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Journey to Dreads
Dreads!
It’s something I have always wanted – right when I was a teenager. Growing up in Cameroon though certain things automatically catapult you into a bad boy group. Tattoos and dreadlocks were high up there and anyone who wore one would feel the piecing eyes of judgement and dissent.
I’d never be in a corporate job back home wearing dreads- we have to comply to European beauty…
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We are Tourists in each other's live's!
We are Tourists in each other’s live’s!
People come into our lives daily. People leave daily. We hold on to some, we let go of some. Sometimes we do not even notice people came and left. Sometimes we do not notice we’ve been in and out or still in other’s lives. It’s like the people in the background of pictures we take who do not know they have become part of an immortalized digital moment. But for those that we do notice, what do we…
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WAKANDA FOREVER: CAPTURING THE GLORY OF MAMA AFRICA!
WAKANDA FOREVER: CAPTURING THE GLORY OF MAMA AFRICA!
BY SPENCER NJOYA
EDITED BY KENNETH FOMUNUNG
So we are just a few days away from one of the most anticipated movies of all time–at least for most black folks. I don’t think there’s ever been so much hype around a film in my time that resonated very deeply with the African community. Maybe not since Chaka Zulu. I was just a kid then, and yet I still remember when my dad brought home the VHS tape;…
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The corporate and urban hippie!
“Urban hippie” and “corporate hippie” are just some of the few tags I have been given over the last couple of years. I don’t mind them, I mind that I am reaching out to people in any way possible. People who know me now assume I just got into this way of life. I’ve been on it for half my life! I was introduced into metaphysics when I was barely a teenager to help me cope with issues I had growing…
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Stop taking life too seriously!
On Friday I spent 4 hours listening to a mystic – Sadhguru. He’s the first guru I have watched live delivering his speech to about 6000 people. When I heard he was coming to dubai I had already committed to doing something else with some friends and just didn’t know how i will make it there. I anyways put it through to the cosmos and let everything play out for itself. The day came, I honoured my…
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2017 – you’ve been magical! 2017! What year you have been, I can’t even write about it constructively because the information download was just too immense and I am still struggling to process it all.
Tell your Story
Until the lion learns to write, the story will always glorify the hunter -African Proverb.
This post is not an anti-anything post. It is a pro-african post. Yes, you can be pro something without being against another. That’s the misconception we have bought into so many times it’s become very easy to just feel like we are being attacked or not supported if someone is pro something we are not. I’m…
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Journey to the Himalayas: Humanity, Nature, Eternity!
Journey to the Himalayas: Humanity, Nature, Eternity!
A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. – Lao Tzu
I read the quote above somewhere just around the time I was making final preparations for my trek to the Everest Base Camp a few weeks ago. I resonated well with me as I have always wanted to take this trip but just didn’t find the right time or space to have it. I was either tied up at work, off season, not enough…
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Mt Everest! I see you! This is me after hiking up Kala Patthar, the closest you can get to Mt. Everest without going across the base camps! At an altitude of about 5545m you get less than 50% of breathable oxygen, your body is tormented as it finds the energy from all other storage sources you may have and nearly shuts down your body. This is where mental toughness takes over. Each step you take draws out what you think is the last bit of energy you may have and you push a little further and further and further till you reach the top. I'm not forgetting that up to this point you must have also gradually let your body become used to the low oxygen levels at this altitude but bit this was hard. But once you reach the top and see this wonder, everything fades away, the pain, the suffering, the doubts all go away and a chemical reaction takes place in your brain, endorphins and serotonin are released and all you have left is the feeling of flying without wings yet you are still on earth and for those few moments, nothing else matters. You have become king of your world and the feeling is everlasting...but the mountain reminds you of it's presence and greatness and snaps you out of your trance and you start feeling you feet on the ground, the blood pumping in your veins right up to your head and the terrible wind chill of minis 14 degrees as it was on this day. You are left with one thing to do, bow to the mountain and descend, for it is not your place, it is home to the gods and you are but human! (at Mount Everest)
