Adventurists keen for real Xtreme Race
Monday, August 27, 2007
FOR Dk Siti Juwaidah Pg Mohd Ali, 30, and husband Hadiman DDW Hj Mohd Yusof, 32, the Xtreme Adventure Challenge was a welcome family outing as they brought their cousins along to form team "Bubbles".
Hadiman heard of the event while listening to the radio and immediately checked the Brunei Adventure Race online blog to get more information and they also previously attended the road show in Coffeezone, Gadong earlier on August 16.
Finding the whole event fun and exciting, Dk Siti Juwaidah exceeded her own expectations especially with the abseiling. During practice sessions held the day before, it took her 12 minutes to slide down but while during the Xtreme Adventure Challenge, she did it in about a minute. "It was my first time doing it and I needed to be motivated by the instructor while my team-mates cheered from below," she said. "I was so scared at the time, I was shaking".
Hadiman hoped that the Brunei Adventure Race in November would include more activities such as rock climbing, flying fox and bungee-jumping. "We did the challenge just for fun but there are a lot of very competitive teams," he said. "We didn't think much about our opponents and simply focused on what we had to do".
His wife, however, had other plans upon finding out that the Brunei Adventure Race will also include jungle venues which she was not too keen on.
25-year old Marketing Officer for the Ports Department, Marsalinawati Omarali found out about the Xtreme Adventure Challenge from her best friend and was expecting to be challenged mentally by solving riddles and puzzles. She was slightly disappointed when she found out that the whole event turned out to be mostly physically demanding.
The occasional hiker did not have much time to train but prepared herself by getting enough sleep the night before.
She found that planning the route and possessing good map-reading skills very important. "We had someone scout ahead to survey areas but it helps when everybody knows each others' strengths and weaknesses so that the team can function optimally," she said.
Though the event was enjoyable, she hoped that in future events, volunteers would be just as knowledgeable as the organisers. "It's extremely frustrating when you ask someone such as a time-keeper and they don't know much more apart from what they're supposed to do," she added.
Cooperation, teamwork, fitness and stamina were among factors that most teams named as essential but Achmed Nadzri Hj Harif, 19, also added communication to the list.
He could not remember the last time he was in Jerudong Park Playground but he was amazed at realising how big it is. He attributed the sheer size of the location as to why the team only found eight markers in the 40 minutes allowed. "We basically started with the closest marker and made our way along," he said. "In all the excitement, it took us a long while to realise we had the map upside down," he shared.
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Hadiman heard of the event while listening to the radio and immediately checked the Brunei Adventure Race online blog to get more information and they also previously attended the road show in Coffeezone, Gadong earlier on August 16.
Finding the whole event fun and exciting, Dk Siti Juwaidah exceeded her own expectations especially with the abseiling. During practice sessions held the day before, it took her 12 minutes to slide down but while during the Xtreme Adventure Challenge, she did it in about a minute. "It was my first time doing it and I needed to be motivated by the instructor while my team-mates cheered from below," she said. "I was so scared at the time, I was shaking".
Hadiman hoped that the Brunei Adventure Race in November would include more activities such as rock climbing, flying fox and bungee-jumping. "We did the challenge just for fun but there are a lot of very competitive teams," he said. "We didn't think much about our opponents and simply focused on what we had to do".
His wife, however, had other plans upon finding out that the Brunei Adventure Race will also include jungle venues which she was not too keen on.
25-year old Marketing Officer for the Ports Department, Marsalinawati Omarali found out about the Xtreme Adventure Challenge from her best friend and was expecting to be challenged mentally by solving riddles and puzzles. She was slightly disappointed when she found out that the whole event turned out to be mostly physically demanding.
The occasional hiker did not have much time to train but prepared herself by getting enough sleep the night before.
She found that planning the route and possessing good map-reading skills very important. "We had someone scout ahead to survey areas but it helps when everybody knows each others' strengths and weaknesses so that the team can function optimally," she said.
Though the event was enjoyable, she hoped that in future events, volunteers would be just as knowledgeable as the organisers. "It's extremely frustrating when you ask someone such as a time-keeper and they don't know much more apart from what they're supposed to do," she added.
Cooperation, teamwork, fitness and stamina were among factors that most teams named as essential but Achmed Nadzri Hj Harif, 19, also added communication to the list.
He could not remember the last time he was in Jerudong Park Playground but he was amazed at realising how big it is. He attributed the sheer size of the location as to why the team only found eight markers in the 40 minutes allowed. "We basically started with the closest marker and made our way along," he said. "In all the excitement, it took us a long while to realise we had the map upside down," he shared.
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