Thursday, March 10, 2011

exuberant things I want to do in 2011

Inspired by Summer Pierre and her list, I decided to blog something happy.

While trying to come up with this list, I noticed that a lot of things that I can think of, I'm glad to say 'been there, done that'! Now, I just have to "Lather, Rinse, Repeat!" Tirelessly do them again and again.

1. Write/blog about happy things as often as I like
2. Purchase and read "My Mistress's Daughter' by A.M. Homes
3. Sip Pacific Coffee's caramel latte while watching the sunset by the harbour
4. Go on a holiday trip with my girlfriends
5. Talk to cab driver about friends and people dying and how to live life to the fullest
6. Watch a fireworks display without any electronic device
7. Have a picnic where no one else is
8. Drink wine with no intention of getting drunk
9. Go to a bar and order shirley temple
10. Learn to swim
11. Buy a mini donut mold (A gift from my AMAZING friends)
12. Bake mini donuts and give them away
13. Cycle in the pouring rain
14. Attempt to rollerblade without falling over more than 14 times
15. Enjoy a dimsum buffet
16. Hold a smile with a complete stranger for more than 10 seconds
17. Reply a complaint letter
18. Go to a concert and NOT bring a camera (WESTLIFE! How could I not capture the moment)
19. Eat coconut and slurp it's juice by the roadside in a foreign country
20. Make memorable jokes with girlfriends about said coconut
21. Finish a red velvet cupcake by myself (Very first attempt at baking a HUGE toxic-looking batch of them)
22. Befriend a complete stranger who resembles a grandfather
23. When given someone's name card, keep it for future reference
24. Design a personal name card
25. Pass out name card to a privileged, non-psychotic, friendly stranger
26. Imitate friends' annoying laughters to evoke more laughters without seeming annoying
27. Buy the instax mini 50s (ANOTHER amazing gift <3 )
28. Reply 'good morning' to the delivery man out of the ordinary
29. Buy (MADE) cupcakes for everyone in the office
30. Tell someone 'you look great' when they really do
31. Fly a kite
32. Be vegan for a day
33. Watch a 3D movie at home
34. Beat my brother at a PS3 fighting game
35. Borrow all of David Sedaris books
36. Successfully surprise someone
37. Bake a birthday cake for someone I don't know
38. Wear red lipstick ON my lips (not around)
39. Hunt down Kinder Surprise (not the crappy nutella disguised as egg)  got it for x'mas! all thanks to this.
40. Eat Cadbury Creme Egg when it isn't Easter
41. Watch Hop!
42. Make an inspiration board
43. Get new running shoes
44. Do Body Balance and Body Vive back to back
45. Climb 11 storeys back home
46. Finish reading The Great Gatsby
47. Buy daisy/gerbera for someone
48. Eat an ice cream cone at home
49. Carry a baby for 5 minutes without fear and she's also the CUTEST baby ever.
50. Give a dog a hug
51. Make pizza dough at home
52. Eat ikea's hotdog for lunch
53. Wear my shades in public (but not in the train or at the beach) without feeling alienated
54. Get into uni
55. Wake up at 5am on a weekday to go jogging
56. Eat Baskin Robbins and pose a silly picture with the remnants
57. Laugh until you cry
58. Cry while watching a sad movie at home
59. Go back to the seesaw behind tca and talk hth with a friend
60. Walk barefooted along the beach and let the wave wash your feet after
61. Pick seashells and add them to my childhood collection
62. Cover someone's eyes from behind and say 'guess who' in the deepest voice
63. Buy ice cream on a rainy day
64. Tip the cashier at McDonald's/KFC/BK/LJS/Wendy's/Freshness/MOS
65. Roll up magazine pages and make kacang puteh at home
66. Buy something vintage at a flea market
67. Make matcha cream cheese cupcakes
68. Wear green on St. Patrick's Day
69. Dine at Buddy Hoagies (with Ahyi and Juz)
70. Share a bed with two of your best friends (for two nights)
71. Frame up a drawing from a friend
72. Get rid of old shoes/clothes AMAZING FEELING.
73. Win a game of Monopoly deal
74. Make stuffed mushroom
75. Print a hand-drawn shirt for a special friend
76. Wear rings to work
77. Bake chocolate chip cookies with maple syrup and bacon icing (better yet, with candy cane kisses)
78. Take an hour-long walk alone at the reservoir
79. Say 'sorry' and ask for forgiveness when I screw up
80. Give a present you know someone really wants
81. Eat fried mars bar without any guilt
82. Strike a conversation with a neighbour
83. Openly snap a picture of 'fei mao' my hairdresser
84. Ask him if anyone has told him he looks like a HK actor
85. Give a guyfriend a genuine hug
86. Send Nicky Byrne a shameless tweet without sounding stalkerish
87. Plan a meaningful 21st
88. Stay up all night just to talk
89. Sleep in until it's time for dinner
90. Watch Westlife concert DVD on a Sunday afternoon
91. Take a picture with Santa Claus
92. Swim/waddle (see #10) at an infinity pool
93. Make honey French toast
94. Tie a cherry stem knot with my tongue without cheating
95. Have breakfast for lunch/dinner
96. Finish the whipped cream before the frappé
97. Make someone's birthday meaningful
98. Print out this list, put it somewhere prominent and cross them out (save the tree?)
99. Go to a buffet mainly for the chocolate fondue
100. Make someone's day I hope somehow or rather, I did make somebody's day. You're welcome. :)

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