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Tropikiwi's Life List

  1. 1. Learn kick-boxing
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    293 people
  2. 2. go on a cruise
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    4,109 people
  3. 3. water ski
    101 people
  4. 4. ride in a hot air balloon
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    1,984 people
  5. 5. Make a gingerbread house
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    61 people
  6. 6. Get charms for my charm bracelet
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    4 people
  7. 7. learn to SCUBA dive
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    2,566 people
  8. 8. be a good photographer
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    71 people
  9. 9. Learn Spanish
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    15,503 people
  10. 10. learn sign language
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    7,691 people
  11. 11. See a movie in a drive-in
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    247 people
  12. 12. Learn Latin Dance
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    109 people
  13. 13. go to a spa
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    389 people
  14. 14. have sex on the beach
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    252 people
  15. 15. Learn to juggle
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    1,171 people
  16. 16. play the piano
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    1,126 people
  17. 17. own all the books of things to do before I die
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    1 person
  18. 18. Shower in a waterfall.
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    425 people
  19. 19. fly in a helicopter
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    203 people
  20. 20. invest in the stock market
    250 people
  21. 21. Skydive
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    10,181 people
  22. 22. learn to sail
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    1,974 people
  23. 23. take massage lessons
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    94 people
  24. 24. Buy original art
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    89 people
  25. 25. Swim with dolphins
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  26. 26. learn french
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    10,612 people
  27. 27. learn to ride a horse
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    617 people
  28. 28. go to a midnight showing of rocky horror
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    129 people
  29. 29. Design a small scale model of dream home
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    11 people
  30. 30. travel to 100 places or more (join the Travelers' Century Club)
    238 people
  31. 31. ride a blimp
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    18 people
  32. 32. Make an elaborate sand sculpture/castle
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    9 people
  33. 33. Kiss in the rain
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    14,574 people
  34. 34. drive a golf cart
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    9 people
  35. 35. Ride a mechanical bull
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    570 people
  36. 36. get my drivers licence
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    689 people
Recent entries
own all the books of things to do before I die (read all 3 entries…)
101 places not to visit 20 months ago

I was most happy to find this book in the local library, as it was on my list of books with lists to read.
The book is a lot like the Molvania http://tropikiwi.typepad.com/great_adventures_of_a_gre/2007/09/molvania.html book. Only real difference is that this book lists real places while Molvania is just completely invented by some humorous ingenious demented minds.
It was just easy amusing reading not to be taken at all seriously.
My former city of residence in NZ didn’t even get a mention. I am sure that John Cleese will be very upset at the city’s snub as he has declared it to be the suicide capital. A fact I now must tell everyone whenever they ask where I am from.
The book failed to diminish any of my desire to see the world so I do of course plan to go to many of the places listed.
There was a travel expo here and I went and got me a whole armful of brochures for European tours.
I was thinking of starting my European experience with an escapade doing one of those cheap camping trips where you see like 20 countries in 7 weeks.
I was thinking that if I did that first then I could see where I like and go back.
Plus if I couldn’t find a job and ran out of money at least I would have seen Europe. Europe as we sped by on a bus, but it still counts!
I have been told that the Contiki tours are fun and not really naff. Although one guy who I mentioned it to was like oh no you lose your virginity on those trips and told me how he didn’t want to lose his. I was most amused and pointed out that I didn’t think anyone was gonna hold him down and take it. He does have free choice! Ah Christians, so afraid of corruption…
But anyway these tours only run in the summer (it is camping after all) and my plan is to go in October. So I would either have to change the plan or wait in London until the next summer to go.



Learn to juggle (read all 2 entries…)
New year's resolution 23 months ago

I shall make a new years resolution. I think that the whole health/fitness thing is a bit overdone so I might just make one plain goal like (finally!) learning to juggle.
I bought some juggling balls coz I found them cheap in the local shop in Alice Springs.
So far their biggest adventure was not long after I got them when I left them on the coffee table then went to bed.
The dog thought that they were a new toy for him. When I woke up the balls were gone. I found two of them in the backyard.
Was so frustrating trying to find the last one. I asked the dog where he had put it but he wouldn’t help me find it.
Eventually I found it behind the bar fridge.
So anyway the balls have not done much since. But I still have them and really should put them to good use!
So my resolution will to be to at least learn the basics of juggling. I don’t think I could play with balls like this guy! http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=UrR-aqI2jvE



Get a skin for my laptop (read all 2 entries…)
Pimped my laptop 2 years ago

I finally got a skin from www.decalgirl.com
Then I was just slack about putting it on, I felt that I would need lots of hands to help.
But finally did it tonight with only one person to help.
Well I got him to do most of the work and it’s so pretty!
I didn’t get a shag but I got a sweet lappy!



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