Planking!! PLanking!! Planking!!

 Planking??? What is that?? That was my 1^st expression when I heard of that word. Next, I ask the genius Mr. Google, he went and search for the meaning of PLANKING in his pocket….Taa daa… the result is planking known as the Lying down Game. Apparently, is a trend where lying face down on the ground, perfectly stiff with your arms at your side or around some random object in public then they take pictures of that and upload the photos to their social media or planking websites and let others to comment. According to my research the term planking originated from Australia. Some of the research shows that planking invented in England In 1997 and become popular during 2009. It is not easy to do planking according to one of the Planking followers he said that "Planking is an extreme sport which requires years of constant training to perfect the complex technique”. After seeing most of the pictures I believed that OH MAN PLANKING IS NOT EEEEAsy!!

The idea of doing it just to get attention and planking become on of the spotlight activity reach a wider audience and even there are nearly 400,000 fans in the Official Planking Facebook page. Eventually, Planking blowing up in our country among the youngsters as well, especially for those participates in Illegal Street racing where called as Mat-rempit. They think it’s a coolest thing ever for the mat rempit culture. Hence, the youngster practise and do support the planking culture even they have their own Planking Malaysia Community Facebook page where they share their pictures and views.

Unfortunately, planking it’s not only about having fun and get attention. One of the planking tragedy was on 15 may 2011 an Australian man fell from seventh floor balcony to the ground while his friend photographed him. He is just 20 years old. This incident shows how harmful planking is. Overall, I would like to say rather than trying something harmful to ourselves and entertain others, we as human being should try something that give mutual benefit and doesn’t harm anyone. As for youngsters hope they realise the consequences of doing planking activities.