Infinitely me

If I had time
Infinity
A thousand tomorrows
Forever and a day
Would I still say
The things I say
Every day
Would I live like this
With reckless abandon
Disregarding
My limitations
Myself
Where would I be
Would I be free
Or would infinity
Be the death of me

Sometimes I wonder if more time is really a good thing. I never seem to have enough, but then, the very things you desire can become your strongest shackles. I still wonder.

Make me smile

Wheeeeeeeeee! I finally got my Taiwan pics! Yayayayayayayayayayayay!!!!! But first, team chalet pics! (I've already blogged about this so just pics now.) Here are some of my faves...



The guys get loud while they duke it out...



...while the girls laugh at them =P I shall not post the embarrassing vids here, since I'm planning on living till Christmas, at least.



It's Halloween, so fangs and devil horns come free with the chalet. They suit Eug #1 just fine...

...not sure they work for Eug #2 though. Heehee. I'm *really* not scared. Okay, this cracks me up everytime I look at it. Wahahahahaha...

Dangit. This was actually a pretty nice shot. All together now... hrrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

The yummy fruity birthday-cum-anniversary cake shared by 7 people (7 birthdays!!!! Wow). I dropped my piece. So I ate all the fruit off another one. Heeheehee.

Happy shiny people. I love y'all ;)

Next up... TAIWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!! Don't go away. We'll be right back after these messages. *wink*

Look at the stars

I'm back!!!! And missing Taiwan already. The whole trip was fantastic - what a great holiday! I love trekking. I love these guys. And I absolutely love Taiwan.

I wanna go back.

My feet are still a little sore from all that running around - probably more from trawling the night markets than from the trek! - but the rest of me longs for the mountains still. When you're so close to the heavens that the very stars seem brighter and you hold your breath and try to stop shivering for a moment so you can take it all in... the air is cold and crisp and the night is silent around you and all you can think about is how beautiful the world is. And you think, This, THIS is why I climb mountains.

Until you haul your ass up a steep incline to a lonely little peak and your butt cheeks start freezing. That's when you turn to the poor sap next to you and ask, "Why am I doing this again?"

The sunrise from the mountaintop is gorgeous though. The sun comes up so slowly, and you can see each individual ray, like a lighthouse beacon, radiating from its bright burning centre. The sky turns to soft shades of pink and purple, and you behold mountains, beyond mountains, beyond mountains, beyond mountains, as far as the eye can see. It's so beautiful it's almost hard to believe it's real. Even with the windburn... you forget just how cold you are, if only for a few seconds.

Sigh. I wish I could climb Jade Mountain again. (Funny how treks always seem more fun after the fact.) Yep, I'd even put up with living in dirty sweats and not having working toilets for a couple of days again and surviving on chocolate throughout the day. I do wish all the guys on the mountain were as cute as the aborigine guy we saw though. Mmmmmm... chocolate =P

I'm definitely going back. Maybe I'll do another mountain. But definitely Taiwan.

More updates when I've cleared all the backlog. Waiting for the photos ;) TAIWAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!

Fun fun fun

I've just had the funnest weekend. KTV on Fri night (even though the whole day was a mad rush so we could leave as early as possible) where we crooned, bopped, cheered and screamed ourselves hoarse, a great day out at Escape Theme Park on Saturday (where I again screamed myself hoarse *blush*) and a BBQ in the evening with delish food courtesy of a bona fide hotel chef (this time I think we went hoarse because we all ate way too much)!!! I have to say this again, I love my team so much! I must be really blessed when it comes to the people I work with, 'cos I've loved every single one of the teams I was ever a part of. But the current one really rocks. Can't wait for the photos and videos. Ahahahahaha.

I have never enjoyed dueting so much.
I have never seen anyone sing 'I don't wanna miss a thing' with so much passion/gusto/angst.
I have never screamed so long or so loudly on an amusement park ride. (Yes, contrary to what some people may think now, I'm actually very comfortable with heights. I just screamed to distract myself from the stomach churning. Hey, it worked!)
I have also never been on a rollercoaster ride where I didn't even feel like screaming. Ahahaha.
I have never heard such a variety of ghost stories in one sitting.
I have never celebrated so many birthdays at the same time (seven people! I guess that makes things much easier huh).
I have never been attacked by a vampire AND a devil!

What can I say? The weekend was awesome ;)

Even managed to squeeze in a walk at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve after I got home from the chalet. Last minute 'training' for the mountain! It's fun to walk in the rain - good thing I brought an umbrella. I hope the weather over there will be better. Packing for Taiwan now... what a happy, busy life I have. Heehee =P Life really is good, after all.