Here is the list of the 101 tasks I hope to complete before the deadline (29th August 2013). The original list can be found here.
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1. Visit Japan
2. Visit at least one other country in Asia
3. Get my driving licence
4. Go on a road trip around Europe
5. Visit Ireland
6. See the Northern Lights
7. Take part in a falconry workshop
8. Work towards another degree/certificate/diploma
9. Watch at least one foreign film a month for 12 consecutive months (0/12)
10. Read Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace"
11. Read at least 3 books by Charles Dickens (0/3)
12. Re-read Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables"
13. Read Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment"
14. Learn basic Turkish
15. Learn basic Romanian
16. Learn basic Persian
17. Take up Chinese calligraphy
18. Learn to make sushi at home
19. Watch a live sumo wrestling match
20. Go up the Tokyo Tower
21. Convince a friend to create his/her own list on this site
22. Attend at least 10 pop or rock concerts (0/10)
23. Dress up as a celebrity for a fancy dress party
24. Find a more satisfying job or position
25. Learn to play the taiko drums
26. Visit at least 5 different museums (0/5)
27. Go sailing
28. Bake a cake or pie
29. Attend a sci-fi convention
30. Take up a new sport
31. Grow 3 different types of vegetables in my garden or home (0/3)
32. Learn to knit a scarf
33. Make my own pasta and/or noodles
34. Read at least 5 books in Chinese (0/5)
35. Listen to 5 podcast courses from UC Berkeley (0/5)
36. Learn to identify 20 constellations (0/20)
37. Teach myself origami
38. Cook a roast dinner
39. Learn to take better photos with my digital camera
40. Work through the coursebook "How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs" by Mark Collier and Bill Manley
41. No internet for a week
42. Travel to another country by train
43. Go on the London Eye
44. Visit Maastricht
45. Watch series 1 of Downton Abbey
46. Make pad thai at home
47. Read 5 books in Dutch (0/5)
48. Make a dish from 26 different countries or regions (A to Z) (0/26)
49. Find a pen pal
50. Make 5 decorative items for the house (0/5)
51. Make cross-stitch cards for 3 different people (0/3)
52. Declutter my bookshelves
53. Update my CV
54. Visit the Atomium in Brussels
55. Visit Scotland
56. Ask 10 friends to recommend a book and read each one (0/10)
57. Make 5 classic Dutch dishes and/or snacks (0/5)
58. Make a scrapbook (digital or traditional) of my visit to China in September 2010
59. Take family/friends out for a "rijsttafel" meal in Amsterdam
60. Have at least 500 people following me on Twitter (0/500)
61. Complete a colouring book
62. Finish decorating the back garden
63. Keep a diary for a year
64. Find myself a nice little black dress for special occasions
65. Visit the Keukenhof gardens
66. Visit the windmills at Kinderdjik
67. Make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday
68. Write an article for an expat magazine or website
69. Adopt an animal via WWF
70. Do some fundraising for a good cause
71. Go vegetarian for a week
72. Renovate the bathroom
73. Finish Tomb Raider Underworld on the Xbox
74. Visit the Selexyz Dominicanen bookshop in Maastricht
75. Learn about 3 different library classification systems (0/3)
76. Enrol in a cooking class/workshop
77. Learn to meditate
78. Swim with dolphins
79. Become a freelance translator (part-time or full-time)
80. Learn how to fly a kite
81. Take part in an archaeological dig
82. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
83. Visit a waterfall
84. Buy a telescope
85. Watch a meteor shower
86. Make a meal using only home-grown or homemade ingredients
87. Watch 5 films by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa (0/5)
88. Watch 5 films by Chinese director Zhang Yimou (0/5)
89. Eat out at a Korean restaurant in the Netherlands
90. Take a long walk through the Hoge Veluwe
91. Collect recipes and create my own cookbook
92. Take a nice photo of my cats and have it printed out on canvas
93. Try my hand at decorating Easter eggs
94. Visit the butterfly house at Emmen Zoo
95. Go fruit picking
96. Make a necklace for a friend
97. Go kayaking
98. Host a theme party
99. Read some Tang and Song poetry (English and/or Classical Chinese)
100. Post regular updates of my progress on this blog and Twitter
101. Create another list before the 1,001 days are over
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Notes :
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Notes :
- Items which have been crossed out (
example) have been completed. - Items which are shown in bold italics are currently in progress and will be completed shortly.
- Links to relevant blog entries will be added where applicable.
