Way back in the late 1990's, when Borders first opened its doors
in Singapore (1998?) and I was still in the corporate world, I came
across this book :
It looked pretty interesting - young American man upon college
graduation, decided to donate his entire life savings to charity,
left everything of his cushy life behind, and embarked on a solo
journey to discover himself and be away from society. His
ultimate goal - to go "into the wild" and live there, deep in the
heart of Alaska.
During his journey, he met interesting people and had
heartwarming encounters with them. He kept a journal
detailing his sojourn.
I never bought the book - I put it on my K.I.V. list, but then I
never ever got to find the book again and I had also kinda
forgotten the title. 
The next time I saw this title again was when
I saw the DVD's being released over here.
I rented the DVD to watch this morning and boy, oh boy... it is
a truly amazing movie! I give it 5/5! 
I was just telling av that he MUST MUST
watch this movie and I was too lazy to sms details so thought I'd
just share it here with anyone who might be interested as
well.
Now that I've watched the movie, I'd love to read the book
too. I am also dying with curiosity to find more about this
intriguing man's life. I'll probably hit the search engines
after this.
oh now I remember! too bad he died. 
