lesson 31 - a life at high altitude

assalamualaikum wbt dan selamat pagi!

i have been to one of the tallest mountain in the world or 20th in the world and tallest in south east asia. ouh let me rephrase that, i have conquered, but totally not owned it. 

the trip itself, if i were to briefly summarize it, would make a short sentence like "Gosh, tell me again why am I here?", "natang, penat nok mapuh", "haihhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh", "ok complete 50 steps, lets take 5 minutes break" and few sentences that i'm not proud of which shows how unfit i am trying to conquer this mountain. yep, i'm totally unfit. i haven't had my training for kinabalu where people should at least have some stamina (running or walking the stairs or hitch hiking or hill climbing) to prepare themselves for this. what i did is solely writing a post at this blog (haktuih?), editing pictures, and etc that doesn't involve any sweats (except that i spend 2 months before this event at offshore :P)

hamim, bro and me at the peak

despite everything, the scenery was awesome! worth of every please-refer-to-the-above-statement-that-shows-how-tired-and-frustrated-it-can-be and i just show you one of that. the mount had just had its rain and the waters starts to pour and form a river. later that, a high sky sunset, orange and blue which is outstandingly awesome.

but, that trip teach me alot, exactly two things that i can use. 

the first lesson was taught by my tour guide or porter (we did used porter for our trip)

"move, even at smallest steps that you can make, at your own convenience and pace. do not stop as necessary stops would only turn your momentum down. 

you could think that by stopping, you would gain strength, but dealing with mind, stops can only make you stop and not reaching your goal. 

hence, move, take your action, and surely you would be able to find and reach your goal."

the second lesson was only understood after I went down from the peak with all those-please-refer-to-the-above-statement-that-shows-how-tired-and-frustrated-it-can-be. 

"never expect things to go smooth especially if you do not prepare for it. preparation is a must or you would see hellish situation despite everything can be solved or completed"

i'll prepare myself, for my second trip to kinabalu. this is a revenge!

wish me luck and hope you can learnt something from this lesson. 

insyaAllah.