Weekend finally comes, my old climbing pal from England, Alan and Tim has just landed in Hong Kong for the weekend. I am going to take them either to Temple Crag or Beacon Hill to explore the hot rocks of Hong Kong.
On the other hand, my very talented girlfriend Martina just create a music video for the trip to ichuan, click below to enjoy!
Showing posts with label Siguniang Shan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Siguniang Shan. Show all posts
Friday, January 13, 2006
Sichuan Trip Video
Monday, January 09, 2006
Post Holiday Have a Good Life Disorder
The trouble with having a good holiday is the 'Post Holiday Blue' that followed. Having been through various big and small adventure throughout my insignificant life, I have found various way to cope with PHB. When I still resided in Nottingham, the way to deal with it would be hitting the Waterstone bookshop's travel session every lunch time and planned my next big adventure. But something has fundamentally changed after the big India adventure 3 years ago. The PHB hits in subsequent holiday cannot really be fixed with more holiday planning, or more weekend climbings. Nowadays a good adventurous holiday makes me challenge me to think about if the present lifestyle is worth living, like it would urge me to find some fullfilling direction in life again. Let's called this a 'Post Holiday Have a Good Life Disorder'.
Presently I am suffering another PHHGLD hit. Everyday back in the office after Sichuan, I am looking a way out of this stupid corporate life. Now, what is my definition of 'Having a Good Life'. Well for the last 3.5 years of Post India period, I have been thinking about being a International Development partitioner, like working for NGOs that try to help the poor people around the world. Well in most days I can quite possibly put a lid on this ambition and be at ease with my boring life. But right after another holiday, couple with the beginning of the year where I will turn 30, the urge to do that again is pretty strong.
So I decide to do something from this year onward. Over the weekend, I managed to get in touch with someone who does Microfinance in China, with an organisation called Planet Finance, we chated bit to find out what they do in China and what is the state of Microfinance in China. Kind of quite insightful conversation. I will covered more about that in future posting.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
A Day reconnecting to my adventure life
Originally uploaded by chickbunlau.
First time since Nepal last year, I organised another Freeyasoul adventure, this time to Siguniang Shan of Sichuan, China. Seven of us headed to this scenic mountain region this time. First we climbed the Big Sister Peak (Dai Gu Niang Shan), lowest of the four peaks of Siguniang. In then end only ahdont and I made it to the top, guided by Siu Ming our all able mountain guide. The rest of my group were all beaten by attitude sickness and poor weather. There were very little emotion for me as I reached the top, as I felt what a price my friends suffering from attitude were paying for me. However, when I got down the cliff and was walking on the snowy pasture, a sudden happiness fill me. Memory of those happy adventurous days in Scotland and French Alps rush back to my head. As my face was wrap behind a baraclava and sunglasses, I just quitely cried behind them, just one of those moment when I felt I have really lived a great life.
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