14 Sept 2009, 12:51pm
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Forward !!! Forward !! was the only words I remembered.. I was looking forward and was so excited abt this adventure trip but it ended up nearly cost my life. Thanks God that my whole team was safe and none of us injured or hurt. The moments my boat overturned at Cobra rapid.. I experienced the fear of being drowned and the first thing tat came to my mind was... I afraid of losing my loved ones..of course CK Man was the first person I think of... I never thought that the waves were so strong and huge and it frigtened me ..eventhough I could swim but I felt helpless and couldnt do anything and just let the waves carried me all the way through the rapid until the water was steady and still. The kayak came to a rescue and placed me on the river side where he turned to others for rescue..after I got back my breath...I kept looking around for my team and saw none of them..I was very worrying at that time and pray that God will gather them safety... abt a few seconds I saw my boat coming near me carrying CK Man, Kevin, Ken and his wife.. I jumped into the boat and then saw Andrew and Yung on other team boat... I really thanks God that all of us were safe...
Forward !!! Forward !! was the only words I remembered.. I was looking forward and was so excited abt this adventure trip but it ended up nearly cost my life. Thanks God that my whole team was safe and none of us injured or hurt. The moments my boat overturned at Cobra rapid.. I experienced the fear of being drowned and the first thing tat came to my mind was... I afraid of losing my loved ones..of course CK Man was the first person I think of... I never thought that the waves were so strong and huge and it frigtened me ..eventhough I could swim but I felt helpless and couldnt do anything and just let the waves carried me all the way through the rapid until the water was steady and still. The kayak came to a rescue and placed me on the river side where he turned to others for rescue..after I got back my breath...I kept looking around for my team and saw none of them..I was very worrying at that time and pray that God will gather them safety... abt a few seconds I saw my boat coming near me carrying CK Man, Kevin, Ken and his wife.. I jumped into the boat and then saw Andrew and Yung on other team boat... I really thanks God that all of us were safe...
The journey continued a few minutes later and we were told to paddle more and more especially in the rapids if not our boat will be overturned by the strong waves...tat was the most challenging moments in my life where I recall the motto for this adventure activity is ' Paddle or Die'. From that moment, I paddled as hard as I could and we were able to finish the battle without the second overturn.. after all, in was fun, though but as I recalled back those moments when our boat overturned ..we were indeed in a very dangerous situation. We could have drowned or even hit to the rock and injured ourselves... Only now I understand why my mom never allow us to go for rafting. I also encourage those who can't swim will never ever try this activity as it will cost your life...
