Reaching The Top

This post is dedicated to Soon Yean

I recently learnt that success starts with a dream. When coupled with direction, the dream becomes a vision. Sprinkle in lots of determination and anyone can make their visions come true.

To be on top of the world with my closest buddies – that’s the dream which has become my vision. We’ll be climbing Mt Kinabalu in 2 weeks time. The peak is 4.1km above sea level, so as you can imagine, it's going to be a challenge for us.

3 of the 4 setting out on this challenge are in pretty good shape and I have no doubt that we’ll reach the top. But if 4 really great friends set out on this journey, I want to be at the top with all of them by my side. I want to say we did it, and we did it together. As Lilo & Stitch so put it – “…no one gets left behind”.

Yea, I’m talking about Soon Yean. He’s not in the best shape possible and I’m worried that it’ll be a lot more challenging for him to conquer the mountain. Two weeks isn’t quite enough time for him to improve his weight, strength and stamina, especially with his working schedule. However, here’s a guy who has many great things working in his favor. He’s got more than enough brains and character to make up for what he lacks in physique. That I do not doubt. If anyone can get to the top of Mount Kinabalu on just sheer determination, I know Soon Yean can.

So here’s my humble request to all BeingMervs’ dearest readers – help me help him. He has already acknowledged his current health and fitness level (read here). We need to get his spirits up. Visit his blog and leave him some words of encouragement. Flood his blog with comments if you think it’ll help.

If we fail to get his body in any better shape in the next two weeks, at least he will have enough mental energy and motivation to get to the top with the rest of us.