Felt inspired by Khoo Swee Chiow's autobiography. This guy completed the adventuring grand slam when he counquered all odds to be the first South-East Asian to have reached the North and South pole, as well as the 7 summits of the hightest mountain on every continent(long sentence). He was a man who pursued his dream. There were more setbacks than successes throughtout his career, and yet he strived to complete what he started.
Learnt to never give up or lose hope. Compared to him, my problems are nothing. Reading what he did is in stark contrast to what im doing. I'm sitting at home getting comfortable, when I know there's somthing out there waiting for me to do...
And just to sidetrack, I listened to Coldplay's Amsterdam while reading the book and I thought the song kinda fit the story. A purely piano piece, truly reflecting the simplicity, yet majestic qualities of the world's highest peaks. Coldplay's Amsterdam has become one of my favourite songs, period.
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