Mount Angsi conquered!

My supposedly perfect life keeps getting interrupted by "random happenings" lately - such as my husband leaving me. Hahaha! I really don't what else to expect. Some days are just like this -- laugh rather than crying. But why cry over spilled milk eh? You just have to pick up the pieces and go. No one is really in control of her life. You just try to do the best you can. I'm determined to "just do it!"

I have always believed that if God brings you to it, God will bring you through it. Indeed, God brought me this urgent desire to conquer a mountain and yes, I made it, I did it. Mount Angsi conquered on Sunday!

When I came down Mount Angsi, I was glowing with exhilaration, despite climbing four hours up and three hours down. 1,000 meters at 60 degree gradient, I was told. The slope was slippery because it rained the night before, so the climb was slower. I slid down muddy slope thrice trying to speed up, ended up with bruised bumps and hands, and mildly twisted ankle. So I took my time, breathing in the fresh air.

I'm still feeling exhilarated, same feeling you'll have after a night of having multiple orgasms! (ummm gonna have to do without sex for a while, I guess, as I'm not remarrying that soon). Tired but exhilarated, basking in the afterglow of the experience.

For me it's a new heights of personal achievement as I've never done it before. One resolution fulfilled for 2003 - to conquer a mountain. I'm a "trial"thon, I'll try anything at least once! Yesssss!

I think I heard Celine Dion singing "I'm Alive" in my head.

"I get wings to fly, oh, oh, I'm alive, Yeah. When you look at me, I can touch the sky, I know that I'm alive. When you bless the day, I just drift away, all my worries die, I'm glad that I'm alive. I couldn't get much higher. My spirit takes flight, cause I am alive.That I'll be the one, standing by through good and through trying times. And it's only begun I can't wait for the rest of my life."