15 OUT OF 50 THINGS I DID IN THE YEAR 2002
15 OUT OF 50 THINGS I DID IN THE YEAR 2002 (setting goals a little lower than the 100 things in 2001)
1. Travel outside the United States Dec 13: Shanghai, China for 11 day visit
2. Get a manicure
3. Get a new state ID so it doesn't say "Under 21" in big red lettersJuly 19: Got a NJ driver's licence.
4. Take a bubble bathJuly 26: took a bubble bath at B's house.
5. Take ballroom dancing lessons
6. Dance in the rain
7. Get Columbia University wear before I graduateApril 14: Bought a COLUMBIA hoodie sweatshirt.
8. Ignore TV for a month
9. Attend a Broadway show
10. Weigh 130lbs.
11. Call Joann (international phone call)
12. Wear my retainers every night for a month
13. Fix up one of my single friends with a decent boy
14. Learn to use a manual cameraDec 9: Borrowed Brian's Minolta camera
15. Take martial art lessons
16. Run/Walk/Jog five miles without stopping
17. Make a home-made giftAugust: Made rear-view mirror fish-shaped ornaments out of colorful clay.
18. Bake somethingSeptember 1: Baked a lemon-flavored 13" cake with vanilla icing for B.
19. Throw a party November 2: Mr and Mrs. Rowles came over for dinner (sorta dinner party, right?)
20. Learn to driveJuly 15: got my driver's licence! I passed!
21. Go to the beach at least ten times this summer
August 8: Been to the beach six times so far.22. Spend one day absolutely alone, just to be with myself (and not because of homework!)
23. Take two days off to body-clean (i.e. water, lemon, and not much else)
24. Get second piercings in my ears
25. Get a tattoo (..or maybe not..)
26. Go ice skating
27. Play an intramural sport
28. Get Usual Suspects DVD
29. Attend a basketball game
30. Learn a new language
31. Go barefoot all day
32. Get a TV January 12: Brian brought his TV to my apartment.
33. And an MP3 player/discman June: Brian gave me a discman
34. Write a poem
35. Write a love letter
36. Send it
37. Swim in the ocean June 12: swimming in 60 degree weather in the ocean (with a wetsuit).
38. Finish a cross-stitch piece I've started
39. Spend an entire day in the sun
40. Read Who's Afraid of Schrodinger's Cat: An A-to-Z Guide to All the New Science Ideas You Need to Keep up with the New Thinking by Ian N. Marshall, Danah Zohar and F. David Peat
41. Learn to rollerblade
42. Scuba dive
43. Parasail
44. Spend 24 hours in bed (dont think nasty thoughts, you pervert. I mean, to recuperate..)
45. Share a secret (my own) with someone
46. Write my grandma a note. Entirely in Chinese.
47. Get a pet catSeptember 21: Adopted a 9 month old, gray tiger male cat. Named his Poseidon.
48. Volunteer at an animal shelter
49. Update my photo albumSeptember 23: I did it!
50. Make it into graduate schoolMarch 9: Made it into Rutgers University, Boston University-Woods Hole, SUNY Stony Brook, and University of Rhode Island
53 OUT OF 99 THINGS I COMPLETED IN THE YEAR 2001
This was my first-ever "things to do" list that I made in 2001. I accomplished only 50% of them.
I'm posting this list to the blog partly for posterity, partly to remind myself of how much I've changed and grown over the years. There were simple, little things, that I hoped would change my life, and change the lives of others.
53 OUT OF 99 THINGS I COMPLETED IN THE YEAR 2001
1. Travel outside the United States (going home doesn't count)
2. Get a manicure
3. Get a new state ID so it doesn't say "Under 21" in big red letters
4. Get glamour shots doneMay 15: Got photos done at Chuech Studio. Will update with photos soon.
5. Dye my hair with streaks of bubblegum-pink colour
6. Buy a new swimsuitJune 3: Bought a red/black paisley bikini. See photo in webcam album page.
7. Go a week without touching the internetJune 3: Broke my week-long internet-less life by checking a lot of email accounts, and shopping online at Victoria Secret.
