February 16, 2011

Bucket list unleashed and still in counting...

This is sort of like my Bucket List if I live through 2010 conspiracy theory. And of course I had to editorialize…


1. Watch a meteor shower
2. Watch a lightning storm at sea
3. Grow your own vegetables – It’s a challenge cos am no good at it
4. See the Mona Lisa in France
5. Hitch hike
6. Build a snow fort - at the least a snow man
7. Run a Marathon
8. Ride in a gondola in Venice – tried at vegas but nothing can be Venice.
9. See a total eclipse
10. Go on a cruise trip.
11. Teach yourself a new language
12. Had enough money to be truly satisfied …a gallon of milk, a full tank of gas, and I’m happy.
13. Sing a karoke in a bar
14. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant …bought a strange meal at a restaurant. Does that count? :P
15. Get all the pages in my passport stamped
16. Walked on a beach by moonlight. Easy one
17. Had your portrait painted
18. Go deep sea fishing …did crabbing
19. Go scuba diving or snorkeling … Snorkeling done ..scuba am guessing it would be more of spluttering and choking .
20. Be in a movie …
21. Start a business
22. Go whale watching - Done
23. See Russia from Little Diomede, Alaska
24. Go flowers for no reason …
25. Donate blood, platelets or plasma
26. Visit Nazi Concentration Camp.
27. Go skinny dipping
28. Fly n a helicopter - Done
29. Visit the taj mahal - I know it’s a shame
30. Pieced a quilt …made pieces for a quilt
31. Stood in Times Square … that can get you arrested these days ;-)
32.Tour the Everglades
33.See the Changing of the Guards in London
34.Be on a speeding motorcycle
35.See the Grand Canyon in person
36.Publish a book
37.Visit the Vatican
38.Walk in Jerusalem
39.Had your picture in the newspaper - Quite close for the wrong reasons
40. Read the entire Bible and bagavad Gita
41.Visited the White House
42.Save someone’s life
43.Sit in a jury
44.Meet someone famous …
45.Float In Dead Sea
46.Read an entire book in one day

6 comments:

Katie said...

I really like you're bucket list! It gave me some ideas for things I want to try!

t3h egotist said...

I like that your bucket list is SO varied. It's not just travel or reading or being happy. It's a list of living life. (On a side note, if you want to make it official-ish, bucketlist.org is a site that helps you keep track.)

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theskymind said...

1. Watch a meteor shower - Go to a nature reserve, the regular night sky is as good as a shower

3. Grow your own vegetables – It’s a challenge cos am no good at it - It is quite easy, try Walmart..
5. Hitch hike - Please don't tempt fate :)

14. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant …bought a strange meal at a restaurant. Does that count? :P - Well you had the chance :)

19. Go scuba diving or snorkeling … Snorkeling done - great..
20. Be in a movie - Look for Meipporul - done by some jobless desis in the bay area..you may want to ping them :)

24. Go flowers for no reason - Apdina?

27. Go skinny dipping - ennai kodumai Sir idhu?
28. Fly n a helicopter - Done - Cool.. Facebook Deal?

35.See the Grand Canyon in person - Shame here too :)
36.Publish a book - You could get your blog posts printed - My friend did this..
http://www.amazon.com/last-laugh-Ramya-Sethuraman/dp/1442100133

40. Read the entire Bible and bagavad Gita - Download Audiobooks and listen in your car :)

V.Va said...

Well I think you covered 34. Motorcycle = Kinetic honda ;)

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