My List

Was leaving office as usual when a pleasant faced Chinese woman calls out to me. Turns out that she is promoting a beauty saloon. She gives me her business card and invites me for a complimentary beauty class. Eager to get out of the freezing cold I nod my head vigorously and tell her that I certainly will contact her for the class. I guess I wasn’t convincing enough coz she went on and on about skin care…or maybe, my skin looked so uncared for that she thought I deserved an earful. Anyway, her parting statement was,”Don’t work too hard, look beautiful and find a man”. That last line really got me thinking…would you really want to look good just to fish for a man? Whatever happened to looking good for yourself? And even if you do find a man, what happens after that?...u get married to him…and soon, in a few years all your expected to do is cook, clean and breed. I know…that is a depressing thought but its true in most cases. Isn’t there more to life than getting married?

Well, I made up a list of stuff I want to do in my life before I die (…apart from getting married that is)

1. Learn to play at least one musical instrument (Already tried my hand on the guitar…but I suck at it)
2. Learn to speak Spanish fluently (ah…such a romantic language)
3. Get over my fear of heights (Jump from over 10,000 ft…with a parachute of course)
4. Visit the seven wonders of the world (well, at least some of them)
5. Try all the cuisines that the world has to offer (at least as many as possible in this lifetime)
6. Run a marathon
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…well that’s all I can think of now
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…actually there was one more thing, but I took it off the list after I miserably failed at it…that was to learn the salsa.