Life List

Legend:
Plan to do
Done
Bolded In progress
Really important
Crossed out No longer plan to do (but still under consideration if anyone recommends)

Things I want to do before I’m 25:
learn kung fu
attend a wedding — May 30, 2009 PJ‘s wedding
attend a bachelorette party — May 16, 2009: PJ‘s bachelorette party
attend a proper wine tasting, and/or wineries-hop — April 4, 2009
attend a symphony orchestra performance — February 2009: Boston Symphony Orchestra
attend a ballet
attend a musical — November 26, 2009: Wizard of Oz
art-gallery-hop — February 20, 2009: Little Portugal galleries, May 2009: West Queen West
attend a (real) fashion show
drink expensive champagne on my birthday — July 2008: My 20th birthday
road trip with friends — August 2008: Montreal, March 2010: Chicago
get bartending/wine certificate
bar tend for a summer in Iziba or somewhere similarly exotic
go diving (if I’m ambitious: get diving certificate)
throw a theme party
visit Vancouver
spring break in el caribe: sex on the beach – ok not really. but party party party!
go to a (real) concert
learn how to read/write Chinese
learn conversational Korean
become fluent in Spanish
get TESOL certificate
California: (scuba diving, paragliding), shopping — August 2008
China: take Chinese language classes, climb Yellow Mountain, sail down the Yangtze, visit Taiwan and Hong Kong as well — visited Nanjing, Shanghai and Hong Kong August 2010
Korea: eat eat eat! temple stay, teach English, take tae kwon do lessons, go karaokeing
Thailand: eat eat eat! volunteer, ride an elephant / bathe with an elephant, spa
Japan: eat fresh sashimi, learn how to make sushi rolls and onigiri properly, drink saki, watch sumo wrestling, watch a kimono fashion show, ooh and ahh over overpriced cute things
Singapore – I will be moving there in August/September 2010!
Brazil, Ecuador, or Costa Rica: para-gliding over the jungles, hiking
Argentina and Chile: explore Patagonia ice field, hike Torres del Paine
be a bridesmaid (or a best man, I’m not picky)
at the very least, let me be in charge of the bachelorette party
swim with dolphins — February 2005: Ocean World at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
get paid as a food critic

Things I want to do before I’m 30:
swim with whales, seals, sea lions, or otters
ride an elephant
attend an opera (and get dressed up!) – went to an opera in Budapest on my EuroTrip
get my own dog
develop a ritualistic friendship
write a screenplay
work for a magazine at some point
Rwanda: Savannah ride
France: try crepes, sit in a Parisienne cafe for an entire day – EuroTrip 2010
Italy: eat home-made pasta, take cooking classes, go on a wine tour, make wine – EuroTrip 2010
Australia: swim with dolphins, scuba diving, take pictures of kangaroos
Egypt: pyramids, ride a camel
Greece: island-hop
U.K.: ride a double-decker tour bus, party with hostelers/backpackers
Spain: watch a bull fight, learn dances (salsa, flamenco) – EuroTrip 2010
Belgium: buy a lifetime supply of chocolate! and waffles – EuroTrip 2010
Amsterdam: bike around the canals – EuroTrip 2010
Nepal: try goat milk
be published/interviewed on a reputable magazine/newspaper
host a big party (i.e. New Years Eve)
go to a red carpet event
go to the opera
be on TV for something big
get some sort of cooking certification
live somewhere in California
get a real tree for Christmas
buy an original painting/sculpture – bought a painting in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic on my EuroTrip
learn to use a sewing machine

Somewhere along the way, I’d also like to try a stint in acting, adopt two kids (a boy and a girl), volunteer in a war-torn country, be appointed a UN-representative, work as a tour guide in Asia, work as a food critic, become editor of an established magazine (not a start-up), and maybe get married if I have time.
And die before I’m 70.