My own bucket list

I am going to keep adding things to this list as I think of more that I would like to accomplish in this lifetime. 




1. See the sunset and sunrise while sitting on a peak. (any peak so long as it takes me at least 4-8 hours to get up and down it.)


2. Drive a race car.


3. Complete a triathlon. 


4. Belt out a Whitney number in a packed house.


5. Go on a safari.


6. Be a published author.


7. Fall madly in love.


8. Skinny dip in a hotel pool.


9. Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef - despite my great fear for fishes.


10. Take swing dancing classes.


11. Host a three course dinner party with gourmet dishes cooked entirely by moi. 


12. Sail the Caribbean islands for a month. 


13. Own a store.


14. Fly on a Concorde.  


15. Complete someone.


16. Host a fundraiser for an animal shelter.


17. Ski on the Swiss Alps. 

How to deny reality

How to deny reality

There are plenty of ways to deny reality. People tell us to grow up, get a job, put food on the table, pay bills and own your mortgage. That is a reality. But does it have to be your reality? They say it takes all kinds of people to make this big world go round. Different strokes. Humans have had to adapt to the life of hardships and struggles alongside wealth and happiness. Sometimes the scales tip favourably or unfavourably but that alone is not an indication of personal triumphs or failures.
So how does one deny reality? Perhaps you can get lost in daydreams. People might think you are mad and irresponsible. Some might say it is the Peter Pan syndrome. But you know that you are going to a place everyone once was in their childhoods or even in their sweetest dreams. Smug in that knowledge that only the brave abandons modern ideas. The escapist thinks of nothing but a better place, Michael Jackson was a well known escapist. He was constantly escaping into another world, one that didn’t make sense to the rest of the world. Sadly we have no capacity to live beyond the norms that have been dictated to us.
To deny reality, one needs to know how to strike a delicate balance. One needs to have the courage to follow their heart and not their head. One needs to use common sense and not get completely lost in the clouds because then you are dealing with a very cold reality of an insane asylum.



Denying reality can simply be ignoring the petty mundane routines of life like getting up and having breakfast and off to work. Why not try getting up and going to dinner for once, yes at 11am and then go off horse riding or mountain climbing. Try walking or biking to work for once, regardless of how impractical or unfeasible it is. When you turn up late for work/school, say that it is the price you are willing to pay for lesser carbon dioxide in the environment. Denying reality does not have to be self indulgent. It takes a bit of courage, a lot of imagination and the will to see it through. Maybe then, I will not be the only dreamer on earth.
“..You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one…”
John Lennon

Ready for the time of my life

It seems like everyone around me is falling ill. Family members, colleagues, friends.. even random gym members, regulars of mine who attend my classes faithfully have been out for weeks. And when they return, they cite all sorts of illness and health issues as the reason for missing in action.

All this really got me thinking. In todays modern lifestyle, are we lost in pursuit of affluence to the point of endangering our health? Where does one strike the balance? It always seems like we aren't doing enough and if we stop for one moment, someone else will grab the opportunity and we are left to pick up the pieces.

I wonder when will the time come when you know that you have made it. Success is not measured by wealth and finance alone, but by being in complete and utter peace with oneself. When you could get up every morning with no worries hanging over your head and tackle the day with vigor. Face all the challenges that come your way and then go home content and fulfilled. Problems should have a 2 hour lifespan. If it can't be solved within the time, it ought to time out on its own accord and you shouldn't have to worry about it anymore. Wouldn't that just be great?

Great as my life is at the moment, there must be something missing for me to claim that I am ready for the time of my life. Because if I'm not living it now, then when will I? Youth is fleeting and I intend to live it to its fullest extent. I'm done living the dull, grey and hum drum routine. I'm ready for the time of my life.

Rabbits, guns and feather boas

Just some of the things I dreamed of last night. After days of back to back RPM, and not being able to sleep properly, going to bed at 10pm was sheer bliss. Even if the body is resting, the mind is still actively working out. :)

If only there was some sort of recording device that can be inserted in the neurons to capture all the images that flash in my brain when I am in the state of REM. It could make for a very colorful collage of pictures to trigger some inspiration for absurdist theatre stage plays. Hmm..