FOR ALL YOU NON-BELIEVERS (IM LOOKING AT YOU SHRISTI ARYAL)

The jumpers (l-r: France, Canada, Tanya, French-speaking part of Canada)

 

Dayyumm I look good in a harness

Should prits much make this my full-time look

 

 

 

 

 

Confession time:

Forgive me Father for I have sinned... ok so the pics I posted last time of bungee jumping were not actually of me. I'd given may camera to a friend to take a video but the stupid camera didnt work (anyone want to buy me a new camera? - an SLR would be preferable - I hear Christmas is around the corner, or better yet, it's currently Dasain :), so had to rely on getting pics off others and i finally got a hold of these.

Perhaps next time Jean Bob and Piccolo would care to join? LOL

(Hey Puj remember our prettymuchbestconcertever that we put on? Have been involved in similar events recently. Shall put up video evidence soon :) 

 So this happened on my first weekend here in Holland, wait that was a lie, it was actually my second weekend where i went to the beach at Den Haag (The Hague - for all those whose Dutch language skills are not as highly developed and sophisicated as mine :P) with a bunch of people, mostly au pairs. I knew there was a bungee jumping thing at the beach but i definitely hadnt planned on doing it. It was a more of a spur of the moment kinda thing - my reasoning was "the ABSOLUTE WORST thing that could happen is that I'd die" - you know which wouldnt be be such a bad thing as I'd drop into the ocean and be reunited with Our Lord Almighty, the Mighty Manitee.

So was up there on the crane and the guy who was talking me through it was said:

Guy: So I'll count to three and you can jump

Me: Okay

Guy: 1-2-3 -

Me: Wait, wait, WAIT! Do I jump ON the three or AFTER you say three?

Guy: Umm, well you can jump now if you want

And so I did.

The worst part was actually stepping off the metal cage/crane and plunging straight down towards the sea in a free fall thinking that i was going to die and then you bounce back and you actually start enjoying it. I LOVED it, would do it again in a heartbeat. Wanna try skydiving now, then perhaps base-jumping ;)

So i was bouncing and swinging in the air, loving it and feeling great, when i realise that the guy on the platform where i was meant to eventually land up was shouting at me in Dutch

Me (thinking): Shit, shit, SHIT!!!! Something's gone wrong!! Im gonna die!!! FAAAAAARRRRKKK!!!

So there I am swinging in mid-air above the North Sea and I shout back

"I DONT SPEAK DUTCH!!!!!!!"

 And he's just like, "Oh," and then he starts shouting in English, telling me to bend my upper body upwards, towards my toes, and grab on a rope so that they can start lowering me onto the platform

:| 

Den Haag is such a beautiful city, my photos do it no justice.

I used to be obsessed with this song as I'm sure Tav remembers. It always reminds me of a summery, beachy day, Love the video too - all the colours used to get me so excited as a child.

Ps. How good is the original?

PPS. By this time next week I'll have proper internetz! :):):) Took long enough, right? The following should expect replies soon: Mum, Dad, Tav, Big M, Shristos, Gabi, Lauren, Puj, NeighNeigh, Sexbud, Bez, Pali, Unky Ren, Schwets and others that i cant remember - thanks for writing to me y'all!