Why am I writing a Blog and why a Weird Header

This two days, i like quite gian to update my blog. Maybe because i really like to talk and my internship has prevented me from talking to people (i.e. i'm deskbound). So, in order to vent my frustration, i'll constantly write stuff on my blog. Hmm... anyway, i really wanted to share with everyone the reason why i suddenly moved into blogging. Seriously, this blogging stuff is not a memory thingy that i save my memories in. Maybe it will serve that purpose in the future but for now, i see it more as a communication tool.

Its true, once you start work and stuff, communications with friends do decrease. You will miss out on regular supper gatherings, outings and quality time spent with your friends. Thus, i've decided that having a blog to communicate with my friends seem to be possible. Although this medium for communications is more or less 1-way (i.e. simplex) and at most 2-way one at a time (i.e. half duplex), i guess it still serve the simple idea of communications. So for those guys out there who thinks that i have become whinny, girly or metro (think felix)... paisehz... i'm not....

All right, it seems like many people wanted me to post more photos (shit, i think of what those bimbo blogs authors say when they post duh photos of themselves). I guess that maybe one of the main reasons why people read blogs anyway... I've decided to post some photos of the recent Nepal trip for the pleasure of those who did not manage to grab anyone of us (who went nepal) to take a look at the pics. here they are (pictures courtesy of Xiaozhuang and Melvin):

This is not sunset... its the rising sun...

sunrise during our ascent of Island Peak

the view near the top of Island Peak

artistic picture taken by Zhuang

reaching the summit...

trust me, Xiaozhuang's pictures are really damn nice... Oh and anyway, i was thinking that my header picture is a little unsuitable for the name of the blog. This blog is supposed to be for my US exchange but its plagued with trekking photos. Wat the hell... but whatever, the picture looks nice and it really serves well as a header. Anyway, here's some credits. The picture for my header is taken by Mr. Shaun Ng with his new Olympus Mu 770 (the prize that Mingwen's team won. damn... we were so near). Its a panoromic view from the top of Island Peak... hahah... what you see is from the height of 6189m!!! wooohoo!!!

Anyway, i think the camera is really great with all the water proof for 10m and shock proof for 1.5m specs. If you can afford it, i think it will be a good camera for normal use. People who are damn pro with shooting (i.e. you carry an SLR or planning to buy an SLR), i think this might not be suitable for you except as using it as a backup camera... hmm, i'm sounding like a gadget analyst... i wonder whether any company is willing to give me stuff for free so that i can write about them... wahah... yee~~~ so materialistic...

ok... guess that's it... time to go for lunch!