You Jump, I Jump....for Merdeka

This coming Tuesday is Malaysia's 53rd Independance Day. Here's to celebrating 53 years of independence, growth, success and harmony :) May we all be independent in our own way; be it from your fears, to materialise that dream or it can be something simple like breaking yourself free from a dirty habit.

RedRibbon Days was recently invited to appear on NTV7's 'The Breakfast Show'. We were all excited and prior to that, we had to come up with some interesting topics and experience to feature on the day, since the theme for the show was Merdeka Day and that our slt was one day beore Mederka. We were cracking our brains to think of something fun and exciting to feature, not because there's nothing interesting, but only because there's SO many unique experiences we'd like to share. Then a few days before the deadline to submit our material to the TV station, one of our suppliers emailed saying that Bungy Jumping is now available here in Malaysia! We were thrilled! We instantly thought of featuring this. We came up with a Facebook contest asking our fans to write in on why they want to Bungy Jump in lieu of Merdeka Day. We chose 3 winners who all had aweome answers. One said he wanted to face his 27 years of being afraid of heights, another said why go all the way to other countries when you can Bungy Jump here in your very own country and last but not least, the last winner said he wanted to jump for Merdeka! So thanks to their clever answers, all 3 of them had a chance to jump for the very first time in their lives.

I was there to witness them jump and to also give moral support. I must admit, I haven't gathered enough courage to Bungy Jump and I was truly amazed seeing the winners jump without the slightest hesitation; although they all admitted that they were nervous and quite afraid in the beginning.

We made each of them jump together with the Malaysian flag and it was a pretty sight watching them freefall . It was an awesome experience even just to witness the jumps. So now, I have to make a point to face my fears and to try it one day. I guess I'm not a 100% independent yet ;).

Here's a video clip of one of the winners. Awesome stuff! I'll let you know once I've gathered enough balls to do it too! hehe.

We don't have this experience on our website, but it will be up soon. I can't wait! Can you imagine receiving this awesome experience as a gift, especially for daredevils!

Btw, did you catch our interview on NTV7? :) I wonder whether television actually adds 10 more pounds? hehe