Archive for the 'Random Discovery' Category

Setting Off to the World

November 27 20093 Commented

Categorized Under: Random Discovery

I have been watching 向世界出发 (Setting Off to the World) recently and have slowly fallen in love with the show. The show not only brings us to the places that we won’t visit, or we don’t have a chance to visit, like the palace in Brunei or the Widow’s Village in India, it also guides [...]

Dylan Wilk ~ Another Inspiring Story

October 14 20097 Commented

Categorized Under: Random Discovery

For 2 days in a row that I read 2 different inspiring articles. One being a French couple, who have blown all their savings, on a cycling tour around the world to create awareness on the need to preserve the environment. On the contrary, but also similarly, the Briton Dylan Wilk, who apparently has too [...]

Couple on a Cycling Mission

October 13 20096 Commented

Categorized Under: Random Discovery

~*~ A very inspired article excerpt from The Star ~*~
KUANTAN: A French couple on a cycling tour around the world to create awareness on the need to preserve the environment are now in Malaysia, the 48th country on their journey.
Richard Ferge, 37, and his wife Stani Martinkova, 43, began the journey in 1996 and will [...]

Left For Dead ~ Mount Everest (Part 2)

May 18 20092 Commented

Categorized Under: Mount Everest, Random Discovery

In Part 1 I mentioned that the team left Hall on the mountain taking away his food, water and extra oxygen.
Exactly the same thing happened to David Sharp, a climber from Great Britain, who became seriously sick from the high altitude and died beneath a rock over-hang. Forty other climbers, intent reaching the summit, had [...]

Left For Dead ~ Mount Everest (Part 1)

May 17 20092 Commented

Categorized Under: Mount Everest, Random Discovery

I read this interesting article from Reader’s Digest and wanted to share it with everyone.
All of us know about Mount Everest. I used to dream about conquering Mount Everest but after few trips to Europe and China during winter time, I surrendered to the cold weather. No way I would ever defeat the cold, let [...]

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