前人栽树，后人乘凉
<photo: children in Phortse, Nepal> 前人栽树，后人乘凉 is a Chinese idiom which literally translated means "one generation plants the trees under...
what does the number 6 mean?
<photo: 6th time on the summit of Mount Kinabalu, October 2016> for many of us, the number 6 is just a number. it can represent the...
inspiration and perspiration
<photo: learning how to cross crevasses at base camp, Nepal> #alwaysbelieve in his book Peak, Anders Ericsson brings together decades of...
bend with the wind
<photos: taking time to look at the trees along the trail up Mount Kinabalu> #alwaysbelieve "Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily...
don't look down
<photos: looking down into the crater of Mount Rinjani> "What would you do if you believed you only had a few minutes to live? Don’t look...
it’s always further than it looks
<photos: Everest Base Camp> The 3 rules of mountaineering: 1) it’s always further than it looks. 2) it’s always taller than it looks. 3)...
all that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost
<photos: Mount Kinabalu trail, just before Laban Rata> All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that...
push or pull: unlocking your mind
<photo: at the start of the Everest Base Camp trek, Lukla, Nepal> the Stanford Prison Experiment was an experiment conducted on 24 male...
people don't buy what you do. people buy why you do it.
in his Ted talk, Simon Sinek shared the concept of the golden circle. at the outermost ring of the golden circle is WHAT. the centre...
do not go gentle into that good night
<photo: sunset at Mount Rinjani> <photo: sunset at Mount Kinabalu> <photo: sunset at the Himalayas> Do not go gentle into that good...