How far we've come

I doubt I have written a post here about my Mt Kinabalu trip back in December. Well yes, it's been a month since I've summited at Low's peak of the mountain. One of the best feelings I have in life. Really good, being above the clouds, and to just see the view that we have. Sadly it was kind of cloudy, unlike the 2nd team who summited the next day where the weather was really really good. But yep. It was really great.

Climbing a mountain wasn't in my agenda at all. Well it is an item in my life's to-do list though, but I have no plans of accomplishing it -that- soon. It was kind of funny, like how everything started. It all began with a small poster and two of my friends were asking me to go. At first I declined, and selections were made etc. But there were some people who left the team cause of personal reasons, so my friend called me if I still wanna go. And I simply said yes.

What made me say yes? Well I guess I've always told myself how short life is, and how I should really live my life to the fullest. And I said yes! Plus the trip to Inner Mongolia back in September tells me how much I should go travelling, in fact AMAP. Cause this world is just such a waste to be left undiscovered. It's such a beauty, if you can travel. Please go do.

And the trainings went, and so on and so forth and we reached Kinabalu and began our trek. The 6 hours up the mountain went quickly, and the summit... Well it felt longer, cause I was having AMS (Acute mountain sickness). Kinda felt horrible. But thank you to the help of my friends, everything just went... Great. It was really tough at first. Felt like the journey to the summit would never end. But when we reach the summit, it was just an awesomely amazing feeling. Like as if all the trainings we did, all the pain all the sweat and everything dissipated into the thin air. Gone, poof.

Almost the same feeling I got when I crossed the finishing line of Standard Chartered Marathon back in December as well. Just... More awesome heh.

I guess in every journey we go, be it somewhere we travel to, somewhere we venture to, somewhere we walk to or so on, always remember to look back and enjoy the view. Look back and tell yourself how far you've come. Ask yourself. Climbing a mountain, reaching a summit, but not looking back is just meaningless. Think back of the journey we've went thus far. I think it's just awesome.

We never know whether we're embarking on a long journey, a great journey, or well simply... A Journey. Lao Tzu said  "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". Every journey has its beginning. We begin with a single step. It may not necessarily begin with a bang, with an inspiration or some great events. Some people embark on a journey to prove themselves wrong, to try something new, to simply just go for it kind of thing. But whatever the case, we all begin a journey.

And I truly believe no journey truly ends. In one way or another it continues. Be it the memories we remember, the lessons we've learnt, the friendship we've made, the experience gained and so many more, these are the things that would continue the journey we've been through. I guess life is the only journey that would truly end. But it may continue, I hope my journey will be continued by other people. Be it from the difference I've made, or the times I've shared.

Life itself is a journey, made up many little journeys. All compiled together as one. I hope to embark in as many journeys as possible. And through these journeys, I hope I can learn, I hope I can gain something from each and every one of it. One by one, I'll strike them off, I'll add them into my life, I'll carry it till the day I die. And well yeah.

But of course, as I grow older, so will my life's to-do list get longer, and so will I run out of time faster. Live life to the fullest! One day we shall all complete our life well and beautifully. An amazing journey we'll see.

Not a dream we always dream of.

Happy New Year:)

First of all wishing you a happy new year 2012! May 2011 be a wonderful journey for all of us, a better year than 2011! Even though I honestly feel 2011 has been one epic journey.

Well 2011 has been a wonderful adventure of my life. Did so many things I didn't expect myself to do in my youthful years. Didn't expect myself to do things in LIFE. It was just amazing. Pretty hard to explain how awesome it is in words and stuff. But yup, just one great journey :)

When the sounds of the fireworks blasted through my ears just now, it just felt so awesome. It felt like it's one symbolic moment to bid farewell to one awesome year. Like great things, end greatly.

With a sentimental heart I say farewell to 2011. But at the same time, with an open heart I welcome 2012. A new chapter is waiting to be written. A new adventure waiting to embark. A new journey waiting to begin!

Sigh, 2011 was really good. And I'll make sure 2012 is BETTER! :D

Happy new year again people!