Mulu

I never know how much my life was affected by my trip to Mulu until I took my GRE yesterday. Just to inform you guys about the GRE, there's this part of the test which requires you to write a persuasive argument on an issue. Now, the 2 issues that I was allowed to choose from were:

1. Governments should focus on solving the problems of today and not the anticapated problems of the future. Discuss.

2. Governments should do their best to preserve the untouched wilderness, even though most of the areas are isolated and affect only a small group of people.

Hmm, I was seriously stumped when I saw the 2 topics yesterday. Gosh, I mean it is not as if I have no materials to write about for both, but I was just shocked with how much more I could write on the 2nd topic because of my Mulu trip. And interestingly enough, I actually chose to do the 2nd topic.

Ok, but apart from Mulu having played a role in my GRE, I must say that it just occurred to me that I have now joined the new wave of eco-tourists. I mean I have travelled vastly in the past 2 years, and I have been everything but an eco-tourist or even a backpacker. But yet, my trip to Mulu actually opened my eyes to eco-tourism, and also sort of informed me that I do like the wilderness. Haha, I mean previously (or at least prior to the trip), I will have told my friends that they must be crazy to think that I will go trekking/hiking, but it seems to me NOW that I I'm ok with the wild. Haha, ok, looks like going to Mount KK is a possibility after all. Or maybe I can try something more than just KK?