Of Rebels and Peace
Dear TomHa,
Had an interesting conversation with my brother today. I do not know how, but we suddenly came upon this topic of the short form for brother, 'bro'. Do you pronounce it as 'Bro'? or do you follow the original and pronounce it as 'Bra'. Very funny. We then started to call each other bra to the very irritation of my mum. Haha, but if you think about it, it really should be pronounced as 'Bra', isn't it? Afterall, bro can mean bronze or things like that...Haha.

Anyway, I think I am rather obsessed with climbing these few days, as the insanity of the exam period is catching up on me. Been reading a lot of National Geographic and I realised that there is a branch of the popular National Geographic Magazine that is called National Geographic Adventure! A very cool read and I really recommend it to anyone who likes cool photos with action and majestic nature intertwined together in a single page. Woohoo! This is way cooler than a pack of Fluid mechanics notes. This month's issue has Cerro Torre, arguably the hardest mountain in the world, in terms of number of successful conquests. Just looking at its picture always make me realise how feeble man is in contrast to the majesty of Mother nature. However, I think the Razor of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica is comparable to this Patagonia's technicalest of all technical mountains.

Nepal is experiencing turmoil, at an increased degree as it is even covered on Channel U and 8 news. In the past, only Channel NewsAsia is concerned about it. And guess what, I am actually reading about it on Straits Times, which had ignored the existence of Nepal for as long as I can remember. Will be monitoring it closely.. Sighzzz... Humans are ugly... as always...

Oh yah, before I forget. Shouldn't Li Ao, as a politician and a thinker or whatever his profession really is, be more diplomatic in his words? Being so brash does not help anyone or in his matter, any ties between any countries.