Today I read another part from "Between Heaven and Earth." Last time, DJ was getting robbed from little kids and DJ starts chasing them with bare feet. He forgets to change his sandals, so he loses a battle against the kiddies. Kiddies 1, Barefoot Foreigner 0. Then he meets this girl named Sarah who helps DJ get the clothes back (I personally think there is going to be some 'chemistry' *cough, mushy stuff* between them). But Sarah makes DJ promise that he will ask her father(the guide) to bring her along as a porter. DJ reluctantly agrees. But on the day of the hike, DJ learns that Sarah is going to be the first native woman who will climb the mountain and people don't like firsts, especially if they're girls(sexist). DJ is surprised and he gets angry at Sarah because if he didn't invite Sarah to the hike, he probably wouldn't get those nasty I-hate-you-because-I- hate-native-girls looks from the other hikers (sexist again and a bit racist). His reputation falls every time he gets a sexist look from a random hiker. His group doesn't mind except the guide, the old lady and the Finnish trio(oh, wait, that's everyone).
Instead of three easy peasy lemon squeasy days, DJ learns that he has to climb for about 7 days and 7 nights (the guide tells him to go "polepole" which means "go slowly"). DJ learns of the "DREADED MOUNTAIN DISEASE. This is all I have to post for today. I will do a 5 elements post and stuff after I finish the book.
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