Orchid Story 42 - Above the clouds at 4095m altitude

April 2007

My Dear Orchid Story Reader

Capricious April is seamlessly passing by above my head! Sure there are lots of interesting things happening but I could not quite just catch up with them all...

1. Above the clouds at 4095m altitude
2. Cool-ture

1. Above the clouds at 4095m altitude

I would have never thought I would ever-ever be hiking and climbing at such heights but it happened! My friend, Cecilia (HK) had this crazy idea and somehow I jumped on it and look! I was already striving to make it up to the peak of Mount Kinabalu in Borneo, the highest point in South East Asia! Getting from the tropical 30C to the peak's 0C was not quite a usual experience over here at the Equator, and the view there? The sunrise at 5.30am is fairy tale-like with its beautiful colours and cloud formations! If you are keen to find out more about my story, click here and for photos, check this out!

2. Cool-ture

Besides all the work and studying, over the last few weeks I got the chance to enjoy couple of cool cultural programs. With my team, Amod (IN) and Irina (RO), we went to watch the Phantom of the Opera in Esplanade, Singapore's national theatre. With Nacho (AR) we went to check out the Nemo of Ice iceskating show performance in the stadium. With my Romanian friends, Irina and Albert and also Attila from Transylvania, we viewed one of the best Romanian actor’s, if not the best one's, Horatiu Malaele’s theatrical performance. It is very cool to have culture back in my life and I believe I will yet again watch out more for such opportunities arising :-)!

Once I catch up with my thoughts, I will write again ;-)!

Hugs and love
Gitti/ Hugi/ Margit