No Pain, No Gain

Definitely true.

This is the message i got from the Feast this Sunday and it perfectly matches my experience last Friday and Saturday. I am in deep pain (deep talaga no?!) - muscles sore from head to toes. But I think I really gained something here - a little more confidence and a new love.

I'm not a super adventurous person, however, I always wanted to try new things. Problem is I always get scared of almost everything - heights, speed, etc. I missed out riding one of the highest roller coaster - Fujiyama, the 107m high Blue Fall in Yokohama, Vanish roller coaster that dives to an underwater tunnel. These were opportunities I failed to grab just because I let my inner ghosts get to me. And did you know that I haven't been to Enchanted Kingdom as well? I was thinking that it won't be worth going there since I have only a few ride options to choose from.

Then last Saturday, I almost lost another opportunity to discover something that I can do and enjoy! Our company outing was held at Lago de Oro - famous for wakeboarding. My officemates and I were lining up getting our ballers and helmets for the activity. But prior to that, we need to sign first an agreement which states something like "the guest signing the paper knows that the activities available at the resort may be fatal...blah blah blah" That made me gasp. Aww. I'm not yet ready to kill myself, do I really want to do this?

But thanks to the encouragement of friends, for the very first time, I set my feet in a wakeboard, held on to the rope, heart beating fast. And then after about 5 seconds or less, I had my first try. Haha! Lining up took more than 20 minutes! Frustrating. So I had my second try, this time, I exceeded 5 seconds. (guess how many more seconds! :P ) After my second attempt, I transferred to the bigger ski park, this time, tried kneeboard instead.

I love kneeboard! This time, I got to experience the wind blowing through my face, enjoying the speed of the cable pulling me. The challenge was to complete a cycle. I had three attempts, unfortunately, I only reached the half of the route. If only we had a few more hours, I'd probably spend a few more times trying until I get a complete turn!


I'm happy I got to try wakeboarding. It is not a scary thing at all. (really! :p) Good thing I was able to suppress my nervousness and was influenced by the excitement and the "courage" of my fellow officemates.

I not sure when but I want to go back! I'm putting this in my bucket list. :)

photo op on my second try :D