Bungy! (and backwards!)

So ok, I got lucky and won some money in the casino. So where to spend it on? That's right; bungee, baby!! I have to say, once standing on that platform and looking down the worlds highest commercial bungee is something that gets to you. I wasn't too nervous before the jump. Not even when on the platform in the waiting line. But when my feet where finally bonded in and I had to 'walk' to the edge, I started to get really nervous. I couldn't believe I was going to jump of a tower. It's just one of those things that are so bizar and unnatural that it probably works on your nerves, whoever you are. Especially the first time. I was quite happy I didn't have to do it alone. Rasmus and Matthew, two fellow exchange students, were doing the jump as well, so I had someone to talk to before. They really enjoyed it as well, so I would recommend this to anyone. Because it's so high you make a 4 to 5 second fall and it's actually feeling like a real freefall before the rope reaches it's maximum stretching capability. After that you bounce up and down for about 5-6 times before coming to a halt. After that you still hang in the air for a few minutes, till you reach a point where it gets a bit anoying. Luckily they get you down quite quickly.
I had a pass which gave me the opportunity to do the jump twice for the same price, so I went again. Not nervous anymore I went up there and they told me I could do it backwards if I wanted to. I wanted to. Getting up the platform was a bit more difficult because I couldn't see the edge. This was a bit scary but eventually I managed. After that it was all the same. It was really cool to see the ground 'slowly' appear since you don't see it for the first second or so. This time Iris, Jaime, Ana and Paula where waiting down at the ground together with Matthew and Rasmus, who finished their jump by then. Jaime made some pictures from that side so I wonder how those come out. I will try to get a hold of them soon and then post them in my photo album. Untill then I posted a selection on this page for now...

First Jump:

Second Jump:

The Flying Dutchman That Didn't Fly

Unfortunately, I didn't do the jump. The thing is this: Jamie won a ticket which stated 'two jumps for the price of one', so we assumed that two persons could jump and each could do it half priced. Now we found out that this applied only to one person, so he or she could make the jump twice and pay for one. Jamie made the jump yesterday and we came to the platform to see it from there. It looked really cool and I almost signed up to do it, but for now I don't have the money for it would cost me over a hundred euros. Hopefully I make some money with my lead role in the Bruce Lee movie and still make the jump soon. Fingers crossed...

Flying Dutchman & Flying Crazy Chinese

Because I'm still devastated by the outcome of the Dutch soccer competition I decided to throw myself off a building. It looks like friday is the day that I'm going to do what I have been wanting to do for a long time now, and that's doing a bungy jump. This jump will happen from the Macau tower, which tops at 338 metres, but has commercial sky- and bungyjumps at the 233 metre level. They started doing jumps since last december. Since it is a tower a person is not completely free to bounce all ways when jumping, but it is controlled by two lines on the side that will keep a person from hitting the tower itself. I met people that already did the jump and they told me how amazing it is... once you finally pull yourself together and jump. I'm pretty sure it will be an amazing thing to do, at least I hope so.

In other news, not much is happening in Macau right now. Yesterday (tuesday) was a public holiday because of labour day. Where the rest of China has a whole week of, Macau and Hong Kong only have one day. Currently Iris' boyfriend Jonathan and Jamie's friend Floor are here so we visited the Sands casino two days in a row. An Appearantly famous Chinese female singer was performing and all of the sudden I was standing within a crazy chinese crowd. She was throwing dolls in the crowds and people started fighting to get it. I guess I'm not completely Chinese yet cause it didn't feel the urge to throw myself in there to confiscate what is 'mine'. But then again, I guess I have a lot to learn yet...
As I mentioned before, days are getting a bit slower here in Macau, but at the other hand the end is getting closer and soon enough I have to start learning (my parents are reading this, what do you want me to say?). After that the trip through China will start so I have something to look forward to.
Word on the street is that the exchange students are going to make it in Hollywood soon. It seems that in Guangzhou a movie and/or serie is going to be shot about the life of Bruce Lee. They are searching for 2000 people that have a western appearance to have a role in the movie. We send out an email applying for this, so we'll just see what comes from it. I'm sure we can chance the movieworld for eternity with our classic performance of a pedestrian getting its ass kicked by a crazy flying Chinese. It doesn't get much better than that!