35 before 35

Here are 35 things I want to do before I turn 35 on 13th September 2013:

1. Get healthy and lower my body fat percentage to under 25%.
2. Put together enough money (SGD70-100k) for the downpayment of my first home.
3. Run a half-marathon (yes, in public with strangers)
4. Read the entire Harry Potter series to see what all that fuss is about.
5. Own all Battlestar Galactica box sets.
6. Learn how to make all my favourite Chinese kueh-kuehs (soon kueh, png kueh, bak chang)
7. Whittle my wardrobe down to 150 essential things (tops, bottoms, dresses, sleepwear, swimwear, underwear etc)
8. Ride a proper adult-sized roller coaster (G-force and all)
9. Visit my 2 longest friends from primary school – Gillian in the US; and Juanita in Switzerland.
10. Learn a new language (enough to read maps and survive a 7-day holiday without English)
11. Earn a new licence – boating/motorcycle/diving etc
12. Pick up some form of martial arts – karate/judo/MMA etc
13. Take pole-dancing lessons.
14. Frame up all the posters and pictures I’ve been meaning to hang up.
15. Watch Aerosmith LIVE in concert.
16. Give blood.
17. Go on a caravan camping trip.
18. Go on holiday with only a handbag and no luggage.
19. Attend a LIVE Diggnation
20. Pack a suitcase, buy the first air-ticket I can afford and go!
21. Meet someone who shares the exact same birthday as me!
22. Benchpress my own weight.
23. Memorise π to 50 decimal places.
24. Go on a hot-air balloon.
25. Build my own light saber.
26. Walk home from work everyday for a week.
27. Go on an ultra cleanse.
28. Get plastic surgery.
29. Have sex in a place I’m not supposed to.
30. Sleep under the stars at the beach.
31. Bake a cake and decorate it!
32. Get an online degree!
33. Quit junk food for 3 months in a row.
34. Learn to survive on 50% of my salary for 3 straight months.
35. Be in a Bollywood film with a speaking role (even if it’s one word).

It took a while to put this together but I had a hard time deciding if I wanted to be frivolous, adventurous or outrageous. I guess, might as well be all 3 before I turn 35! When is a good time if not now? This is not a definitive list and neither will it take over my life. This list serves to motivate me to live it up and embrace everything come what may.

Ready, Set, Go!