June 6, 2014

My Bucket List

 

  1. Get insured 
  2. Make a Candle
  3. Host a theme party (80’s? Ugly Sweater? etc) – Hawaiian themed party during winter!!
  4. Learn basic cake decoration
  5. Dress up and have proper “dinner” with family
  6. Buy Mom a piece of Jewelry
  7. Open a Savings Account
  8. Achieve my ideal weight
  9. Run a marathon
  10. Have an emergency fund.
  11. Try a proper Moroccan Bath
  12. Learn Another Language
  13. Attend a concert
  14. Learn to play an instrument
  15. Have a portrait of myself.
  16. See a stage play 
  17. Take more photos – my favorite subject: kids!
  18. Try Indoor Skiing
  19. Take the day off on my birthday.
  20. Donate Blood
  21. Fire a Gun
  22.  Movie Marathon: Lord of the Rings
  23. Have a family reunion (parents & siblings)
  24. Hot Air Balloon Ride
  25. Try Ice Skating
  26. Watch 1o Best Movies Ever Made
  27. Defeat King Koopa!!
  28. Have an “Indoor” [Herb] Garden
  29. Earn Extra $
  30. Make our family tree
  31. Do Volunteer Work
  32. Wear a wig and false lashes
  33. Breastfeed for at least 6 months
  34. Be A MOM (and not screw it up!)
  35. Be a better person
  36.  Try wall climbing!
  37. Check out the Pyramids in Egypt
  38. Take a selfie at the Eiffel Tower
  39. Jump Shot at Stonehenge
  40. Sky Dive
  41. Zip Line
  42. Go to the Maldives 
  43. See the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)
  44. Watch “Les Miserable” live on Stage [Now see it on West End/Broadway]
  45. Ride 1st Class on a long haul flight
  46. Swim with the dolphins
  47. Float in the Dead Sea
  48. Go on an African Safari
  49. Hike as (legally) close as possible to the Hollywood sign
  50. Find the name of a star that I know and love in the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  51. Eat In-N-Out Burger
  52. Be in 2 States at the same time 
  53. Play slots in Las Vegas
  54. Go to Disneyland
  55. Be in 2 Countries at the same time
  56. Cycle around Amsterdam
  57. Walk the Great Wall of China
  58. Ride a Gondola in Venice
  59. Let go of a Floating Lantern in Thailand
  60. Make a wish at the Trevi Fountain
*Since I do not have a specific time frame, this list gets updated every so often. Don’t be surprised if it gets longer!

UNESCO Heritage Sites – One of my goals is to visit UNESCO Heritage Sites as much as I can. I’m listing them here based on countries that I have been to. For the full list, click here

Philippines – Sadly, I can’t find my old photos. I need to revisit my home country and make sure I cross out this list. 

  • Baroque Churches of the Philippines
  • Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
  • Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
  • Historic Town of Vigan
  • Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
  • Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary

Switzerland

  • Abbey of St Gall
  • Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
  • Old City of Berne
  • Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona
  • Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
  • Monte San Giorgio *
  • Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
  • Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes *
  • Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
  • La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning
  • Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps *

Turkey

  • Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
  • Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
  • Historic Areas of Istanbul
  • Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
  • Nemrut Dağ
  • Hierapolis-Pamukkale
  • Xanthos-Letoon
  • City of Safranbolu
  • Archaeological Site of Troy
  • Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
  • Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük
  • Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire
  • Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
  • Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
  • Ephesus

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
  • Durham Castle and Cathedral
  • Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast
  • Ironbridge Gorge
  • St Kilda
  • Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
  • Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
  • Blenheim Palace
  • City of Bath
  • Frontiers of the Roman Empire * 30
  • Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
  • Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey, and St Martin’s Church
  • Henderson Island
  • Tower of London
  • Gough and Inaccessible Islands 31
  • Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
  • Maritime Greenwich
  • Heart of Neolithic Orkney
  • Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
  • Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
  • Derwent Valley Mills
  • Dorset and East Devon Coast
  • New Lanark
  • Saltaire
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City
  • Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
  • Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
  • The Forth Bridge

United States of America

  • Mesa Verde National Park
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Everglades National Park
  • Grand Canyon National Park
  • Independence Hall
  • Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek # * 33
  • Redwood National and State Parks
  • Mammoth Cave National Park
  • Olympic National Park
  • Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  • La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
  • Statue of Liberty
  • Yosemite National Park #
  • Chaco Culture
  • Hawaii Volcanoes National Park #
  • Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
  • Taos Pueblo
  • Carlsbad Caverns National Park
  • Waterton Glacier International Peace Park *
  • Papahānaumokuākea
  • Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
  • San Antonio Missions