Chats and Adventures

I’m not an athletic person. The last thing anyone would mistake me for is a player of any kind of sport. Blessed (or cursed) with an unflattering thin frame, I never felt the need to keep myself physically fit or active. But now that I’m getting older and my metabolism’s getting slower, I figured I at least have to try interesting outdoor activities out there.

Fortunately for me, Mel, my former office buddy, invited us to a paintball game at Global Gutz in Manila during her last day at the office.

We originally intended our first battle to be a boys-versus-girls game. However, us girls were just too ‘smart’ for a boy’s game such as paintball that we never attacked. We waited for the boys to come. Haha. So upon the suggestion of the Global Gutz umpires (err.. I don’t know how to call them), we started playing a real game and the fun began.

Okay, I’m not a good shooter; I never played war games before so you can’t blame me if I wasn’t able to shoot any of my office mates. Besides, half of the time I was struggling with standing up and army crawling while carrying my heavy gun. Excuses, excuses, I know.

Although the whole adventure highlighted my miserable health condition (I was panting while I was hiding behind wooden props; my knees were weak and shaking as I struggled to move from one place to another), I had fun pretending to be a sporty gal for half a day. Hehe. I’ll definitely play again with a larger group of friends. And I just might do some exercises before I go out into the battlefield.

Paintball Adventure:

Pros:
Fun game for big groups
Decent “battlefields” complete with props, designed for beginners and pros

Cons:
Heavy gun and gears (not too ideal for people with petite frames like me)
If you have no reservations and there are lots of people, you’ll end up waiting forever for your turn to play.