February next year I'll be 26, 4 more years and I'll be 30. And so before it's too late, the obsessive-compulsive "me" is making a list of my top 30 things to do before I turn 30, with fingers crossed and a fat check book.
1. Bungee jump in Ticino, Switzerland.
2. Travel alone . (December 27-29,2008, Hongkong)
3. Have my own research published in a journal.
4. Be interviewed in a television for whatever cause it is.
5. Watch the four grand slam tennis tournaments (U.S Open, Australian Open, Wimbledon and French Open).
6. Learn a new language and be explicitly good at it.
7. Travel and set foot in all seven continents.
8. Write my own book.
9. Volunteer or Work for WHO or UN.
10. Sing solo in front of an audience.
11. Have a two week tour in China visiting The Great Wall, Terra Cotta Warriors in Xian, The Forbidden City and the Hanging Temple in Mount Heng.
12. Have a sunset snapshots of at least 100 of 192 countries around the world.
13. Asian Cruise.
14. Learn to drive a car.
15. Fall in love and have a family of my own.
16 Open my own pastry and cake shop.
17. Learn to dive and scuba dive into the Great Barrier Reef (or at least swim on it!)
18. Travel all the 7,107 islands of the Philippines.
19. Watch a Madonna or U2 concert.
20. Safari tour in South Africa.
21. Whale and dolphin watching in Gibraltar.
22. Witness a fireworks display in Sydney.
23. Visit my mama in L.A.
24. Tour the Louvre Museum.
25. Write at least 2,000 poems in this blog and have 500,000 views.
26. Buy my own house and mango plantation in Zambales.
27. Witness a synchronized swimming contest in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
28. Watch a live NBA game of L.A Lakers.
29. Have a European train trip to the Castles of Britain.
30. Spend my birthdays with homeless children. (February 4,2011 RSCC, Quezon City)