Paintball at Kuang ...

Paintball is something I’ve wanted to play for sometime, but somehow I’ve always missed out the fun … so when unca Lim & Ah Teck came up with a plan for this, I just had to go, especially when exams have ended.

So, what’s paintball about? You can find out from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paintball) and it’s simply a game when you have teams, every player has a gun that shoots mini paintballs … as elimination is by having shot someone, there are many variations the game can be played.

We went for a more exotic location of Kuang (off Sungai Buloh) to play than the more famous places of Sunway, Taman Desa & Bukit Tinggi … and the journey was quite interesting as we passed long jams & winding country roads to get there.

The place is called Mudtrekker (www.mudtrekker.com) … nestled in a corner next to a stream … lives up to it’s name along a very dusty & mud trailed road …

Before

I’ve heard horror stories from AJ (annjet.multiply.com) as she got a bruise as large as her fist and also from my brother’s GF, so kiasu me dug out my old winter vest & plunked it on to protect myself. Not so bothered by the mosquito threat as I suited myself top to bottom in black … so here I am … READY for the challenge … let’s go shoot some people, HOHOHOHO!

Going

After several detours & wait-ups we finally left for Sungai Buloh … and after the long town jam, we crawled into more country roads that had a lot of ‘invisible’ bumps … and big big lorries … but my navigators were very good (the directions were quite accurate too) since the place is quite far in & complex to find …

Reaching

The place was across a stream, in a plank bridge (didn’t bring camera as I was unsure about safety & security, so I shall be descriptive). Crossed over, I found myself in an enclosure with trees & open space too … I expected some long lalangs as Budak said there would be such, but did no see any (they must have cut it in case of snakes).

Starting the game

Didn’t rent the jumper suits (RM10 for each set), so they have the suits in 2 colours (black & army green), so we divided teams & suited up … then finally got the guns on my hands (ooh, the sense of power … mwahahaha). The game was very simple; each team took an end of the field … and the objective was to get their own flag placed into a tyre placed at the open centre of the whole place (without being shot). So … it sounded easy, but when you have ammo flying around at all times, it’s different, especially when they hurt & bruise a lot …

Well, I got only 1 shot one me & it was on my hand (unprotected) and left a circular shaped bruise … it does not ache, but hurts when you touch it … and my idiotic brother just pressed it & asked ‘oh, you mean here?’ … JACKASS!!!

Ending

As we were all amateurs (maybe except ah teck who had army training) … we ran out of ammo quickly & since we had only ordered a limited number, we finished the game way before our time of 2 hours … sigh. But it was good fun, hiding in a corner, shooting at people … getting the adrenalin rush … so if you wanna just blow off some steam, doing this is a good way …just pricey .. RM65 per head + RM10 for suit rental.

I liked it a lot & will remember this game … and will be back (when I have more money)