I once reached the level that needed me to say 'I love you Atikah M. Sukor Maryam Madzi Musfirah Mohd Asri' before doing something. I was too afraid that something would never leave me the chance to say those words to my lovely friends. Guys, if I say 'I hate you' I'm sure I don't mean it at all. Oh... that was a wonderful yet scary moments in my life. I have no fear of height, but I do have fear of falling down at any height. Wait, does it mean that I have fear of height? Now, I appreciate my time to design pump more than being in between two trees. I survived 26 medium levels of high ropes course obstacles. Yeah! Lets get back to reality. Off to MILSETONE 3!

Why did I mentioned this? Haa a week ago, we went to Beamish Wild for an outdoor activity. To be specific, aktiviti yang kitorang buat tu dinamakan HIGH ROPES COURSE. So, there were 26 obstacles that we had to go over with. Aku la orang pertama yang suggested to do this course untuk 'Teachers Day Out' session. Kononnya nak merasa thrill la. Sebab tak pernah buat, kan... Back in AC, I used to run a lot of ropes course session, but those hurdles semua x tinggi. Setakat 1m high je. High ropes course ni walaupun tak lah tinggi mana, tapi sebab x pernah buat, seram sejuk gak la.

Perjalanan dari Newcastle City Centre ke Beamish village mengambil masa selama 45 minit ke satu jam menaiki bas. Kalau nak tunggu bas berwarna coklat ke'maroon'an ni, sila berada di bus stand John Lewis dekat Eldon Square. Harga adult's return ticket is GBP 5.50 kalau tak silap. Bas ini memang dikhaskan untuk connect people to Beamish museum. Wait, what is Beamish museum? I'm not interested in going there, of course. Okay. Beamish museum is an open air live museum, bercerita tentang kehidupan masyarakat tempatan di North England. Museum ni memang sesuai dikunjungi oleh segenap lapisan masyarakat terutamanya kanak-kanak dan pelancong luar negara. Though I haven't yet been there, from my friends' review, that's the perfect place for us to spend our short weekend. Boleh naik keretapi lama pusing-pusing muzium yang sangat besar tu, tau... 

Ok, enough on Beamish museum. Now, kita concentrate on pengalaman aku di Beamish Wild. If you take the bus to reach there, korang akan berhenti di depan museum yang diceritakan tadi. So, you have to walk about 1.1 to 1.5 miles to get to the 'wild' area. Memang penat. Tapi, memandangkan dah biasa jalan kaki ulang-alik ke universiti selama setengah jam one way, setakat walking distance less than 2km tu, tak de lah terasa sangat. 

Sesampainya di Beamish wild, kami disambut oleh Abang Jamie bermata biru yang comel. Ahaks. Comel gila okay. Tapi, malangnya dia just handle registration kitorang je. Yang jadi instructor activity kitorang was Abang Steven and Abang Greg. Okay, ni gedik je nak panggil 'abang'. Padahal semua panggil nama je. Just showing some respect to elders je ni. Hehe. Cuaca ketika itu, hujan renyai-renyai, so agak sejuk jugak la. Nasib baik I was well-covered with a new AC red hoody. Yeay! Tapi, bila dah tergantung tu, shiver gak la. 

Introduction started dengan cara-cara nak handle ropes carabiner and ropes. Pe jadah plak carabiner tu? Carabiner tu benda yang korang sangkut kat harness tu la. Yang click-click tu. Dulu masa dekat AC, pakai click and screwgate. But, maybe nak senangkan peserta dekat atas pokok tu, kita guna yang click je la. The second first hurdle tu yang aku rasa paling mencabar. Sebab tu pengalaman pertama and diri yang comel genit ini masih tak biasa nak jadi tarzan, thats why sangat cuak. Berpeluh kot tahan shiver. Haha. Tapi bila dah lama-lama, though hurdles semakin mencabar, tabah kan hati and proceed dengan sangat berhati-hati la kan...

Flying fox rail tu ada a few jugak la. Tapi sebab flying fox jugak la, tangan aku hampir kena blister. Sebab? Tak cukup speed and force untuk sampai ke end point. So, aku ended up tersadai 1/4 panjang tali sebelum end point and push my body to the end sambil berpaut kat tali tu. Aih.... Bile nak meniti papan-papan and tali hurdles tu, body balance kne firm. Kalau tak, memang ke laut la kan bila angin bertiup. Sebab berat badan aku yang kurang dari 40kg ni, berhayun jugak la tali tu especially hurdles yang berpaut dari satu tali ke satu tali across one straight ropes kat bawah. Berjaya jugak lah aku dan kawan-kawan jadi tarzan terhebat di alam fantasi kami on that day. 

Bila dah habis semua cabaran, nak turun dari pokok tu bukan by climbing down the stairs. Tapi, kena turun ala-ala absailing. Menjerit aku. Bayangkan, you just have to trust on the rope, and let the gravity to pull you down. Masa mula-mula nak jatuh tu je seriau, lepas tu dah rasa okay dah. Phewww...

Perasaan gementar tu memang tak dapat nak digambarkan. Bila dah tergantung atas pokok tu la baru nak appreciate masa-masa mengira shaft power of pump untuk plant design. Seriously I felt that. Macam 'Why????? why did I suggest and insist to come here?'. And bila kat atas tu jugak la, perasaan appreciative terhadap kawan-kawan tu kuat. Tu yang keluar segala I love you, I'm sorry tu. Sebab takut tak sempat nak cakap. Drama gila aku. Haha

Pengalaman tu akan aku simpan elok-elok dalam kotak memori aku. Sungguh, aku akan merindui saat-saat gementar itu. Lastly, bila dah tamat semua nya, aku jerit I SURVIVED!!!!