Five is the number I have been assigned for my bucket list but my mind is running through five million different thoughts. If the question was rephrased to “what won’t be in your bucket list?” then I could have possibly kept it below five. Anyway, since I have to follow the instructions, here it goes.
The top of the list would always be “travel every corner of the world.” Till now I have actually been only in three countries, my birthplace Nepal, India, and now the United States. I have been at airports in Qatar and United Kingdom but they don't really count. Basically, I have been nowhere. I want to see the different places that grace this planet. I want to set my foot in Cape Froward, the southernmost point in mainland South America and then maybe fly to Antarctica to see some penguins dance. I want to figure out what’s so green about Greenland, see Sahara Desert right in front of my eyes while riding on a camel, and also boat my way through rivers in Vietnam.
I don’t want to do all that traveling when I grow old and need a scooter to move around. I want to travel now. For that dream to come true I want to “win a multi-million dollar lottery.” All my life I have won nothing even after buying god knows how many lottery tickets. I believe I deserve to be rewarded for my persistence. So I want to win a huge lottery.
Despite my desires to go around the world and to drive an Aston Martin or a Ferrari I also want to make a better world. I include “doing something significantly good for the better of this planet and the human race as a whole” to my bucket list. When I am in my death bed and I am remembering my life, I wish that I helped to build a hospital in a poor village or helped educate children.
I have been a huge soccer fan forever now and I support Italy like crazy. So “witnessing Italy win a world cup live in front of my eyes” has to be in my bucket list. Back in 2006, when Italy beat France to become world champions, I was in front of TV and the joy that swept me was overwhelming. I was screaming like a mad person, unable to control my happiness. I want to relieve that moment and I know it will be even better this time.
Terming my interest in movies as a mere “hobby” is a huge understatement. Watching movies is a passion of my life. So, to watch at least 5000 movies including every one of IMDB top 250, AFI 100 and including all the works of Bergman, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, Kubrick, and all the great movies to be ever produced in the world of cinema is a quintessential part of my bucket list.
So that’s that, my own bucket list.
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