10. Sail – James Patterson
11. Undercover of darkness – James Grippando
12. Choice – Gayton Mackenzie
13. Chill Factor – Sandra Brown
14. Quickie – James Patterson
Umnenga's Life List
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1. sleep under the stars
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2. Get SCUBA certified
297 people -
3. organize my photos
1,251 people -
4. transfer home videos to DVD
1 cheer44 people -
5. do the Special K 2 week challenge
1 cheer103 people -
6. Write a letter to myself that I'll open in 5 years
2 cheers82 people -
7. Have a BMI of less than 30
1 entry . 3 cheers3 people -
8. Take a whole summer off, like a kid from school
2 cheers5 people -
9. try snowboarding
1 cheer118 people -
10. Try Ethiopian food
1 cheer21 people -
11. experience a white christmas
1 cheer106 people -
12. Write a will
775 people -
13. Touch A Penguin
1 cheer20 people -
14. Clear my inbox
10 people -
15. Receive a postcard from all 50 states
1 cheer28 people -
16. Swim with dolphins
1 cheer7,348 people -
17. pay off my car
1 cheer548 people -
18. pay off my credit card
1,510 people -
19. do ten hikes near my house
1 cheer3 people -
20. Walk from London to Oxford
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21. try 30 NEW things in 2008
3 entries . 2 cheers1 person -
22. Read 101 books in 1001 days
3 entries . 1 cheer7 people -
23. eat no fast food for one month
28 people -
24. swim under a waterfall
1 cheer145 people -
25. leave a letter in a library book for someone to find
2 cheers213 people -
26. Listen to Mozart's Requiem without interruption
59 people -
27. take an IQ test
214 people -
28. Sprinkles wants to see the world
4 team members2 people -
29. hae my picture taken with a llama
2 people -
30. Lose another ten pounds
3 people -
31. see a meteor shower
159 people -
32. go to the movies alone
118 people -
33. Host a garden gnome. Or some other warm and charismatic creature that wishes to be mailed around the world.
1 person -
34. 200 crunches
1 person -
35. create my own advice column
865 people -
36. get a magazine subscription
5 people -
37. Do 20 touristy things in my town in one year
1 person -
38. go to a German Christmas market
1 cheer8 people -
39. run 5k
3 cheers72 people -
40. solve a crime
1 cheer47 people -
41. create an illustrated list of things that make me happy
2 people -
42. try vegemite
1 cheer9 people -
43. Eat Sushi from a Sushi Bar
1 cheer14 people
How I did it: When you have a baby especially on national health in South Africa you have no choice. I even had to have three tetanus shots in case I rubbed cow dung on the baby's umbilical cord. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Found something we have in common - usually a compliment works or a you look .... (tired, happy).Then you just speak. Ask a question - certainly in my part of the world people are a bit friendlier. It did not work as well in London except with the foreigners and the elderly. Thankfully there were loads of those. Read how I did it…
10. Ate chilli
11. Watched an entire episode of a television program in a weekend
6. Prisoner at Birth – Jeffrey Archer
7. Obsession – Jonothan Kellerman
8. Red Dahlia – Lynda La Plante
9. Fractured – Karen Slaughter
