Tuesday, December 7, 2010

things to do before kicking the bucket

so i have this dream (wishful thinking) of leaving everything behind... leaving a comfortable life, a career and a cat. i figured, maybe i could live with much less, yet i have seen how i have been living an excessive life. i havent been challenging myself lately, and i have come to the conclusion that it's because my aspirations in life are simple, albeit deviates from the norm, i guess.

i have been living for the last three years without a planner and an agenda and i quite enjoy the freedom of not planning anything ahead. if it's important to me, i will remember, if it interests me, i will remember. there is much to be said about my poor memory, or the lack thereof, but i do remember how i felt at any given moment, provided that i am reminded of the moment.

if ever i find myself living the wishful thinking, i made a list to remind me of the things i want to do while vagabonding and/or before i kick the bucket. so with no further ado, here is my bucket list.

1. throw tomatoes at the la tomatina festival at buñol, valencia, spain


2. dive galapagos


3. dive the red sea


4. dive palau


5. be certified as a divemaster (double wishful thinking)


6. work as a divemaster, preferably in the tropics (triple wishful thinking)

7. be in an actual band playing live gigs

8. relearn spanish or japanese

9. be a street performer, doing something highly entertaining like (no clue what i should do)

 10. eat sushi at tsukiji fish market in tokyo

11. ask to apprentice for one of the ama abalone/pearl divers in japan


12. dive with a molamola (sunfish)


13. visit both north and south poles

14. cook kare-kare and dinuguan (difficult to cook native filipino foods)

15. work at a farm and do actual farm labour

16. start a mini organic garden with vegetables and herbs


17. build wooden furniture (cabinet, table, chair, etc.)


18. restore my bike - lolita - to showroom condition

19. work for an aquarium

20. give a graduation commencement speech

21. shave my head

22. be on tv

23. do live improv

24. fire a gun

25. travel canada coast to coast

26. live by the beach for at least a month

27. dive with hammerheadS


28. see the machu picchu


29. see the petra


30. get my sailing license


31. have a photo published

32. have an article about traveling published

33. join a rowing club

34. learn martial arts (dont know which one yet)

35. see aimee mann live

36. ride the trans-siberian railway


37. drive along the autobahn

38. talk with a holocaust survivor

39. visit auschwitz


40. go on an african safari

41. restore an old european villa, like frances of under the tuscan sun


42. visit a prime meridian place

43. confront the evil-doers in my life

44. have a working or regularly updated blog (maybe this is it, who knows?)

45. have an ice cream for dessert at the sahara desert

46. couchsurf

 47. be in the bavaria region for the oktoberfest


48. take a photography class

49. kick negative habits/vices (that'll be the day!)

50. open a small restaurant/cafe by the beach



51. sell an original artwork

52. do a freshwater dive

53. talk to each of my closest friends and tell them how they changed my life and made me happier

54. wear a sunday dress (ha!)


55. eat tamilok (wood worm)

56. win something at nudi night using my nikon p&S with ss1 seashell casing (monthly underwater photography competition)

57. become a tourleader

58. dress like a harajuku girl for a day

59. operate a zamboni

60. operate a tractor

61. watch all star wars movies in one day

62. volunteer for an environmental organization

63. work/volunteer for an ngo (women's rights)

64. silverprodigy goes astray project

65. learn welding (flashdance)


66. start a conversation with a stranger who looks strange

67. audition for amazing race or survivor

68. learn to make wine or beer

69. open a little shop/cafe and RETIRE somewhere near the beach


70. Build a dinghy


71. go round the world for a year

the list is a work in progress. i plan to add more stuff when i get new (weird) ideas in my head or from other people.

and since i have a very short attention span. im going to end this blog with a dot.