Exams, Mountain Climbing, and Gai-ness

Google Earth is amazingly amazing (and so are cheap Switz Bakery donuts). Wednesday night, my brothers and I were checking out what our house looked like from way up there and stumbled upon something interesting: the mountains at the back of our house. Now those mountains have always been a source of interest for us. They're home to a pack of wild dogs that visit out neighborhood early every morning for scraps of food. Also, they're filled with interesting caves and ledges, and there are little valleys that look like rivers and waterfalls when it pours. But that's not what caught our attention. It was the fact that the satellite pictures showed a desert beyond those mountains...

There's a tiny road leading to the Yiti Bay on the left towards the Al Bustan road side, but if you continue forward from the back of our house, it's just a massive stretch of desert! I was like WOW how cool is that?! We live right next to the frikkin' desert! So yeah, my brothers and I decided to climb up to the top of those mountains this Spring Break (which is in about two weeks) and we're planning on calling our downstairs neighbor and my brothers' friend who lives just across from us.

We're going to have to brave the scorpions and snakes and wild dogs (and not to forget, the falling rocks). How we're going to do it, I'm not sure. But I bet the following will come in handy:

1. Our neighbor's sense of direction
2. My brother's precise mathematical calculations (he's the younger of the twins)
3. The older one's humor
4. Their friend's quick reflexes and outdoorsy experience
5. and my waterfall-climbing/mountain-falling geo-caching epertise (yes I fell halfway down a cactus-filled rock behind Oklahoma's Turner Falls...)

But I guess it'll all be worth it, because how often do you get to live right next to something as cool as a desert??! If we ever make it up there, I'm going to make sure to take lots and lots of pictures and may be even contribute one to Google Earth. That'd be cool, and it'd be real fun to write about - especially since I have a feeling that it's going to take us more than just one day to complete the journey since the mountains get really steep after you pass a certain point.

Ah well, other than that, I'm busy teaching my brothers and helping them prep for their exams, which start tomorrow... It actually feels like I'm the one doing the studying since I'm sitting out here for hours on end writing them sample papers till my arms fall off, and here they are, exploring the mountains through their binoculars. They just discovered two small Omani flags and a rock with Arabic lettering spray-painted on it. *sigh* Well, it sure looks like our mountain-climbing adventure will be fun - you've always got to have a lot of enthusiasm for anything to be successful. Being enthusiastic two weeks in advance is a good sign, I think.

As Gai-sensei would say "Full of youth and hot-bloodedness!" *nice guy pose*

Vector taken from zytroop's DA gallery. Link --> http://zytroop.deviantart.com

Yes, Gai sensei is frikkin' hilarious. Here's one of my favorite Gai sensei quotes from the Naruto Chuunin Exams Arc:

Gai: "Youth is sweet and sour and sometimes strict Kakashi"
Kakashi: "Hmm? Did you say something?"
Gai: "Oh my god!!! That was pretty good, rival Kakashi. That reaction is somewhat 'modern' and it pisses me off!"

Actual scene screenshot: Kakashi pwns Gai ^

Kakashi has wonderful selective hearing ;) R.I.P Kakashi, you were the best!

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Okay, and here's another quote I decided to throw in for kicks. It's also from the Chuunin Exams Arc, and it just happens to be the one that changed Neji's outlook on life and 'destiny' :

Neji: "Why do you want to change your destiny so much?"
Naruto: "Because I was called a loser."

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Oki doki! That's enough Narutardness for ya! OOOH and that reminds me of this week's manga chapter: EPIC! So good! So good! Masashi Kishimoto Sama = GOD! *happy dance*