at least the questions are very easy... after the test, we were presented a certificate... yeay... more cert for me to show when i go interview... =.=''