10 Things


My ex-partner and YFC brother Niki tagged me to do this list in his Multiply so I thought I’d write it here instead of there. I used to have this kind of list I entitled All These Things, which I got from an old online friend but I stopped doing it because…well, because I was lazy. I guess making this list is also a part of The Great Adventure, so some of the items in this list would be the same in my first 5 Great Adventures list.

So let’s do this again, shall we? According to the tag, I’m supposed to write 10 things I want to do before I die, and then tag 5 people after. Here we go!

 

10 Things I Want to do Before I Die

  1. Publish a book. Or two. I consider myself a writer as well as a computer scientist/geek, and I still want to publish a book. Preferably fiction, but I like nonfiction too. I think I’ll go towards the young adult/chicklit genre for the fiction. :P
  2. Travel, travel, travel. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I want to see the world! I’ve got Sydney up for 2008, for the upcoming World Youth Day (I’ll be putting up a blog for this sometime soon, so watch out for it!) but I also want to go visit other places before I turn 30 or get married (whichever comes first). I want to go backpacking in Europe, go shopping in the streets of Bangkok (for the second time) with my friends, explore the beautiful beaches right here in this hometown, visit different Disney parks in the US and drop by the Big Apple to see if it’s really filled with people and if it’s really everything I’ve read about. Besides all that Heroes watching makes me want to see the city, and yes, including the plastic surgery in Manhattan. The world is waiting! I want to see!
  3. Receive sunflower(s) on my birthday. My favorite flower is a sunflower, and every year I wish for someone to give it to me on my birthday. Still no such luck, but I’m young, I can still wait. Even just one sunflower would be nice. :D
  4. Put up a bookstore/coffee shop. My mom and I have been playing with this idea and I threw this idea to my best friend as well. I love books, I like coffee — so why not start a business that has both? I have yet to think of a way to make that bookstore different — or maybe I should put it up in the province or something. Not a remote province, of course, but on a semi-remote place where there’s no close access to Powerbooks or any bookstore not counting National Bookstore.
  5. And since we’re on the topic of provinces, I want to have my dream house built. My dream house, as I envisioned it a year ago, would be in the semi-remote province (Tagaytay?). It’s a two-storey house with spacious rooms. No TVs in the bedrooms, only in the family room and there’s going to be a library/study and a prayer room. The house will be built on a huge yard where there’s room for a flower garden on the side (with a big sunflower patch!) as well as a swingset for the kids. And surrounding the house should be white picket fence. :P
  6. Fall in love, get married and have a beautiful family. Enough said. :P
  7. Raise enough money for a GK house and help build it.
  8. Be a missionary. In what way, only God knows. :)
  9. Send a kid to school.
  10. Be surprised on my birthday. As in the Oh my gosh, I can’t believe you went through all this kind of surprise. :P
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There’s more, but I’ll stop here or else I might blab the whole day. :) Anyway, I’m tagging…well, I’m really not in the mood to tag anyone. :P If you feel like getting this survey, then consider yourself tagged. Come on, it’s fun to write things like this. :P

Now I’m off to help my mom clear up on her just concluded dinner with her CFC friends. :) Good night!




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Comment by Jeric on June 10, 2007 @ 12:22 am

I guess I have to be an active member of our parish youth ministry so I could join the World Youth Day 2008. Or maybe, our school will send delegates and I must be one of them (I’m studying on a Catholic school)!



Comment by Katia on June 10, 2007 @ 12:31 am

You’re sure that you’re young to Sydney na next year? Woohoo!!! :) Really happy for youuu, I think my cousin from NZ is coming as well, haha wala lang random.

I think your sched’s going to be really crazy though, but let’s meet up if ever a! :D



Comment by Katia on June 10, 2007 @ 12:33 am

*you’re going to Sydney..

(gah sorry! typo nanaman.)



Comment by Tina on June 10, 2007 @ 9:33 am

Jeric: I think you can go on your own, but it’s fun to be part of a group. :D

Katia: Well, I’m still saving for it! Pero I’m really determined na matuloy ako dyan! Haha, just thinking about it excites me. The initial plan is to stay for 1 week for WYD and another week to go around. :D Haha one year to go pa, I’ll let you know. :P



Comment by Sunflower on June 10, 2007 @ 10:32 am

I love Sunflowers too! A few friends and I are working a great site devoted to sunflowers. It will have everything imaginable about sunflowers with all kinds of great information, links to the best products and a discussion area. The forum is already open and you can share your sunflower pictures. Check us out at http://www.SunflowerOcity.com I can’t send you a sunflower, but send me your address and I will send you some great seeds and you can grow some sunflowers.
Chris
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Comment by Chris on June 11, 2007 @ 8:36 pm (subscribed to comments)

re: your number 10, there’s nothing like the feeling of being totally totally surprised with a party of some sort… I remember my first year to go to bible school, my parents set this whole elaborate party up and completely kept me out of the loop. somehow they manage to invite all of my friends and even some of their friends who knew me without me ever finding out. they even made up invitations, and got the bands that i was playing in to play for me and stuff… it’s really a sweet feeling, and I hope you get to experience it too one day.. just don’t be hinting at it to your parents or anything, cause that’s not really a surprise. lol.



Comment by Tina on June 11, 2007 @ 9:48 pm

Chris: I tried hinting….but not really. Medyo lang. Haha. Because in YFC we used to surprise everyone who’s celebrating their birthdays, but for some reason everytime it’s mine, something happens that the “surprisers” are not here. Haha. Oh well. I guess sometimes I expect too much.

I’m still waiting for that surprise tho. :P





 

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