i thought it will be nice to start off a blog with a list of things to do. in the future, maybe 3-5 years from now, i’ll be able to look at this first entry and compare. that being said, this blog had a few false starts, i could never decide what to write and how to write it. whenever i want to type something, my fingers seem reluctant to move. so for simplicity’s sake, i’ll write up a list of things to do and perhaps the words will flow better from there.
- participate in a marathon. any marathon. ok, actually i took part in two marathons when i was serving the nation – the half army marathon – but i didn’t get any real sense of achievement. it was compulsory and i had to drag my sorry sleepy ass for it. so in my list of things to do, i will want to take part in an actual marathon. i’ll even train for it.
- take a hot air balloon ride. since i don’t see myself tying a billion helium balloons to my apartment block, i guess the alternative will be taking a hot air balloon ride. i’m mostly nervous about heights. even to this day, taking off in an airplane makes me nervous. which is why i don’t take thrill rides in amusement parks.
- have a ‘lost’ marathon. this one might be the easiest to accomplish among all the others, but to actually find the time and the mood to sit in front of my computer and catch 5 (or is it 6?) seasons of lost would be a feat. i love the cast, i love the mythology and i love the suspense. but there are just too much to absorb – the flashbacks and flash-forwards – and that makes it hard to start from scratch again.
- picking up a sports. well, like it’s ever gonna happen. but i would love to pick up tennis again. i like the impact of the racket against the ball. and i think i would look pretty smart in a tennis getup.
- writing a book. that is what i’m basing this blog on. to chronicle my attempts at writing a book. and if i ever do write one, ‘this is not for the sober’ would be the title for it. i’m greatly inspired by the likes of jonathan tropper (my favourite writer for now), neil gaiman (i worship him and Dream), douglas coupland and nick hornby. i used to love chuck palahniuk but i didn’t quite get his latest works.
not really an exhaustive list of things to do. but given my procrastinating nature, i would love to see in 3-5 years’ time (hopefully i’m still alive and well) that i have accomplished half, if not all of what i’ve stated.