About Esther Tan

With the team, Esther went on to climb and summit mountains in far-flung corners of the world, including Mt Aylmer (2,699m) in New Zealand; Mera Peak (6,476m) in Nepal; Er Feng (5,276m) in China; Mustagh Ata (7,546m) in Central Asia, and Mt Everest (8,850m) in Nepal.

August 2008

one ankle down

2017-07-29T10:14:19+00:00August 11th, 2008|Blog, Esther|

and this time, it’s the left one. according to leslie’s (my physiotherapist) records, my last visit was Oct 2007. so it’s been almost a year of non-serious injuries. bit pat on [...]

July 2008

the beauty of jack kerouac

2017-07-29T10:14:20+00:00July 24th, 2008|Blog, Esther|

“Lucille would never understand me because I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is [...]

one of those, since i’m waiting…

2017-07-29T10:14:20+00:00July 11th, 2008|Blog, Esther|

10 years ago i was rushing through my O-level art installation project, reading david eddings on the long bus journeys home, slipping into movie theatres with the pukoos, in [...]

the glass castle

2017-07-29T10:14:20+00:00July 7th, 2008|Blog, Esther|

“I’m starting to feel like a rat in a maze,” he told me. He hated the way everything in Phoenix was so organized, with time cards, bank accounts, telephone [...]

6.26

2017-07-29T10:14:20+00:00July 2nd, 2008|Blog, Esther|

six minutes, twenty-six seconds 6mins 26sec 6:26 these numbers are so easy to type, a matter of flicking my fingers on the right keys. but to complete 30 storeys [...]

June 2008

slipping in some sanity

2017-07-29T10:14:20+00:00June 26th, 2008|Blog, Esther|

“The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed.” 1) Look at the list and bold those you have [...]

row 11

2017-07-29T10:14:20+00:00June 23rd, 2008|Blog, Esther|

I was slouching suspiciously by Row 11, waiting for my sister to be done with her card activation transaction. She was going to California and I was going to [...]

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