by Gaizka Mendieta

Created on: April 25, 2008

This is the most interesting title I have seen in a while. The top 10 things I want to do in my life. Wow! Well, let's start the ball rolling. This has got me thinking, I took a pen and paper and actually wrote down the 10 things I want to do in my life. Writing it down enables me to rank them. This is much like the movie, The Bucket List. My list can also be seen as most possible to almost impossible, but hey, one can always dream. Well, starting from number 10.

10) Success in my career. Well, this is boring really but isn't that what everyone wants. I am only one year into my career but I have dreams of becoming a Director within 10 years. Like most, I have watched The Secret and have also applied some of the techniques to my everyday life. Hope it works!

9) Have a son. It's not that I have been trying for a son with my wife without success or I have only had daughters. I am actually single, not yet married but I have a love for children and the thought of having a young boy whom I can guide to excel me in everything I have done is very exciting. Not that I have anything against having daughters, but I would like to have at least one son in my life. Maybe it is because I have a great father and I would like to emulate him one day, to excel him in being a father to my future son. Don't get me wrong, there is no rivalry involved, a son doing better that the father should only make the father proud as my father has been always proud of me. Hey, if it is possible I would like to have 11 sons, so I can have my own football/soccer team.

8) Parachute. I would really like to jump out of a plane and experience the closest thing to flying a human being can do. Hence the parachute, I would also like to tell the experience to others after the jump. I actually have a fear of roller coasters because of the feeling to my innards whenever it goes down really fast. It is beyond me how the free fall would actually feel like. It must be absolutely fantastic.

7) Own a Harley. Who doesn't. I have fantasies of being a wild hog one day or owning one, whichever expression is correct I'm not too sure. On thing is for certain, you never fail to look cool on a Harley.

6) Own a Alfa Romeo. Have you seen the cars this company produces. My word, it is absolute art. I watched a car review on television the other day and they were reviewing one of the models and the feedback was that the Alfa Romeo makers have beauty of the car in mind above other aspects that make the car of this manufacturer magnificent.

5) Bachelor's Degree.

4) Master's Degree. Both degrees depend on how much money I can save before the harsh reality of saving up for a marriage set in.

3) Buy a 3 storey bungalow. Especially in land starved Singapore, this would be the mark of success. Owning a condominium here already means one has success in his/her career.

2) Start a children's charity. This would be a dream. My love for children bring me to always daydream about starting such a charity one day. To provide orphans and underprivileged children with shelter, food and education. Maybe I should start by volunteering at one of these charities first.

This would be the most challenging of all.

1) Conquer the 7 summits. Few people have accomplished this, I aspire to be one of them. This one is more of self gratification than anything.

Well, to all our hopes and dreams. May all of it come true.

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