Santa Claus
and our parents are often our earliest wish granters till we grow up to be our
own realizer-implementer and eventually, we in turn, become wish granters to
our children and parents. It’s still an
unfulfilled wish of mine to be able to give my mom and dad something
substantial in their hope list but they keep trumping me at this game. My mom has made it possible for my husband,
sons and I to live in a dream home while my dad recently surprised me with a
meal at the Rainmaker’s Lounge.
I’ve been
following food bloggers and reviews for two years, making mental notes of restaurants
to visit and casually mentioned the Rainmaker’s Lounge to my dad who got us not
only an invitation from the man behind The Firm but the much-lauded lawyer
joined us at the exclusive table together with his partners.
The unforgettable
meal of wagyu burger with foie gras prompted me to finally write my long-overdue
bucket list.
- climb the Tepuis in South
America
- ski in Switzerland and in
Canada
- visit Pakistan and Afghanistan
- bungee jump from across Victoria
Falls
- visit friends in different
countries
- learn from excellent mentors
- design things I’m happy with
- develop a farm
- have a successful business that
employs a lot of people
- help people become successful
- pioneer something environmental
- be a successful investor
- choose restaurants and not look
at the price column
- have an exhibit
- publish a children’s book
- improve my Chinese
- clean up the Pasig River together
with friends who carry the same dream
- do something for the
Philippines
- do volunteer work in Africa
- attend a TED talk
- speak at a TED talk
- go on a food trip to Japan
- see my favorite architectural works
- build a tree house
I’ve made
lists of dreams and goals before and reviewing them, it strikes me that details
move in and out as desires shift, so I opted to keep certain items ambiguous
and open.
There are
some “stunts” that I have done in the past that have a bucket list-like quality
such as travel to Tibet and Mongolia on my own, hitch a ride, pose nude for an
artist, hop on a bus to nowhere, do something absurdly stupid for love – and
I guess the purpose of these daring-do list is to continuously resurrect in us the
courage to do what it is we want to do even if it seems impossible, even if it
leads to falling on our faces. Sometimes,
courage hides and we have to coax it out of dark.
Roraima Tepui. Parque Nacional Canaima, Venezuela
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