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.

June 2008

it’s been a while

2017-07-29T10:14:38+00:00June 7th, 2008|Blog, Esther|

since i walked in the rain with a big bagpack. there came a point when we got so drenched no rain could stay on us anymore. i liked that. [...]

anthony

2017-07-29T10:14:39+00:00June 6th, 2008|Blog, Esther|

Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. [...]

56:10

2017-07-29T10:14:39+00:00June 5th, 2008|Blog, Esther|

last night ECP 10km 56:10 my timing had better improve once i get through this cough that threatens to erupt with every stride i take.

May 2008

this one came early

2017-07-29T10:14:39+00:00May 31st, 2008|Blog, Esther|

so i’m grounded this weekend from a mysterious bout of fever and sore throat. but hope for amusement is not lost. i just received a miniature vespa – complete [...]

the age old question

2017-07-29T10:14:39+00:00May 31st, 2008|Blog, Esther|

scenario 1 “honey, do i look fat?” “absolutely not” “but u didn’t even look!” outcome: DEATH scenario 2 “honey, do i look fat?” “hmm…. no you don’t” “u hesitated!” [...]

the world and other places

2017-07-29T10:14:39+00:00May 26th, 2008|Blog, Esther|

When I hold you in this night-soaked bed it is courage for the day I seek. Courage that when the light comes I will turn towards it. It couldn’t [...]

Hallucinating Foucault

2017-07-29T10:14:39+00:00May 21st, 2008|Blog, Esther|

You ask me what I fear most. Not the loss of my power to write. Not that. Composers fear deafness, yet the greatest of them all heard his music [...]

rage against the machine

2017-07-29T10:14:39+00:00May 19th, 2008|Blog, Esther|

mon: team internal meeting tue: sponsors meeting with 3rd party wed: rotary talk + stairs (12kg, 8 sets) thu: run (10km) fri: spinning sat: run (10km) + bukit timah [...]

aoki

2017-07-29T10:14:39+00:00May 18th, 2008|Blog, Esther|

[steve aoki gracing 17 jiak kim street]the night before saw me shuttling between steve aoki at zouk and the cut chemists at odeon towers, brought in by the good [...]

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