high
the following chronicles my recent brush with death. haha, or maybe not.
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the ground rushed out from beneath my feet, falling about 37 stories downward. the only thing suspending me in the air was a 4 foot wide steel walk that would have been the same as wire mesh.
the ropes above securing me gave no assurance whatsoever at that dizzying height atop the country’s tallest hotel building, the Crown Regency Hotel in Cebu. i was horrified from the moment i stepped out onto the ledge and was still terrified as i stepped back into safety.
of course the safety lines, the “heights people” (as i would like to call them), and the entire facility were safe and tested, but for acrophobic people like me, that does not mean anything. well maybe it does, but it does little to calm the nerves.
i could not, for the life of me, let go of the safety ropes even for a second, thinking that if i did, i would begin the plunge to my imagined death. it was funny that compared to some of my companions then who were self-professed acrophobics i, the one who refrained from declaring my profound fear of heights, freaked out the most in the whole of 20 minutes.
but the sunset at that height was magnificent, the view breathtaking. that was such an unforgettable experience.
and as if i didn’t get enough,
i rode this baby.
yeah, yeah. acrophobic, shmophobic. but this was DIFFERENT. nothing like being strapped on to a metal platform with nothing between you and the ground, tilted at 50 degrees downward. this, the Philippines’ first Edge Coaster, was crazier than the Sky Walk. if you have super zoom, you’d see my knuckles and nails are deathly white gripping the railing.
jump to today, sunday. i’m still alive. the Sky Walk is great done in groups and is a good team building activity. the Edge Coaster if you’re acrophobic and you really just have a death wish. haha. the heights didn’t kill me, so i guess if that did anything it was to prove to myself that fears can be conquered.
i also have slight thalassophobia, the fear of large bodies of water like the sea. but that can wait. one at a time.
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our photos of getting 100% naturally high in Cebu
June 1st, 2009 at 7:04 am
Nowaayyyy for me! This is crazy, I’m on vertigo mode now – not looking at your photos, haha!
Galeng nio! Pero for sure, I’d peed on my pants. So chicken of me diba?
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iris reply on June 1st, 2009:
haha seriously? you should! di bale, wala namang photos with the camera pointing downward. kasi yung official photographer nila kumukuha, puro group shots lang.
your reaction’s normal, akala ko nga nung una hihimatayin ako! hehe
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June 1st, 2009 at 11:18 am
Have a nice weekend! Mine is up! Hope to hear from you soon!
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June 1st, 2009 at 1:07 pm
this is in Cebu, right? next time we get there, we’ll try this one and i’ll try not to scream too loud heheeh! you got a cool weekend:)
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iris reply on June 1st, 2009:
hi marites! yup, in Cebu. you really should try it. makes for great bonding!
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June 1st, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Sky-walking? Oh, i don;t dare to try cos i afraid of heights.
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June 1st, 2009 at 3:03 pm
my friends in Cebu have been telling me about this. i should try this on my next visit to Cebu. i’m glad you were able to conquer your fears.
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iris reply on June 2nd, 2009:
you really should, luna! unforgettable. it’s one of those things you cross out in your must-do-before-i-die list
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June 2nd, 2009 at 8:36 pm
you really should, luna! unforgettable. it’s one of those things you cross out in your must-do-before-i-die list
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June 3rd, 2009 at 2:27 pm
i’ll make a pass on this one.. roller coaster ride takot na ko e! ha ha..
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iris reply on June 6th, 2009:
pero pag nagawa mo naman, you feel invincible! hehehe
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June 5th, 2009 at 10:56 am
ow you tried this!!!:P ahahahaha i think my bro & cousins are going later. everyone i know has tried except me. I’m going with them later – but sa spa ako papunta ahaha ibang floor:P
looks fun though but i would never ever try that one
too scared.
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iris reply on June 6th, 2009:
yup! super exciting, kahit mamatay-matay ako sa takot
at hindi ka naman talaga pwede, baka mag-labor ka ng di-oras. hehe!
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June 6th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Ooooh! How fun!!!
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iris reply on June 6th, 2009:
you’d have loved it too
kakatakot, pero after that you’ll feel like you can do anything! hehe
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June 27th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
hello. blog hopping lang.
nice… ang taaas ng building!
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iris reply on June 28th, 2009:
hi there, thanks for dropping by
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