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Why the War in Syria is Suddenly a Matter of Personal Concern to Me

Why the War in Syria is Suddenly a Matter of Personal Concern to Me

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I’ve been following the development of the internal war in Syria ever since it erupted three years ago. Not that I really care because as far as I’m concerned, Middle East has been in wars for as long as I can remember. There’ve been too many wars in that part of the world that whatever is happening there doesn’t surprise me anymore. I do feel sorry for the people though although many of the problems come from the people themselves….

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I Conquered JAPAN !

I Conquered JAPAN !

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Japan was not really my country of choice when it comes to traveling but if I were to go there, I’d ‘conquer’ it by scaling its highest mountain – the one and only Mount Fuji. And that’s exactly what I did recently. Mount Fuji is probably one of the most pictured mountains in the world. Pictures of a snow-capped cone-shaped mountain is like all over I actually started seeing them even when I was a kid. Never did I ever…

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Tokyo !

Tokyo !

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My friend from secondary school Krishnan had been bugging and asking me to arrange a trip to somewhere at least before he got married. “Ayooo Jipp, time is running out you know. You really have no sense of urgency la”, he’d say. I had initially planned to bring him to Lombok to conquer Mount Rinjani which over the years had been gaining more and more popularity among adventure seekers. But then, the fact that Mount Fuji is only open for…

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