I can't sleep last night as I was overly excited. My birthday is coming up (err.. actually it's like two and a half months away), and it's my big 2-5. So, I want to do something a bit different this time. You know - twenty five years old, quarter-life crisis, the need to do something larger than life, something to prove yourself. Besides, this would be the first time in ages I'd spend my birthday in Jakarta.

I was thinking, it might be a good idea to do something that I desperately would like to do for a long time, something that is a bit challenging. Going to Europe, though, is not an option. Hehe. Backpacking around the world is a tad expensive. Skydiving would be pretty sweet, but I don't really trust skydivers here in Jakarta or Indonesia as a whole (pardon me, I have not seen or heard enough to earn credibility). Bungy jumping is overrated and is not really my thing.

I was thinking about hiking! I'd like to hike at some point of time in my life, I just don't have the physique (and will for that matter) for it. I hate climbing hills! I remember my time in Wellington - people had to drag me down to town and cheat me not to take the taxi up. I'd be left far behind when we're climbing up the stairs and hills. I'd be breathless just taking up the stairs to the flat. I had to say no to any activities that requires an extensive walking uphill (unless there is absolutely no other way that I can dodge it). Yes yes, you past residents of 100 Kelburn Parade must be familiar with this.

So, I thought this decision is quite revolutionary. I don't know which mountain to hike though and who's coming with me (any takers?). Maybe Mount Bromo? I would LOVE to come back to New Zealand to do the Tongariro Crossing, but that has to wait for a wee while I reckon. From now til January - I'll be training for this. And that mountain has to be climbed before my 26th birthday in 2010!

What a random thing to keep me awake all night.