Sunday, October 30, 2011

Updated "100 things to do before I die" List

Places To Visit

1. Japan (ohanami)
2. Australia (for a few days of farm stay)
3. Negri Sembilan
4. Penang
5. Kedah
6. Pahang
7. Kelantan
8. Perak
9. Perlis
10. Selangor
11. Sabah
12. Sarawak
13. Beach resort like Langkawi, Bali
14. Genting Highland
15. Cameron Highland
16. Stay in the ice hotel and drink from an ice glass (cant remember which country)


Things To Learn
1. Acoustic guitar (stopped and converted to electric guitar, will try to continue)
2. Japanese language (stopped temporarily due to overdose at the workplace)
3. Electric guitar (stopped)
4. Drums
5. Learn one martial art form
6. Malay language (bahasa melayu)
7. Technical analysis applications (not just theory)
8. Drive a car (doing)
9. Swim well in the 4 types of strokes
10. Master and bake 10 types of desserts cakes
11. Make 20-30 types of desserts
12. Make most basic types of alcoholic cocktails by memory (doing)
13. Music theory and foundation
14. Compose short musical pieces
15. Draw the ideas in my brain down on paper
16. a couple of Magic card tricks
17. Chinese calligraphy
18. Learn how to brew beer
19. Learn how to make wine
20. Animation
21. Character creation
22. Storyboarding
23. Website design using computer language instead of just copy-pasting codes
24. Sculpting (be it ice or stone or wood)
25. Oil-based painting of scenary
26. Design and make clothing
27. Learn Hair styling
28. Learn to cook more authentic Chinese dishes 20 dishes
29. Learn candy-making (french style dessert)
30. Learn proper chocolate-making (gourmet chocolate)
31. Learn a Chinese instrument - Flute
32. Learn a jap instrument - shaminsen
33. Metallurgy to make trinklets
34. Jewellery design and making
35. Make a few types of sushi

Things To Try At Least Once
1. Wave-boarding
2. Cosplay an actual character from anime/j-rock
3. Bungee jump
4. Fly a glider
5. Fly in a helicopter
6. Surfing (man-made surfing @ Wavehouse)
7. Go for a sauna
8. Go for a full spa treatment
9. Jet ski-ing
10. Archery
11. Shooting at gun range (shot gun)
12. Snow ski
13. Snow board
14. Fishing in the open waters
15. Ride that banana boat pulled by a speedboat
16. Ride or drive a speedboat around
17. Go for a cruise trip
18. Ride a bike (not on road, on dirt track type)
19. Sit in the side-car while a bike ferry me around
20. Go for a fine-wine appreciation course
21. Pottery

Things To Eat At Least Once In A Lifetime (Resembles fear factor)
1. Escargot
2. Foie Gra
3. Sea Urchin (uni)

4. 海盗饭团 (taiwan)
5. Frog legs porridge
6. Fried worms (thailand)
7. 盆菜
8. Authentic Peking duck
9. Braised Pork Trotters/Knuckles (stewed until it melts in the mouth)
10. Ma Han Quan Xi (Emperor's full 100 course dinner)
11. Cheese with maggots
12. eat a dish with Truffle flakes or slices
13. fried scorpions

Things To Achieve In This Lifetime
1. Be my own boss (a firm dunno what biz, most likely my own portfolio)
2. Finally achieve my ideal weight (now set at just 62-63kg)
3. Get $250-$300k in cash by the time I am 35, $500k cash by time I am 40, $800k-$1mil cash by the time I retire.
4. Own my own place (not sure if possible in Sg with the crazy property prices)

Total:  89

All these for now. Lots of things still in progress. Did finished a couple. I am still working on lots of them especially the money and weight goals but not easy.

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