Orchid Story 43-44 - Up for an adventure even after 5 years

May-June 2007

My Dear Orchid Story Reader

It was exactly 5 years on the 25th June that I started my overseas adventures... Wow! I would have never thought how many different things I would try at the other corners of our world but I certainly keep enjoying it!

Right now I don’t even know where to really start but let me try...

1. Nomad trip on the Silk Road in China: the origins of Hungarians?
2. Horse riding and jetskiing in the Philippines
3. Being a mascot is fun!
4. All sorts of other things

1. Nomad trip on the Silk Road in China; the origins of Hungarians?

In May, together with Pilli (KE) and some other friends we took on the adventure to visit Devrim (US/TY) in Urumqi, Western part of China. I had the opportunity to sleep in a Kyrgyz yurt by the 7,500m high Karakul mount, in the middle of nowhere, in freezing cold reality and for a day, I could experience the life our ancestors must have had. First time in my life I saw a mummy, visited a desert, learnt about the history of Uyghurs and Kazahs and I even met a guy in Kashgar who knew about the origins of Huns and Hungarians nearby. For a story, click here and to see pictures, check this out!

2. Horse riding and jetskiing in the Philippines

Liv (PH) invited Amit (IN) and I for a family weekend to South Luzon where we got the opportunity to visit a small safari, and first time in my life, I did horse riding and also jetskiing! We ate heaps and heaps, I can’t even tell how many times in a day, and of course there was always karaoke, karaoke and karaoke! Hehehehe... If interested, you can read my story and see my pictures online about this adventure!

3. Being a mascot is fun!

As this year I opted out from being a cheerleader, instead, together with my friends, Nicky and Wendy, I ended up being the bear mascot of the DHL AsiaCup ;-)!

4. All sorts of others things

- On the 14th May I was 10,000 day old! On this day I went out with friends to watch a movie and enjoy a dinner together... How did such a calculation come to my mind? Well, it is something valuable I got from taking my accounting exam a few months back ;-)!
- In May, I again ended up taking part in a corporate run here in Singapore! Sometimes I feel as if I am becoming a sport woman, other times I am convinced, I am insane ;-)!
- Thanks to the earlier mentioned change management portfolio at work, I got the chance to train again! With Amod, we went to Jakarta to train a group of 25 people during the two-day-program and I truly loved being back to training again!
- With my friend, Nicky, I managed to survive already the third rollerblading, for a whole two hours! Yeah, she had to keep me standing but it was absolutely worth it ;-)!
- As one of our Singaporean-Chinese colleague got married recently, we got the opportunity to experience another local wedding here.

Huh, that is from me for now... Hugs
Gitti/ Margit/ Hugi