:: Tears of the Moon ::
If my life could be a song, it'd be Plumb's Real, which starts off with "Look at me, twenty-three, beautiful sight to see tonight." Which is, incidentally, my age last year. But the lyrics still apply. Do I get life half the time? I don't. I'm just struggling to get by. In the meantime, I write, I read, I observe. This journal is what it feels like.
:: Thursday, November 22, 2007 ::
Went with my client to Taal. And, being a mountaineer/hiker, we weren't content to sit at the traditional viewing deck to take pictures of one of the smallest volcanoes in the world. Nope. We had to take the Real Experience: we went to the lake, crossed to the island, and trekked the 2km (?) it takes to get to the lip of the crater and look at the volcano.:: Sunday, November 11, 2007 ::
Yes folks. Kitt the Geek and Bookworm actually took a small backpack to walk up Taal. I'm sure for a guy who's scaled the mountains of the West Coast (in winter no less), I was a complete washout for getting nervous about a 30-degree incline. For two kilometers, which is insignificant for what he's used to.
Here you go
But, we had a great time, considering. I wanted to do it too, because I wanted to know what my physical limit was if I had zero preparation (physical and mental) and nothing on me but sheer willpower and stubbornness. I got quite far, I think. There was a point there where I succumbed and took a horse the rest of the way up (the last five minutes?). At that point the incline was somewhat daunting. I have no doubt I could've made it if we took breaks and whatnot - if the guide hadn't been playing devil's advocate and asking me if I wanted to (Dammit) take the horse already. It wasn't a matter of being able to move the last hundred meters. It'd be a matter of clumsiness and I'd be tripping or scraping my knee somewhere if I continued.
We had lunch at Sonya's Garden. Everything organic and mostly vegetable. Set menu (no more thinking!) and set food rate. Easy to compute, and no thinking required. Lots of veggies, and a great salad!
Me and Ryan (aka "the client" - part of my new job as Client Services). That's a fairly accurate representation of his height and mine. He's taller by a foot (gah). Six-three to my (comparatively) hobbit-sized five-three. As you can see, it's hard to frame this shot for sheer height difference. :)
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