My Bucket List
I recently saw The Bucket List (great movie by the way) and decided to compile a similar list to that referenced in the film.
For those who are completely oblivious to what I’m talking about, it’s basically a list of things I want to do before I “kick the bucket” (hence, the bucket list). Mind you, I have no intention of dying anytime soon and this list will probably change as I hopefully grow more mature. As for now, I give you my rendition of the bucket list.
- Look back on a specific portion of my life and have no regrets about it.
- Get into a medical school.
- Help a complete stranger realize his or her potential.
- Remain a staunch Republican.
- Hear a patient say: “Thank you, Dr. Kumar, for saving my life.”
- Never consume alcohol, smoke, or engage in any of the other nonsense people have a pressing need to try.
- Become a husband that she “can live with and can’t live without.”
- Have tens of children, pick the top 26 and name them each after a letter of the English alphabet. The rest shall be sacrificed, as per Spartan tradition. (Totally kidding). Errr.. what I really meant was having two children.
- Go skydiving. Twice.
- Donate my first paycheck to charity.
- Teach my children the genuine value of hard work and money rather than taking them to soccer games.
- Visit the following places:
- Opera House (Sydney, Australia)
- Buckingham Palace (London, England)
- Great Pyramids (Cairo, Egypt)
- Eiffel Tower (Paris, France)
- Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
- Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
- Antarctica, strictly for penguin adoption purposes
- Purchase a vehicle that costs more than the average American home.
- Partake in Nobel-prize worthy neurological research
- Drive a racing motorcycle at 100 mph with no helmet. (Random childhood dream that I better do before I get married).
- Be content with my technological possessions.
- Fly an airplane.
- Consume a portion of every item sold at Taco Bell in one sitting. =).
- Get interviewed by BBC, CNN, etc.
- Be in a natural disaster.
- Spend a ridiculous amount of money traveling to a city *just* for the food.
- Discover the one thing that makes me different from everyone else.
- Refrain from any sort of gambling - Vegas, the lottery, etc.
- Overcome the fact that a patient died at my hands.
Again, I am amazed that we look into similar stuff. i saw the movie 3 weeks ago and I compiled my own. It’s a bit similar.
=)
Oscar’s Bucket List
1. Eat at 50 of the BEST and fancy restaurants in Houston.
2. Write a novel or two while on Sabbatical
3. Be part of a Nobel Prize winning research team
4. Own a ruby red Ferrari F430
5. Teach Part-time at UNAM, Mexico’s top University
6. Marry a smart, nice doctor chick and have 3 kids (2 Girls, 1 Boy)
7. Travel to the following places:
A. Chechen Itza, Mexico
B. Machu Picchu, Peru
C. Antarctica (No, check my facebook, it has been there!)
D. Travel to space, or the moon
E. Prague, Czech Republic
F. Taj Mahal, India
G. Great Wall of China
H. New Zealand
8. Run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain
9. Have dinner with Natalie Portman
10. Get into BCM or UTMB
11. Learn to pilot a helicopter
12. Buy a house in La Jolla, California
13. Invent, patent, and mass produce a medical equipment
14. Drink until I throw up (check)
15. Own a bar, named Pangaea, where every hour is happy hour.
16. Correspond with Kip Thorne via email (check)
17. Go to a Barcelona-Real Madrid Soccer game
18. Work 2 years for the International Committee of the Red Cross
19. Gamble up to $5,000 in Montecarlo, Monaco casinos
20. Help 5 patients for free, each year, for a whole year.
21. Fish a Marlin or Swordfish in open sea
Hahaha, great list, Mr. Hemingway (based on #21).
Hopefully we’ll both be able to accomplish everything we’ve outlined.
Haha great list, I wish you the best of luck. And as Spartan tradition, I shall write my own bucket list. Hmm…I may have to steal a couple of yours though…
Haha, go for it! I’ll be looking out for the list on your blog.