| o d a c 19 |
| Sunday, January 22, 2006 three years ago we were just about at that position. prosaic sketch of a year-one odacian : massive spectacles, radical hair (me), baggy tucked-out shirts. sheepish, no air of surety. wet behind the ears. look where we are now. three years and 10 mountains later (personal statistic: numbers may vary), i am: 1. sporting the occasional pair of daily lenses 2. my hair has grown out a bit. just a leetle beet. 3. there's more of me to love. the once-baggy shirts are no longer baggy. 4. if im in the mood, im pretty much bloody cocksure about everydamnthing. from experience, its sometimes/often unfounded confidence. seeing those j1s yesterday brought back some funny/fond memories. times when we thought that powergel was meant to be dissolved in water, that hydropacks were God's gift to adventurers and cut-price jack wolfskin with detachable daypack was a great deal. shoes were o-kay for kayaking then, as was my standard issue black specs-strap. good shoes mean a new pair of nikes (built obviously for style, not substance), which unfortunately weren't quite new after the trek. "can i borrow your poncho, your whistle, your torch?" what do i tell the poor kid? sorry bro, i no longer use these things. yester-yesterday's toys we have outgrown. some of yesterday's still linger- the booties and the nalgenes and salomon shoes. but today's generation of toys truly rule the day: the hammocks and the shades and the racing packs. part of the fun then was in the "inexperience", i suppose. really roughing it out, none of those conveniences to make things easier. tents had many parts then, and didn't always come nicely in a bag. powergel (mixed with water, of course) was the miracle placebo, just a sip and power courses through the muscles. the trade of to such power was the taste though - something had to taste bad for it to be good for you. digestive biscuits was of course a brilliant choice of food back then - lightweight and giving lotsa energy. but that doesn't quite explain why it made so many rounds in the bus on the way back, does it? =) nowadays, its all (over)confidence from silly people such as i. "triple single-handed handroll in one breath? no problem", "200 storey abseiling? hands free is the fastest way down la", and perhaps more pertinently, "don't apply your breaks on the slope! its more fun that way and you don't slow down the people behind you!" sorry, ruiming. not-quite been there, but most definitely done that. so here i am, three years into the future, somewhat regretting the way we are (that i am?) nowadays. but we still have our occasional fun, eleven brilliant people from batch xix turned up for btc 2006 (the other batches were impressed, u know?), and i guess that in the end, we simply rock. we are nineteen? you bet. =) |
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