Monday, December 12, 2011

Bucket list

This was a list that I had compiled in 2007 after attending a session at Deloitte where we were told about a guy who had a list of 127 things to do in his list and ended up completing over a 100. I was inspired and this is what followed...This is more or less a static list. There are ofcourse more additions and less deletions.

Do:
  1. Fly a plane 
  2. Do adventure sports such as para sailing and Bungee
  3. River rafting in India
  4. Make a Sky Dive
  5. Complete a professional course in mountain climbing
  6. Go Fishing
  7. Collect currency of all the countries in the world (63 countries done)
  8. Watch an NBA game
  9. Watch an F1 race - Live!
See - Travel :
  1. See the pyramids at Giza
  2. Go to South America and see Machupichu
  3. Great Wall of China
  4. Go to the TajMahal 
  5. Go on a world tour - Circle the world (Spend atleast 4 months doing so)
  6. Visit the Eiffel Tower
  7. Go on a cruise to Antarctica
  8. Go to Greenland to meet the Eskimos
  9. Do a village tour in India, Motorcycle diaries style (Done 2 in the south)
  10. Light house tour of India (See all the lighthouses)
  11. Go to Newzealand for backpacking
  12. Trek to the Himalayan base camp
  13. Visit the hill stations of India (A few in Uttaranchal and Maharashtra remaining)
  14. Bike trip to Leh and Laddakh
  15. Camping for a week in Himachal / J&K / Uttaranchal
  16. Experience the thrill rides of Vegas
  17. Bag pack across Italy
Write - Read - Learn:
  1. Write a book on career avenues
  2. Write a travel book (Crazy travel places, ideas etc)
  3. Give a live magic show for 30 mins
  4. Get proficient in English
  5. Learn Italian, Tamil and Spanish
  6. Learn more about the Indian independence story (read the book)
  7. Read poems by Keats, Dickens and Shakespeare
  8. Learn to play the synth, guitar and drums
  9. Learn to do professional photography
  10. Read 2000 books in life time
  11. Learn caricature
  12. Research and learn of various ancient cultures such as Romans, Egyptians, Mayans and Greek

Eat - Work :
  1. Eat all of "1000 things to eat before you die"
  2. Try the Ribs from Texas, Chipotle in Mexico and Sushi from Japan
  3. Work for yourself
  4. Start an organization for the old aged
  5. Support one kid
  6. Pursue an MBA Degree
  7. Play basketball at some professional level.

Random:
  1. Experience Zero gravity
  2. Run a full marathon in under 5 hours
  3. Do a stand-up comedy
  4. Work a blue collar job
  5. Study the butterflies
  6. Get a dog
  7. Play poker at a professional level
  8. Start a shack at Goa and run it for 6 months

2 comments:

Arthi Mittal said...

He he.. Dude really get a dog!! Oh man, i pity the dog :)

Sriram Makineedi said...

Shut up! Its a golden retreiver and its gonna do just fine :P