Great balls of... paint

The woods were quiet - quite pleasant really. 
Then came the shouting.
Then came the shooting.
And ground was stained with red orange.



Today I went for a paintball session for the first time. Some friends from work persuaded me to join them on one of their occasional jaunts to the Bukit Cahaya Botanical Gardens in Shah Alam. We took one car on this bright and early Saturday morning to the park. I hadn't seen so much green at once for quite a while :)

A short open-air bus ride took us to the paintball area, which consisted of several courses with different scenarios.

A quick briefing later, we were handed our tools of (fake) war.

Pro-tip: Wear contact lenses when playing paintball. Foggy glasses in a hot face mask do not aid in shooting paint at people.

Our group of thirteen players were divided into two groups and we took turns on the first scenario which was capture-the-flag. Sadly, I got hit both times. It didn't hurt, but sure was messy! In the second scenario, our whole group went against a bunch of strangers in a defend/attack match. I only got hit during the defense phase and our group won both rounds (yay!). In the last two scenarios, we had our split groups again. The third scenario was a success for my group and I didn't get hit (woohoo). Sniping is fun :)

The last scenario was a free-for-all with two groups in a small arena. Unfortunately I got hit three times (LOL), but I had a lot of fun.

We finished up at about one, had a simple lunch and left at about 2:30pm.

I'm tired, my hands are a little orange, and I'm out RM100, but it makes a change from the usual movie-watching weekends I suppose =)