20 Things I Want to Do in My Lifetime

July 31, 2006

Today is the last day of July and tomorrow is the first day of my birthmonth.  When I was still young, I wanted to get old faster so that I can do more things that only adults can do. But as the years past by I dreaded each year I turn a year older. Is it because I havent accomplish some of the things I subconsciously wish I could have or would have done?

I stumbled on the website of " My Fifty Things To Do in My Lifetime". I dont want to have that long list .Its like the long list of Earl in "My Name is Earl"

What are the twenty(20) top things I want to accomplish(really really want to doand achieve):Here they are:

1) Loose weight the natural way(no Nip Tuck or Surgery or pills). Its not for appearance but more for health reasons.

2) Stay healthy and not get Sick . This is related to number one.

3) Eat anything without Gaining Weight.This is again related to number 1 & 2. But somehow this is a little bit of wishful thinking.Ilove eating and somehow controlling the urge to eat is quite hard to accomplish;

4) Retire in a farm somewhere in the Mountains. I really have to work hard for the next ten or twenty years more to be able to afford a place like that in the "Golden Pond". But I just wish to have a peaceful surrounding, with a nice garden that someone else is tending for me .I would love to wake up with the birds chirping and butterflies going in and out of my bedroom.

5) Go to Europe with my husband- My husband has never been to Europe and I want to visit Paris again with him. Paris is a place for lovers so I want to experience the city of lights with my husband.Maybe we can even ride the Gondola in Venice(not the Gondola in Venetia in Las Vegas which we visited twice).

 

6) Go To Lake Tahoe with the kids for some ski lessons.(that is if Nygel can stand the 19 hour flight without getting sick).

7) Have our Canadian Immigration Papers Approved- This is because I want to see whether I did all the paperwork correctly like a true professional.

8) Have our House in the Philippines Renovated- ALthough we only go back once a year, I still wish I can have the place redesigned.

9) Have a "Quarrel-Less" Marriage- This might not be possible.But at my age, I dont want to fight anymore about small things that gets blown up to become bigger.

10) To grow my business- My business is like a Mom and Pop store except that I am both the Mom and the Pop. I hope I can expand it to be able to afford to pay some staff to do the work for me.

11) To See my two kids finish University and  Get Good Jobs  that they Love to Do(what every mother dreams of)

12) To See My Kids Having A Happy Marriage - my husband always teases me that I have a tendency of choosing the girlfriends of my two sons.

13) To Have Healthy and Lovely grandchildren- I hope I can still see them before I pass on to the next life

14) Bring my two kids and husband to my hometown in Quezon and let my kids ride the kalesa

15) Go camping with my family in Lake Caliraya or in Yosemite Park.

16) Revisit Baguio Again and I hope I wont get disappointed with the view

17) Go to Boracay(Ive heard so much about it) or El Nido or better yet Maldives.

18) Be Rich Enough to be able to Afford to Give Away Money(maybe not in my lifetime but this is wishful thinking)

19) Have no enemies . Enemies make our life miserable.

 20) To See and Talk to Robert Redford or Clint Eastwood, my two favorite stars.( ang babaw ano?)