Evacuated from Nepal after massive quake

In an interview with the Straits Times, SMU School of Economics graduate Seumas Yeo recounted his experience of the Nepal earthquake in April last year. He was recovering from surgery and lying on a hotel bed in Kathmandu when the 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. He had planned to scale Mount Everest with three friends but his mission was cut short because of an infection in his right thigh. Mr Yeo, now an investment analyst, said: "I'm lucky to be alive. If I had no communication with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I think I would have been stranded there."   The Straits Times, pA06  The Straits Times Online