It's a very touching and inspiring story about two terminally ill men (one a car mechanic and one a billionaire), both with less than a year to live and rather than fighting the cancer, they decide instead to create a list of everything they always wanted to do in their lives and do it before they die.
I loved that movie. I absolutely loved it.
It was a reminder to us all how life is shorter than we all think, and the sad part is... how we all only realize how short life is for us when it is too late.
That movie reminded me of something.Many years ago when I had just graduated from UCL, I was on the plane back to Malaysia trying to decide what it is that I wanted to do with my life.
On one hand, I had a job offer at a good investment bank waiting and on the other hand... there were plans to start with Ming what would end up being called Nuffnang.
I was confused. I didn't know where or how to start.
So I made the list of things that I wanted to do with my life before I died and came up with a list.
I didn't know how to call it a "Bucket List" back then, so I just called it a list of "Things I Will Do Before I Die".
Here's a short snippet of the list I can share with you guys.
I had to censor some... BWAHAHAH
Start a Charity Foundation to help the poor
Tell a bed time story to my baby boy/girl
Save a life
Buy a Ferrari
Find my soul mate
Own a Hotel
Visit New York
Meet Richard Branson
Buy Dad A Porsche
Go Skydiving
Take Dad and Mum for a luxurious holiday
Live in San Francisco
There you have it.
My bucket list.
Somehow I've already managed to do some of them in the first few years since I wrote that list.. but well.. plenty more to go.
Anything else you guys think I should add to my list?
you shag a model before?!? hmm...
ReplyDeletetim, you want to have 2 soulmates? *hehe* it was repeated. :P
ReplyDeleteFind your soulmate appeared twice. Are you THAT desperate? =P
ReplyDeleteyou should add * donate rm 10000 to kelly* in the list, timothy.
ReplyDelete:p
Have 5 wifes!!!!! Yeah, that'll be awesome and from there, each wifes shall have 6 kids, so 30 all together!
ReplyDeleteAnd how about, provide David with a lifetime supply of ads worth RM1000 every week =D
List Nuffnang on Nasdaq.
ReplyDeleteYou listed "Find my soulmate" twice.
ReplyDeleteYou hinting the girls out there?
=P
Good luck to you man~
err short term baldi list.... get a GF first laa Boss....
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Poke a model!!! This is on my list as well! But sadly I have to forget it since I have a gf already!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day bossy!
Well why am I NOT surprise with the shagging part Boss. ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to like getting married and get 10 children at the rate you are going out HOR. :P
after you find a soul mate, get married and have LITTLE BOSS STEWIES, hahahaha
ReplyDeletebuy a jet??
ReplyDeleteYou missed one more,its,
ReplyDelete`buy a password-protected camera so Samatha cannot cam-whore on it.
Dude...you me side by side in our Ferraris. We'll cruise the highways in the mornings and park outside the strip at night. ROFL! I'm proud man - everyone seems to want a Lambo. *shrug*
ReplyDeleteOh yeah...are you sure those are the ONLY stuff you wanted to do? LOL!
And for sky diving, go to Australia. I think you can do it somewhere in Perth. My brother did it there and has a video!
Bungee jump. Got to try it at least once in your life. ;)
ReplyDeletehahaha i like daren's add on. good one. but then again.... hahaha are you sure you dont like sam camwhoring on it?! no such thing as a man-ly cam :P
ReplyDeletedid you misspelled mannequin? LOL
ReplyDeletePropose to Samantha....
ReplyDeleteand, is Samantaha a model?
Esther: :P
ReplyDeleteFer: hahaha yah yah mistake
Silverisle: mistake larrr
Porcupine: hahaha.. it was pretty good :P eh I wrote my chipster post.. kinda.. about the pajama party that timeee
Kelly: hahahaha lol … if I had that kind of money huh :P
David: great idea… going to change the list now
Simon: wahh ambitious!
Siew: sniff sniff mistake ler
Twinkle: SNIFF thanks for rubbing salt on the wound
Hor ny: hahahaha aww u so funny horn y
Cheng: hahaha :P wait ler wait ler.. I shall get married soon
Chris: yah yah! I will :P
Cbb: WAHLAU!!!! I’d rather give that money to 100 poor families in Malaysia
Daren: lol lol!!
Danny: eh really meh? A lot of people I know love Ferrari more
Debs: wah.. that wan I dun dare
Peggy: yes no such thing as a manly cam :P
Ky: eh? where did I write mannequin?
rockingdandy: oi she not a model lar
ReplyDeleteGASP! Stewie, I gotta say. The model thing was an overshare... What would your 'soulmate' think of that???
ReplyDeleteshag a model...I hope its a hot model ad not one of those "before" picture models. They also counted as models sia!
ReplyDeletehmm.. skydiving.. i've done mine :) hope yours is not faraway.
ReplyDeletepamsong: hahaha she would think.. "thank goodness he's done with that now that I've found him" :P
ReplyDeleteestee: hahaha eww!
haan: eh how was it
Chei, what was I thinking. With that smooth, sweet talker mouth, you'll wriggle your way out of it just fine.
ReplyDeleteAnd wei, YOU find HER can or not? Haha. More romantic for your 'soulmate' that way mah.
*blink blink*
Wah, banyak comment ah me? -_-
haaa.... i know the 'shag the model' thing will surely catch attentions.
ReplyDeletey dun u up-level into celebrities?
xD
p/s 2 KY : shag the model mannequin??? ewwww.. i rather errr.. sing the song "U + Ur hand"
You'd like to try skydiving but are afraid of bungee jumping?
ReplyDeleteIsn't bungee jumping a lot closer to the ground?
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ReplyDeleteboss, the no1 thing in your bucket list should be THE ABILITY TO NOT SCRATCH THOSE EYES OF YOURS AGAIN WHEN YOU ARE SLEEPING!
ReplyDeleteEh I wanted to stay in San Francisco WHY YOU COPY ME
ReplyDeleteEh, i just noticed something.
ReplyDeleteYou were writing those list on a plane..
What happened?
No In-flight Entertainment for you to play with?
do u know, u can upload your list and see list that other people have made, at www.43things.com
ReplyDeletecool site.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteNever thought that u want to meet Richard Branson...I met him! He was invited to give a short talk in my uni (Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia) and he dropped by by his cool helicopter!!! It was my pleasure to meet him in my early age and i shake hand with him...!!!