101 in 1001
October 18, 2008
Because I want to remember more:
- Frame and hang all paintings
- Print and hang favourite photographs
- Make an ultimate collage of my life
- Send a package/letter to my friends in China
Because I love my friends and family:
- Wish all my friends a “Happy Birthday” when it’s their birthday.
- Keep track of all birthdays
- Call grandma once a week
Because I love things that taste good:
- Learn how to make buffalo wings
- Learn how to make really good chicken wings
- Attempt a homemade ice cream
- Learn to cook chicken curry
- Eat a lobster
- Try a new cuisine
Because I’m quickly becoming an adult:
- Paste post-its to remind me of stuff
- Buy a plant and keep it alive for 12 months
- Don’t use the computer for a week
- Repaint room
- Take care of all personal items
- Finish all homework for 1 semester
- Make my bed every morning for a month
Because traveling gives you perspective:
- Go to Kuala Lumpur
- See snow
- Visit China again
Because I’m an engineer:
- Dismantle and reassemble all damaged/broken electronics
- Use rechargeable batteries
- Build a solar powered something
- Finish fixing all my plastic aircraft models
Because self-improvement is underrated:
- Learn to sew
- Identify 100 things that make me happy (0/100)
- Learn enough Spanish to be able to read a tourist map
- Learn how to fold a shirt in 10 seconds
- Learn to roller blade
- Take a photography class
- Read three non-fiction books about things I don’t know
- Learn Adobe Photoshop
- Learn how to make 3 origami (0/3)
Because helping and loving others is the best:
- Donate blood at least 5 times (0/5)
- Donate to 5 charity organizations
- Donate money to the SPCA
- Participate in Earth Hour
- Donate 1,000,000 grains of rice at FreeRice.com (0/1,000,000)
- Visit someone’s grave and put flowers on it
- Donate 30 items to the Salvation Army
Because I like buying new things:
- Buy something from the internet
- Buy a portable vacuum cleaner
- Buy a printer
- Buy something from Etsy
- Buy an altimeter clock
Because making things/challenges are fun:
- Recycle paper by creative means (0/?)
- Learn to write thank you cards
- Complete a 26 things challenge while on vacation (http://www.sh1ft.org/26things/)
- Complete a 26 things challenge while in school
- Commit at least 2 hours to piano a week (0/143)
Because I love doing artsy things:
- Watch foreign/independent films at least 10 times.
- Visit Singapore Arts Museum
- Visit the Singapore Science/Discovery Centre
- Read One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Go to an art exhibition
- Read a Shakespeare play
- Make a short film.
- Participate in NaNoWriMo
- Memorize a poem
- Complete 365 photo project
- Go to a school concert
Because I can’t think of a reason not to:
- Climb a mountain
- Go to at least 5 concerts of any kind
- Go vegetarian for a week
- Sit in a Gold Class cinema
- Fly a kite
- Learn to play Chinese chess
- Build a new RC helicopter
- Create a word
- Leave 101 post-its in random places, with favorite quotes.
- Finish watching all the movies I have
- Visit Night Safari
- Go overseas with a friend
- Complete a jigsaw puzzle
- Calculate everything, literally
- Watch the sunrise
- Go to Pulau Ubin
- Get text published somewhere
- Go watch a movie by myself
- Bury something
Because there are things we do once a week
- Take a navy shower once a week to save on water bills (0/143)
- Bring granola bars to school once a week ( 0/143)
- Pack my room once at least every week (0/143)
- Eat fruits every week (0/143)
- Document my progress in a blog at least once weekly (0/143)
- Pack/tidy my room once every week (0/143)
Because it has to be done:
- Clear my library debt
- Save at least $30 every week and don’t spend it later on.
- Organise my songs folder
- Get a library card
- Organise my computer and storage in the house
- Finish reading the Bible
- Sync all my passwords and usernames
Because school life’s like that:
- Get a GPA 4.0
- Graduate with Merit
- Run a 5k
Because there’s and end to this:
100. Reward myself with Famous Amos everytime I complete one thing on the list
- Convince someone to make a 101 list
