Traveler's List: Have you ever done this?

I got that LIST from someone's blog and plagarizeD it from her. She'll never find out. My computer is MAC and I can't use color to distinguish my comment to see if I have done it or not. So just look out for the capitalized words. YOU CAN SEE LATER IN THE LIST THAT I GOT TOO TIRED OF TYPING EVERYTHING CAPITALIZED. SO BEAR IT WITH ME. =)

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you’ and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris


12. Watched a lightning storm at sea- BACK IN DAYS IN HONG KONG- I WAS SAILING A BOAT. IT WAS ONE OF THE SCARIEST AND BEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. MY PARENTS DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THIS. I LOVE ADVENTURE!


13. Seen the Northern Lights
14.Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope

26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment- YES- THANKS TO ODESSA IN EVERY SACREMENT MEETING.

27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse


34. Ridden a roller coaster-MAGIC MOUNTAINS REALLY RULE.


35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states

41. Taken care of someone who was drunk- yeah seriously. It really sucks.

42. Had amazing friends- YES!

43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales-petted them
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe

47. Taken a road-trip- WHEN I WAS TEN YEARS OLD, I WENT ALL OVER CALIFORNIA VISITING EVERY MISSIONS WITH THREE STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS.

48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland

52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love- YES

53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them

54. Visited Japan- TWICE: ONE FOR BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE AND THE OTHER ONE FOR A TOUR IN NARITA.

55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs

57. Pretended to be a superhero- DOES MULAN COUNT?

58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater


66. Visited the Great Wall of China- IT WAS SOOO AMAZING. I FELT THAT IT SHOULD BE ONE OF SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD. IT IS SO LONG AND AMAZING. I TOUCHED THE WALL TO EXPERIENCE THE HARD LABOR PEOPLE HAD DONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites

70. Taken a martial arts class- I WAS JUST ABOUT 11 YEARS OLD- I LEARNED JAPANESE KARATE. I JOINED YOUNG OLYMPIANS AND I WAS TOO EMBARRASSED TO YELL! BUT SO FAR, I WAS GOOD. I GOT A TINY TROPHY TO PROVE. MEN-- BEWARE!

71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight-what's D&D
72. Gotten married

73. Been in a movie—I AM TONE DEAF WITH COCHLEAR IMPLANT (I AM HARD OF HEARING). I HAVE NOT BEEN TO A MOVIE THAT HAS OPEN CAPTIONED. I HAVE BEEN ONE WITH REAR WINDOW CAPTIONING.

74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”

83. Got flowers for no reason- YEAH, THAT WAS LAST YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS, I GOT A FAKE YELLOW ROSE WITH NO EXPLANATION.

84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music

87. Eaten shark-YEAH. SHARK'S FIN. IT IS REALLY GOOD. SERIOUSLY.

88. Had a one-night stand- NO

89. Gone to Thailand- YES, WE WENT THERE TO VISIT MY COUSIN EN ROUTE TO BURMA, MY DAD'S BIRTHPLACE.

90. Bought a house-condo
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents


93. Been on a cruise ship- I WENT THROUGH CULTURE SHOCK BECAUSE MY FAMILY IS PRACTICALLY THE ONLY CHINESE THERE AND THE THING IS THAT, PEOPLE THOUGHT WE ARE VERY CHINESE AND TREAT US LIKE FOREIGNERS. THAT WAS KIND OF EMBARRASSING IN A GOOD AND BAD WAY.

94. Spoken more than one language fluently- I TRIED. REALLY DO.

95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray-swam with them in the wild, at night

110. Broken someone’s heart- AIEYA, THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO AND I HAD TO TELL HIM THAT HE WAS WAY TOO YOUNG FOR ME. I WAS 19 AND HE WAS 13.

111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show

113. Broken a bone- I SHOULD HAVE BROKEN ANY BONES IN MY BODY BUT NEVER MANAGED TO DO IT. I PLAYED A LOT OF SPORTS REALLY HARD AND RAMBUNCTIOUS. ONE TIME I SPEND HALF OF THE DAY ROLLING THE SKATES AND FELL SO MANY TIMES. I CAME HOME WITH TONS OF BRUISES BUT NO BROKEN BONES.

114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten onions that were gathered in the wild

118. Ridden a horse-YES, ER NAME IS MCCORMICK. HER MOTHER IS A WHITE HORSE AND HER DAD'S A BLACK STALLION.
I HAD RIDDEN HER IN THE PHILIPPINES. SHE IS A BEAUTY.


119. Had major surgery- FOR COCHLEAR IMPLANT. THEY HAD TO PLANT A MAGNET AND ELECTRONS AROUND THE COCHLEA BEHIND MY EAR. IN OLD TIMES, THEY HAD TO SHAVE A PERSON'S HEAD AND CUT THE HEAD INTO D-SHAPE AND FLIP THE ROUNDED PART OF THE LETTER 'D' AND SHAVE YOUR SKULL TO PUT MAGNET IT AND IT WON'T STICK OUT. Nowadays, they only cut in a line and pull it apart then shave my head and then scoop the magnet inside. It is just a line behind my ear.

120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours

123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states-BIG TIME. I have very low IQ about USA. I have been to Nevada, Utah, Maryland (Washington D.C.), and Virginia. In overseas, I have been to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Mongolia, India, Japan, and Burma. I have more…

124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat

127. Eaten sushi-YES: TORO AND SALMON ARE MY FAVORITES. Raw is sooo good.

128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes

134. Read The Iliad and the Odyssey- VERY TRAGIC STORY. I had to read these book twice (High school and College)- I had to read it again because my perspective changed over the years and I had to read it again to make sure. But when I was in college, I read it faster. Anyway, what I learned that I should have mark things down in the book in my high school days so it should be easier for my college life.

135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read-I HAVE TOO MANY TO LIST and one of them is Jane Austen.

136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

137. Skipped all your school reunions- I AM AN AMERICAN EXPAT. I studied schools all over the place. When there is a reunion, I ended up in another place.

138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language- YES IN Sign language. I hardly know sign language and I had to use alphabet slowly to get what I want them to know. I was so slow with it. I only know alphabet in sign language only. SOMETIMES I POINT THINGS OUT AND THEY WILL SIGN FOR ME. ALSO LIVING IN ASIA, WE BOTH HAD TO POINT THINGS OUT TO GET WHAT WE WANT ESPECIALLY ASKING FOR SOMETHING.. YOU WERE LIKE SIGNING BUT IT WAS ANY REAL LANGUAGE. IT IS LIKE TRYING TO DRAW A PICTURE.

139. Been elected to public office

140. Written your own computer language- I tried and it sucks. I was trying to make a website.

141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream- YES- Unless I said if my man of my dreams really likes me, then I am living in a dream no matter where I am, what I am… etc.

142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you.
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident

150. Saved someone’s life- IT WAS MY INTENTION BUT but too late to be a hero. =)