8. Take ballroom dancing lessons
9. Write a thank-you noteFeb 20: wrote Thank You notes to Dr. Gore and Dr. Callahan
10. Go to a concertJune 27: Went to see Dido at an outdoor concert
11. Donate something to the homeless Jan 26: donated my dinner to a homeless woman on the subway
12. Organize my room Jan 18: cleaned my room because Brian is coming over
13. Dance in the rain
14. Stay up for 40 hours straight
15. Ignore TV for a month
16. Get Tae-Bo tapes to work out March 6: got my Tae Bo DVD
17. Attend a Broadway show
18. Buy someone a birthday present Jan 28: bought Jun Min a birthday present
19. Send flowers. Just because. Forgot date: sent flowers to Mrs. Penschow
20. Weigh a 130lbs
21. Call Jun Min (long-distance) Feb 21: playing phone tag with Jun Min regarding our Spring break plans
22. Call Joann (international phone call)
23. Get an A on a test Oct 7: Got an A- on my organic chemistry exam. I think that's the best I can do as a college senior.
24. Take out the trash even if it's not my turn Jan 27: took out the trash. And it's not my turn
25. Answer snail mail with same enthuasism with which I answer e-mail (and in timely manner)March 3: wrote letters to almost everyone I know
26. Wear my retainers every night for a month
27. Fix up one of my single friends with a decent boy
28. Watch the sunsetJuly 13: Out on the sea, fishing on a boat
29. Learn to use a manual camera
30. Personalize and send oven gloves to mom and dadMay 20: Gave it to them without personalizing it :(
31. Learn some HTML May 1: randomly over the semester I've been learning more and more HTML... I think it qualifies.
32. Take martial art lessons
33. Run five miles without stopping
34. Make a home-made gift
35. Take someone to the movies March 24: took Brian to see Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
36. Bake something
37. Call home Aug 10-ish: Called mom. Collect.
38. Have a real drink (i.e. at a bar)Jan 26: went to The Cellar with Brian to meet Nicole and Gerry
39. Smile at someone I don't know Feb 23: smiled at a stranger on the subway today on the way to New Jersey.. who smiled back, so that was nice
40. Throw a party
41. *Completely* revamp this site (which I haven't done since I started it in 1999) March 7: i even moved to my own domain name;)
42. Learn to drive
43. Write someone a letter out of the blueMarch something: wrote to Joann
44. Leave the house without underwearOctober 21: :)
45. Take a college class just for fun
(Nov 2: Next semester am enrolling in a Social Movements class. For fun. Gasp. What a concept.)
46. Visit L.A. May 25: Saw Darron (Senyo, Kat, etc), Joel, Bri, Elaine, Paulwei ... :) I miss you guys!
47. Go a week without icecream (nOoOooO!) Feb 25: a week without icecream completed
48. Go a week without potatoesNov 2: I did it! I can't believe that it's November and since 2000, I've been eating potatoes at least once a week.
49. Go to the beach at least ten times this summer
50. Spend one day absolutely alone, just to be with myself (and not because of homework!)
51. Take two days off to body-clean (i.e. water, lemon, and not much else)
52. Get second piercings in my ears
53. Get a petMarch 4: got two mice, Nutmeg and Cloves
54. Get a tattoo (..or maybe not..)
55. Visit Washington, D.C.March 17: David, Jun and I drove to DC for the day
56. Go ice skating
57. Play an intramural sport
58. Get Shawshank Redemption DVDMarch 16: bought the DVD for $15
59. And Usual Suspects DVD
60. Call my grandma October 12: She was so happy.
61. Try a new perfume May 20: Carol got me Close from Gap. And I tried it. Very citrusy fresh.
62. Throw away my old magazinesMarch 15: cleaned room. Threw away 20 old magazines, ranging from Glamour and Entertainment Weekly! to The Economist, Newsweek, TIME.
63. Attend a basketball game
64. Go to a hockey gameMarch 19: Went to my first sports game: New York Rangers vs. Washington Capitals at Madison Square Garden(and they kicked ass, 6-3!)
65. A baseball gameApril 6: Brian took Mera and I to see the New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium!
