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mad musical genius

has a massive bruise from surfing (but had so much fun!!)



I'm doing 36 things
  

mad musical genius's Life List

  2. 1. develop Habit 3 (Put first things first)
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  3. 2. develop Habit 2 (Begin with the end in mind)
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  4. 3. develop Habit 1 (Be proactive)
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  5. 4. learn to play the cello
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  6. 5. improve my communication skills
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  7. 6. read more classics and poetry
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  8. 7. be able to do one wide grip overarm pull up (just one!)
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  9. 8. be able to do 10 pull ups (palms facing) with good form
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  10. 9. learn how to prepare 10 excellent vegetarian meals
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  11. 10. complete the German in three months course by the end of the year 2009
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  12. 11. Lose weight to 9 stone
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  13. 12. finish the 'teach yourself latin' book by the end of the year 2009
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  14. 13. identify one new plant or tree each time I go out!
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  15. 14. make a list of 43 things i know very little about, and then learn at least 3 things about each of them
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  16. 15. learn how to work out ratios and percentages
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  17. 16. learn the times tables up to 15 x 15
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  18. 17. be able to put my hands flat on the floor by the end of September
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  19. 18. do the front splits (on both sides) by the end of November
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  20. 19. be able to do the middle splits by the end of December
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  21. 20. Become a Polyglot
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  22. 21. go skinny dipping again, just to prove to myself that it wasn't a fluke!
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  23. 22. Donate my body to science
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  24. 23. learn to identify trees
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  25. 24. learn about different plants
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  26. 25. write a will
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  27. 26. investigate ways in which my workplace can become greener
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  28. 27. press some flowers
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  29. 28. learn to swim crawl, with tumble-turns, 100's at a time comfortably
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  30. 29. learn basic Shona
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  31. 30. finish my biology and physics projects
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  32. 31. complete my revision questions lists
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  33. 32. memorise pi to 1000 places
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  34. 33. learn to play at least some of Bohemian Rhapsody on the guitar
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  35. 34. Read the 'Observer' newspapers 100 greatest novels
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  36. 35. explore the world of art more
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  37. 36. learn about the 18th century
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How I did it
How to memorise pi to 100 places
It took me
2 days
It made me
feel good :)

How I did it: I broke the numbers down into four groups, with five lines of five numbers in each.  Then I just took each group in turn, and memorised it!The whole process was surprisingly similar to memorising words, in a poem format. Read how I did it…

Feb 28, 02:41PM PST | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to get a digital camera
It took me
30 days
It made me
happy!

How I did it: I gave some money to my mother, and we picked out a suitable camera from Kodak's website.  The one I'm getting has 8.1 Megapixels, and a 5x optical zoom.  You can also take videos with it, which is cool.  She's getting it for me, so perhaps this is not much of a 'how did you do it' story, but oh well!I'm really happy to be getting one, as recently I've become interested in flowers and trees etc, and it will be really handy … Read how I did it…

Dec 20, 03:31PM PST | 0 comments


How to go trampolining
It took me
7 days
It made me
sore but happy

How I did it: I went to a trampolining class at work, which I can go to for free yay!  The sister and mum of a lifeguard at work taught the class.  I learned how to do front drops, go to sitting from standing, and also how to go from sitting to 180 degrees sitting, and then back to standing.  All good fun, but need several days to recover before I go again!  My muscles don't like me anymore! Read how I did it…

Sep 28, 11:13AM PDT | 0 comments | 3 cheers


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Become a Polyglot (read all 4 entries…)
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English (native)
French (none)
Spanish (beginner)
German (intermediate)
Polish (beginner)
Latin (beginner)
Greek (none)
Hebrew (intermediate)
Arabic (beginner)

The question is.. whether to learn them concurrently, or one at a time??

Jun 15, 06:27PM PDT | 3 cheers | 2 comments


learn how to prepare 10 excellent vegetarian meals (read all 4 entries…)
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I’ve just discovered another really tasty veggie recipe—this one from a friend:

Becks’ spinach curry

Ingredients:

Spinach (1 tin or 1 bag of fresh)
2 large onions
Chick peas (1 tin)
2 large potatoes
Coconut milk (1 tin)
Curry powder (I usually use ‘medium’)
Natural ‘runny’ honey

Method:
Step 1a:
Boil potatoes
boil spinach (if using fresh)

Step 1 b:
Whilst above is cooking:
Chop onions and gentle fry in olive oil (or similar) until soft-ish, then take off heat

N.B. I usually do these in large sauce pan or wok then add everything else into this without removing onions.

Step 2a:
Drain spinach and add into sauce pan with onions
Evenly put 2 table spoons of curry powder over spinach and onions (stir).
Pour in 1 tin of coconut milk.
Simmer on low heat (electric about a ‘2’ gas lowest setting)
Drain and add potatoes.
Add chick peas (1 tin).
Add two more table spoons of curry powder (leave sitting on ‘surface’ of curry to allow it to ‘soak though’ for a minute or so then stir in).
Add two table spoons of ‘runny honey’ – stir in.
Simmer on low heat for 15 – 20 minutes – stirring occasionally (it is better to let it marinate, hence doing it slowly on a low heat as opposed to ‘rushing it’ on a high heat setting)
Also, taste it whilst simmering, if it needs more curry powder or honey (if onions are particularly ‘sharp’) just add it in.

Step 2b:
Put rice onto boil whilst curry is cooking.

Step 3: Serve and enjoy :)

Jun 15, 06:19PM PDT | 0 comments


improve my communication skills (read all 3 entries…)
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A couple of days ago I sent off for a book from amazon called ‘101 ways to improve your communication skills’. It’s probably going to arrive tomorrow, I can’t wait!

I’ve read lots of positive reviews for this book, and it was the first one that came up on google when I searched for books on communication skills, so I’m hoping it’s going to be a help in achieving this goal!

May 04, 06:21AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


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