After we kissed the lodge owner’s kid goodbye, got our rubbish bags and took a group photo together, it’s time to trek. And starting today, it’s all uphill! *gasp!*

Good news to some of you and to the dismay of others, this post will comprise of mostly photos and just a few words. There’s barely anything done other than trekking and collecting rubbish. But of course, the scenery is awesome along the way!

Samuel (Singapore) may be a Carlsberg staff, but he certainly can’t get enough of Sprite, which he orders with every meal.

June (Singapore) showing us that cleaning up the environment is a happy job to do.

Emma jokes, “That’s our competitor! *points*”. Lol.

Mini rainbow!

The following ingredients make the perfect recipe to fatigue one’s entire body – Miles of uphill climb, uneven rocks that hurt your feet after hundreds of steps, cold temperature and thin air. Yup, and we have every one of those ingredients today.

I don’t get it. Why do they have so many calculators up for sale? What is there to calculate?

Yaks are essential creatures on the mountains. They provide meat, milk, clothing and transportation of goods for the locals. Plus, they are wonderful at multi-tasking. I mean, come on, they could carry heavy goods, travel for miles on the rocky roads and poop along the whole journey! Could YOU do THAT?? I guess not.

Lunch at Jasalle at 11.30am.

After lunch, Judy (Hong Kong) and I joined Sanjeev (Nepal) and Emma (Sweden) during the hike. But both of them were so tough and fast that Judy and I had no chance of catching up with them!

Emma towering over Judy.

Playing “poster boy” again for Carlsberg again.

I BELIEVE I CAN FLY!!!

Along the way, Judy and I met this Bangladeshi doctor who has reached the summit of 32 mountains. And today, he’s climbing Mt Everest. Oh, did I mention that he’s 70 years old and that bag he’s carrying is approximately 30kg? And he overtook us. -_-”

After hours of walking, our destination, Namche is in sight. Just another half and hour to go. Before that, we stop to take more photos of the scenery and with locals.

Samuel spreading the love.

Isn’t the place just awesome?

We stayed at Khumbu Lodge for the night. During dinnertime, some people felt sick due to the altitude. I felt good, but I pity the people who don’t. Most of the ladies and a guy or two were sick. Emma, the Swedish Superwoman felt great, of course.

After dinner, the guys decided to chill at the lounge, told jokes and played bar games and I got a much needed foot massage!

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And I promise Day 4 will be coming soon!

I’m going to Mt Everest!

“What for?”, I hear you ask. And the answer is to…

pick up rubbish.. -_-”

But seriously, it’s for a good reason. Carlsberg has embarked on a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme to clean up Mt Everest, which happens to be one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites.

So why clean up Mt Everest? Firstly, the enormous increase in visitors to the Everest region has caused more and more rubbish to be littered on the beautiful mountain. And to make it worse, the tourist spot does not have a organized functioning waste management system!

Team Singapore will be represented by five “Heroes” (that’s what they call us! Lol!), which comprises of (left to right) Miss Singapore SEA and FHM model, Kuek Ziyi; a fair guy who really needs a tan; Carlsberg staff June Lee; Woody (standing in for his colleague, Deva from Communications DNA) and Carlsberg staff Samuel Chen.

The launch of the Carlsberg Doing the Right Thing Campaign was held at Carlsberg’s 1847 Bar @ The Heeren, Singapore. During the unveiling ceremony, the five Heroes were presented with their air tickets and $800 travelling allowance by Anto Setiadi, Head of Marketing for Carlsberg Singapore.

We’ll be flying off to Nepal on 20th May and returning on 27th May. In between those dates, I’ll try my best to update you guys with photos and stories of what happened at 3000m above sea level! In the meantime, why don’t you guys click here and join Fabodylous’ Facebook page to get updates of this adventure?

Check out the rest of the photos from the event!

1847 Bar @ The Heeren

Doesn’t Hazel look lovely with the wind blowing in her hair?

Ziyi photobombing the Carlsberg girls.

Ok Zi, here’s a proper photo for you.

And for me!

Zi and I.

Gail of Razor.tv interviewing Zi and I.

Check out the interview! I was a lil nervous, k? So forgive me if I sound himbotic.

Oh, and noticed the wall behind us? It’s the Doing the Right Thing Wall and all the decision trees up on the wall are written by customers. There are some which are pretty funny actually.

Someone’s feeling very confident.

LOL!

So, I hear you ask, isn’t beer bad for muscle gains? Yes, it is. But I agree with this saying I once heard, “Bodybuilding is just one great aspect of life”. So most of the time, I’ll be spending my time training and eat a high-protein diet. But when I’m with friends and we’re at a bar, it’s time to pop the bottles, fill those glasses and have fun! Woots! After all, that day was a

FRIDAY FRIDAY!! GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAY!!

P.s. Just don’t overdo it.

Standing beside Carlsberg Singapore’s Head of Marketing, Anto Setiadi.

Thanks (left to right) Yifeng, Jonathan, Max, Weiyun, Jess, Mai, Eugene, Jaclyn, Sean and Edwin (Sean and Edwin not pictured) for coming and partying with us!

And happy birthday Weiyun!

I kinda pity the live performer that night. The weather was so hot and he was drenched in his own sweat!

Double category winner at Mr Singapore 2011, Max Lin and I messing with the photo booth.

And here’s the result!

Lol! Here’s a better one of both of us. And yea, I really need a tan.

Gotta love Hans’ hairdo!

Max “pretty boy” Lin and two beautiful Carlsberg girls.

Anyway, aside from the launch party, Ziyi and I had to attend a meeting at Carlsberg Singapore’s office. They have a fridge stocked with every single beer Carlsberg makes! And I bet there’s no other office that allows you to bring a bottle of beer into meetings! Lol! Carlsberg’s office is so cool!

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Peace. Wish me luck so that I don’t turn into an ice statue.