Of India Beckons
Dear TomHa,
I am going India this Sunday. How freaking fast is this? Just 2 weeks ago, I was just thinking that I am going to go Nepal. But now, In a manner of like 2 weeks or perhaps, 2 days or rather, 2 hours in Burger King, we decided to go India. Somehow, this meant that everything that we had been doing for the past 2/3 months for Mera had been rather wasted. Somehow, I am disappointed that I am going to take Air Sahara (Exotic right?) instead of Thai Airways (the only airline to go Nepal??) this coming Sunday. Somehow, Nepal seemed to be like a mecca of sorts for mountaineering people. And the 'best' place to start a full-scale expedition? Whatever.. who ask the king to do this and that and thus failing to help its people in gaining whatever GDP that we can contribute with our more than meagre money to support their tourism?

Exam ended yesterday, and boy am I glad. I think I would do rather well this sem. Whatever that other people can do, I can do also. Whatever that other people cannot do, I can do a little here and there to caokheng a little. Haha. But that's not the point. It's a testament of me surviving a semester of sheer mental torture. A lot of tuition hours spent, a lot of futile marketing hours for MIR, a lot of thinking about other things other than what I am supposed to, and of course, the hated weekly thursday meeting. Very long, very tiring, very very bad for brain cells. So shack that I always go home and sleep and cannot do any work. Enough of the complaints, as I never contribute much other than to talk cock in the meetings, but all has ended. And, after expedition, it will sort of be a moment of truth. I'll know whether the expedition had been successful, will know if I am a big bastard when camping, will know if I had done lousily for exams... So everything will be known after the expedition. Keeping my fingers crossed...

I'll still want to learn diving, still want to go trekking, still want to do this and that and I am thinking about Patagonia or the Alps next year. Bitten by the adventure bug.. Anyone wants to be infected?

Cheers!