I have spent the past few days cut off from the Internet. I can tell you it's been one of the most amazing things I have done in my life! I set out with a goal to reach the Everest Base camp through the Gokyo lakes. That was just the goal, but the process to getting there was more important than the goal. Knowing when to rest, when to climb, when to go to bed, how early to wake up and more importantly the acclimatization at each new record breaking altitude for my body. I saw dozens of people who had only one thing in mind...achieving the goal...a lot of them didn't, their bodies and minds failed and they had to be airlifted from dangerous altitudes. The story was the same, they were going too fast, they focused on reaching rather than trusting the process! Trust the process people! It works and it does help you achieve your goal! (at Namche Bazar)
The dominating Ama Dablam standing tall at 6812m! Ama Dablam means "mothers necklace" with the aroma protecting he child. I Was lucky to have clear skies today and was able to also get a panoramic view of Mt Everest, Lhotse(8516m) and Ama Dablam without even moving my head left or right! I felt really elated to be in the presence of such greatness and once again realized how small I am on this place we call earth! There's more to come, and I'm super excited and will be trekking in the shadow of Ama Dablam for the next couple of days. (at Himalaya, Nepal)
So one thing the reviews don't tell you is how steep the trek from Monjo/Phakding to Namchee Bazaar is. You start from about 2800m and trek upwards to about 3440m to Namche. It is really steep and over the 3 hours which I did it my heart rate monitor says I burnt 2010 calories! That's how tedious it is. The pain and tiredness all washes away once you arrive Namchee, a small mountain village with all the facilities. Conditions change dramatically after this point. I'll be acclimatizing here for the day drinking mint tea and will trek tomorrow for 1 hour to the next village at 3800m and acclimatize some more there. I'm feeling strong and have no signs of altitude sickness yet! Word we got from some guides coming down is that Cho-La pass is blocked as there was heavy snowfall. I get there in 6 days and hopefully it would have opened, of not I'll make a rapid but long descent to Phortse, rest for a day and continue trekking up to Dongla or Dingboche! (at Namche Bazar)
This is something I have come to learn an understand. Growth only happens when you decide to try something you have never tried before. Yes it is sometimes scary but remember everything you once found scary of difficult is now easy. Step outside your comfort zone and explore other avenues. You would be surprised at how good you could be at something (or not) and you would have learnt something new. Push your boundaries, take that bold step forward and see how life changes for you! (at Himalaya, Nepal)
Started off nicely yesterday with a 5 hour trek from Lukla to Monjo. Normally it would have been a 3 hour trek to Phakding but decided to trek to the next village so that I have more time acclimatizing when I eventually get to Namchee. At high altitude every hour counts for proper acclimatization. I was smiling most of the way as being around trees and the constant sound of the river flowing was like music to my ears. Spent the night in a guest house with other trekkers from all walks of life. Some as groups, some alone and some with really no end date to their adventure.
Time! To explore, to challenge and push myself once more, both physically and mentally. To be churned in the belly of nature and come out alive, wiser, stronger, tougher. To trek the Himalayan range for over 250kms walking 6-8 hours daily. To experience the life of the mountain at sub zero temperatures, be guided by nature to see the highest point on earth.To climb peaks just to see other peaks, If I'm lucky, when I get there, the skies will be clear and I will see Mt Everest! (at Dubai International Airport Terminal 2 - Departures)
About 7 years ago I came across a very emotional TED talk with the before I die phrase which instantly became one of my favorites. The concept was simple yet profound - place a chalkboard in certain parts of cities around the world with the phrase let strangers write what they wished to do before they died. Recently I have had to see a lot of people I know, near and far see off loved ones, some friends have also had to cross this road and I keep asking myself if they lived life to their tune and if they did everything they wanted to do? It's one of my biggest fears now, death, not what happens after it, but what happens before it. I used to think I had all the time in the world but now I think different, I know I do not know if I have all the time or not. What I know is I want to make the best use of the time I have now and do the things that make me feel alive, that lift me up, that set my soul on fire, that puts a broad smile on my face, that enriches the lives of those round me. It I first of all have to get rid of one singular distraction - FEAR! How do I live with or without it? Do I embrace it and use it to push myself forward or do I run away from it and see everything I wish to do and become disappear into darkness? It is the knowledge that I'm going to die that creates the focus that I bring to being alive. So before I die, I want to live.
Really this is one of my major goals. And it stems from the fact that I have had and still have so many people in my life who are points of light to me in various ways. Someday I hope to get there...