The 99 things meme
Things you’ve already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to - leave in plain font
My own words, in blue.
1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland/world.
For some reason I am not very interested in Disneyland.
8. Climbed a mountain.
Mount Kinabalu anyone?
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo.
11. Bungee jumped.
Maybe.
12. Visited
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
Was kayaking at open sea. I was like KNNBKNS, but it was really damn fun, and no I wasn't really in the mood to admire the storm because I was trying not to capsize and getting to shore quickly.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Adopted a child.
I would like to adopt a special need child should I am financially secure after 40.
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
18. Grown your own vegetables.
Does tau gey count? I grew a lot of them when I was a kid.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in
20. Slept on an overnight train.
Shanghai-Beijing; Beijing-Shanghai; Beijing-Guilin;. 8 hours; 8 hours; 23+hours.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Hitch hiked.
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.
No shit.
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
And sex in the swimming pool, yeah.
27. Run a marathon.
Aiming to do it in 2010!
28. Ridden a gondola in
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
There’s such thing?
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock climbing.
Wall kind counted?
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David in person.
41. Sung Karaoke.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant.
44. Visited
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted.
48. Gone deep sea fishing.
I think I ended up feeding the fish instead with my constant puking.
49. Seen the Sistine chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of the
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling.
Snorkelling only. At Bintan.
52. Kissed in the rain.
It is such a happy memory for me. It felt like the Earth stood still and the rain fell silently around us, as we kissed for the first time.
53. Played in the mud.
Hwa Chong orientation. 'Nuff said.
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the
57. Started a business.
Well technically...
58. Taken a martial arts class
I was in NUS Taekwando team in year 1.
59. Visited
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
Why soup kitchen? Just serving as a waitress doesn’t count?
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies.
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Gotten flowers for no reason.
Gotten a yellow tulip for no reason and it was dying at the end of the day. I managed to revive it with a plastic bottle of water though.
64. Donated blood.
And I am a registered bone marrow donor too!
65. Gone sky diving.
Maybe.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.
67. Bounced a cheque.
It was a mistake.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.
I saved my Lego set! It's a police station with a police car, motorcycle, boat and helicopter. It is so vintage that they don't make it anymore.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Times Square.
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job.
Fell out with my then boss.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London.
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.
80. Published a book.
The easiest way to do this is of course fork out my own money, but I want to win a literary prize that comes with a publishing contract. :)
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car.
No desire for new cars thank you very much. They depreciate a lot the moment you drive them out of the garage.
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
I was interviewed quite a few times for various things from 14 to 22. (Oh my god they have those ugly photos in archives.) You will still see my picture in the newspaper once every few weeks I think.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox.
I never had chickenpox. Potential carriers, stay away!
89. Saved someone’s life.
I hope I don't have to?
90. Sat on a jury.
91. Met someone famous.
How famous is famous? Does people like Rebecca Tan count? How about Ovidia Yu? Oh oh I know, Bei Dao the Chinese poet who I absolutely adore. C'mon anyone who reads modern Chinese literature knows who he is. *beams*
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Had a baby.
95. Seen the Alamo in person.
96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake.
97. Been involved in a law suit.
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
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