checklist: revisited

I had this post back in June 2006 where I had a checklist of the things I wanna do in my life. I saw the post again as I was reviewing the previous posts in this blog and thought maybe I should do an update on it. Surprisingly, I've got a lot of things to cross off on my checklist, which is kinda uplifting. I also revised some of my "provisions" since I've had a change of perspective about them. Plus some of them are kinda subjective and there is really no measurement of accomplishment. I'd rather stick to the tangible ones. I guess I should spend more of my free time accomplishing this checklist rather than "emo-ing." :p

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CHECKLIST

1. Build a dog pound so that all of the stray dogs in our neighborhood will be taken care of. (A promise I made when I was like seven. Yah, kinda childish. I just remembered about it while I was walking home and saw a dog without its owner. The human brain is a real wonder. The memory of it just suddenly hit me.)

2. Ride a rollercoaster (Yes, I haven't rode in one. The closest thing I could get was to a caterpillar ride back in my elementary days. Coz I get dizzy and might end up throwing up. Well, how would I know if I don't get to try it right?)

3. Be someone that my parents I myself is going to be proud of. There is no one else who could be more prouder of you than you.

4. Read all of the books that I bought or received from people (I'm starting on this one and have read three or four books while staying here in AZ. I have the time now so it's all good) Note to self: Make a list of books read in the past and will read in the future.

5. Ride on a cruise ship.

6. Have one wild ride on a hot air balloon. (Okay, drop the wild thing)

7. Be able to go to New York, Paris, Antartica, and Japan - Go to as many countries as possible, having these three on the top of the list.

8. Learn how to drive a car. YEY!

9. And in connection to number 8, buy my own car. (I'm thinking of either a Mustang or Convertible. And if only I have the money, maybe a Ferrari...and an armored van. Seriously. I love that "car"). I bought my own car two days before my 22nd birthday, a 2008 black Mazda 3. I still have five years to go to pay for it, but it's all worth it.

10. Be published in a book.

11. Live a dream job - in context, be a successful writer, vet (wow, I can't believe I actually mentioned this), or become one of the people behind the Oprah show. Yah, very rewarding. (There still more...just can't think of 'em right now)

12. Learn to speak in Spanish, Japanese, French, and maybe Latin (seems like my language classes in College)

13. Be inside an igloo and sleep there overnight (that's why I'd like to go to Antartica hehe)
14. Join in a Go-Kart Racing.

15. Treat my closest friends to a trip somewhere for a vacation (Coz the supreme being knows how much I love my true, closest friends. They're half my life)

16. Treat my closest cousins to a trip, too. (To reminisce the good old days we had and to catch up with each other)

17. Of course, treat my parents, my brother, and my Tita Ofel to a trip somewhere too (Or perhaps just anything that I know they would enjoy and make them happy. They're the other half of my life, and it took 20 years for me to realize and admit that)

18. Reward the people who were good to me, good to other people, and those who were never hypocrites. As well as punish those who are hypos. Yes, revenge is sweet.

19. Go to a concert of Fall Out Boy (and probably take a picture, or even meet them. I just love this band's music)

20. Help my cousin(s) to finish their studies.

21. Donate $240.00 to the Operation Smile Organization (Yes, it only takes $240.00 to give one child the smile that he or she deserves. That's like a week of my salary. I'm starting to set aside money for this, day by day. It doesn't hurt to give back. I hope you'll do too)

22. Go back to Elbi. (UP Los Banos) I have accomplished this in 2007, though I will never grow tires of going back to Elbi. It will always be my surreal home.

23. Attend my highschool reunion a different person, in a good way. Coz my highschool life is pretty much a big regret (except for the people I met during that time. Well, some of them)

24. Buy my own house with great interior deco. Or if I get richer, have a library, a ZEN garden, and a swimming pool/jacuzzi in it. But that's just if I get lucky. I've gotten tired of swimming pools/jacuzzis; hot tubs will do the job for me.

25. Have a boyfriend (Now this is complicated. Actually, I'm not sure if I actually "need" one, if there's gonna be. I'm selfish of my time. So I guess no guy's up for that. Just included it here in case I change my mind. Just for fun :p). I have decided that this does not deserve a place in the checklist. It seems childish to me now. :)

26. Have an Organ Donor card Technically, I haven't printed out my card yet but I have registered myself to be an organ donor. It's just weird though, coz I just realized I am now an organ donor here in Arizona plus I have an organ donor card in my wallet from the Philippines. Now there's a conflict right there.

27. "Balikan si Cham-Cham," an LTS-2 student who made it clear to me how children need the attention and education they deserve to realize their full potential. A kid who made me see how lucky I am to get the education my parents worked hard for. Coz it really does pay back.

28. Be at TRL while Lindsay Lohan is hosting or the guest there hahaha. Okay, we could remove the LL part. Just wanna know the feeling of being on the set of a TV show. Such a thrill.

29. Die young (hmmm...morbid) I am still looking forward to this one but I think it is too subjective and does not, again, deserve a place on the list.

30. Meet Genoveva Edroza Matute (Before it's too late. Or is it already?)

31. Buy a laptop/notebook My first ever investment of my hard-earned money before the car. Though my laptop's battery only last for an hour or so, and though I am still saving up to buy a new longer-lasting battery, I love my HP laptop. I'M A PC! Haha.

32. Organize my CDs, VCDs, and DVDs MP3 and video files in my laptop. I just realized I really don't have that much CDs/VCDs/DVDs so there is really nothing to organize. Let me rephrase it instead.

33. Buy my own iPod video Touch (haha, i wish) An iPod Touch 32 GB just costs $400 in Costco. Hmm... Let's see on Thanksgiving or Christmas.

34. Not be a spendthrift most of the time (Now, this is hard) Subjective!!!!!!!!!

35. Attend my closest friends' graduation by March of next year This has been long over and I was not able to attend. Some of them have very exclusive graduation ceremonies, while the UP Los Banos ceremony was held a month after I left the Philippines (had a three-month vacation in 2007).

36. Buy the DVD collections of my favorite tv series (I just love watching them over and over again). Waste of money.

37. Do a road trip with my brother

38. Do a "great" film with, or for FC

39. Create our own book launch with my LAYB peeps (Yes guys, our own book, because I believe in what we can do if we just have the time, the money, and our whole heart plunged into it. It's not that far from happening.)

40. Create my will and testament before I die (Well, actually I don't know if a Will and Testament really applies to me since I don't have any large assets to share with anybody, but there are some small yet valuable things for me that I want someone to have. It's my way of letting them know how much they meant to me. And at least before I die, I would finally speak up about what I really felt. It's like a hit-and-run thing. Whatever they'd say about it, I don't care anymore since well, I'm dead haha. And it's much better to die prepared hehe.)

41. Join the Peace Corps. NEW!

42. Do mass amounts of rewarding volunteer work. When I did volunteer work last May for a breast cancer walkathon, just out of curiosity and since I just wanted to do something different, it sparked an idea for me to be more involved in volunteering. I have been slacking off with this one lately due to school and work, but once I have time on my hands again, I'll get back on track. NEW!

43. Complete half of the things to do in the book, "101 Things to Do Before You Die." -> So I guess this kind of adds 51 more items on this checklist. ;)