Thursday, July 19, 2007
i just got back from PAINTBALLING with a couple of friends - sean, fel, eldon, hans, nick (bloodworth), chai, song, and ricky.
let's just start off by saying that i expected more girls (there's fel and me... fel and me makes TWO girls...), but it was still all peachy to play with guys (all trained by the nation) and who were very kind to lend me their long-4s. (thanks sean. fyi, a long-4 is a uniform that all singaporean men wear when they first start service)
did you know that ladies' skin is 3 times thinner than men's skin? this is why we, women, are more likely to bleed out and skin tearing when shot at - even with airgun-propelled vegetable oil pellets.
if people tell you that they've gone paintballing and it didn't hurt, they're lying. BIG TIME.
i got shot. twice on BOTH arms. and to say it hurts like a bitch would be an understatement. at first it's the muscles and skin that hurts, 2 hours later, it's still throbbing. come 6 hours later, the skin is numb but the bones are aching. no seriously. -_- meet me anytime in the next 2 weeks and you should still be able to SEE the bruises. that is the honest truth.
so the question now is, how in the world could i get shot on BOTH sides of my body? most people get shot on one side of their body (the side that you leave open). ricky looks absolutely abused on ONE side of his body. well, i couldn't decide which hand would my trigger finger be - left or right... i am a lefty, who's a right footer. go figure really. i also got head-shot by my dear temporary enemies. HOWEVER, i did take joy in wonderful payback when i head-shot mr. bloodworth. the game warden said, 'ooh, nice shot.' yay me!
the game warden also said, 'ouch.' when a bullet (fine, PELLET.) shot cleanly into my right hand. the source of the pellet was barely 5metres away. my fingers are swollen by the way. thanks chai :P
so, let's count how many times i got shot.
1 left lower-arm (pellet hit on clean skin, meaning ZERO protection)
1 right lower-arm (pellet hit on clean skin.)
left fingers
right fingers
(waittaminute, all shots were on clean skin. with no protection. damnit.)
ricochets hit my legs
1 headshot (it was compulsory to keep the headgear on at all times. it smelt like antiseptic cream. so headshots don't hurt!)
TOTAL 'WOUNDS'= 5+.
if you interested to know, i paid $82 to get shot at. and about 1 1/2 hours worth of warfare.
jon told me, "the aim is not to shoot people, it's to not get shot." jon's right.
i would put up the pictures once i get a hold of 'em from ricky.
