Finally found the piece of paper! Here it goes:

My quest begun two years ago, though I've been traveling back and forth to Hongkong and have traveled to Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, I was hungry for MORE!! It felt like, this is it!! NOW or NEVER! More of a panic, an insecurity I felt before reaching the big 40! So, I got down to business, planned and planned and get disappointed. Every so often, I get skeptical of how it can be done. There are so many factors I had to consider and I knew it's not gonna be easy. So, I slowed down and got focused one plan at a time. I started with the one thing I've been wanting to do, climb a difficult climb!I remember telling myself, just one climb before I turn 40. I was scared because I didn't intend to fail on anything, not this time. It wasn't hard getting myself into a mountaineering club here because I knew some of them. The hard part was, convincing them that I can and I was dead serious about it. The day of the climb came, and I knew from jump off point that I have yet to make these people believe I'm determined to do it. And yes, I didn't convince them until I made it to the summit.:) It was very rewarding though to be welcomed with open arms after that. And from then on, these people invites whenever there's a climb.


This was Mt. Lumot- crash site of Cebu Pacific flight 387 in 1998, termed as "mountains of souls"

My adventure didn't stop there, I climbed another mountain just before my 40th:) I promised one(1), but I actually did two(2) difficult climbs. :)


---- Your life is defined by it's opportunities, even the ones you miss.