66. Learn a new language
67. Go barefoot all day
68. Get new sunglassesJuly 21: Mrs. Penschow gave me a pair of Nine West sunglasses
69. Look at the stars with someone July 13: Watched the stars with Brian while out on the Little Boat, fishing
70. Get a TV
71. Learn how to play poker March 2: Thanks, Brian ;)
72. Get a cell phoneMarch 12: got Yiyi's mom's old cell phone, and activated it for a month.
73. And an MP3 player/discman
74. Write a poem
75. Oh, and a digital camera tooMarch 19: Got my Olympus D460 from Amazon.com
76. Buy new flip-flops June 14: Bought pair of orange/peach flip flops for $15
77. Go on a massive shopping spree for summer clothes March 12: massive shopping spree, all right. :) Yiyi, we are b.a.d. together!
78. Have lunch with someone I don't know July 10: Had lunch with Laurie, Janet Kim and Ben, the latter two being people I met right at the table in the cafeteria
79. Go a week without painted toe nailsMay 2: HAH! A week without painted toe nails, a first since I was in 11th grade in high school (i.e. age 17... I told you I hated my toes)
80. Write a short story July 18: Wrote some reflections on love, not really a short story..
81. Write a love letter
82. Send it
83. Swim in the ocean
84. Finish a cross-stitch piece I've started
85. Spend an entire day in the sun
86. Read Who's Afraid of Schrodinger's Cat: An A-to-Z Guide to All the New Science Ideas You Need to Keep up with the New Thinking by Ian N. Marshall, Danah Zohar and F. David Peat
87. Clean my roomNov 2: Got rid of 2 summer storage boxes (I know it's November, I know), a dead plant, vacuumed the floor, sorted my books and grad school applications, and changed the bedsheets.
88. Devote an entire day to studying for GRE'sApril 27: heheh, the day before GRE test, actually studied hard for it. Did decently well.
89. Sky dive
90. Scuba dive
91. Read By the light of my father's smile by Alice Walker October 22: It made me cry. Everybody should read this book.
92. And Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S LewisAug something: Loaned it from the library. Excellent book.
93. Have a slumber party July 16: Had a Pre-College Program 4th Floor Reunion Party! (Saw Lindsay, Devorah, Pam, Anne, Chrissy and Jade)
94. Parasail
95. Spend 24 hours in bed (dont think nasty thoughts, you pervert. I mean, to recuperate..)
96. Share a secret (my own) with someone
97. Go to the zoo Nov 11: Went to Central Park Zoo with Brian
98. Go to a museum I've never been to beforeJune 12: Went to the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum on 5th Ave.
99. Write my grandma a note. Entirely in Chinese.
first post
So this is my first post. I am going to do it.
I'm going to do 101 things in 1001 days.
Over 90% of them I've never done before. There are fewer than 10 things on this list that I have done (obtain cell phone and eyeglasses, both of which are over 3 years old; volunteer at a charity event and donate blood-- just because they are good things to do again). It makes the list challenging. I wanted to make a list that was reasonable and fulfilling for my life.
I am a natural list-maker: I have a grocery list, "books to read" list, "DVDs to watch" list, "bills to pay" list and an extensive schedule/appointment book that would strike fear in any OCD individual. I chart my weight and my caloric intake (I lost over 10 lbs in 4 months doing this, so it works). I alphabetize my DVD collection (which spans over 150+ DVDs).
Inspired by a friend in 2001, I made a list of "100 Things To Do in 2001". I accomplished only 50% of those things. It meant attempting to do 1 new thing every 3 days. It was tough. I tried again in 2002 with "50 Things To Do in 2002". Then I forgot about my lists.
With the resurgence of the idea, rehashed as "101 Things in 1001 Days", I jumped on the bandwagon again. Some of the things on my list suspiciously resemble my earlier versions ("Parasailing" and "writing my grandmother a note in Chinese" is on all three lists). Some things, after four years, I no longer wish to do (like 2001's #5: "Dye my hair with streaks of bubblegum-pink colour". What was I thinking?!)
To whomever may read this list, I hope it inspires you to make change in your life too.
