It's important to keep ones life as movie-like as possible. It brings novelty and keeps depression away. In either case, you have a great story to tell afterwards.
I hated the bucket list, mainly because Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman creep me out (the former's face contorts grotesquely and the latter's monotone gets on my nerves). But I loved the idea of a bucket list and decided to make my own. Keeping in mind the importance of the dramatic, I scribbled them on a napkin while sitting in my university cafeteria. Here it is in no order of preference (forgive me if it has the tone of a four-year old's essay on 'What I Want to be When I Grow up'):
- Get married (Surprise surprise. Also coincidentally the one item on this list I am most likely to achieve. HEY! No cheap shots at my eligibility. You don't know my mother.)
- Have a house in Kaghan or Swat
- Own an 'Easy Rider' Peter Fonda Chopper and go on a cross country trip, Kind of like this guy:
- Own a Clap-on Disco Ball (That scene from 'Accepted' was so cool)
- Shop at Agha's (a fancy supermarket in Karachi with imported items), buy all the fancy imported foodstuffs I want and actually make some of the stuff featured on http://www.grilledcheesesocial.com/
- Invent a dream manufacturing machine (So I can dream the items on the list I can't complete)
- Learn Martial Arts
- Be multilingual
- Pet a Great White Shark
- Own a convertible (Heck, even a Mehran with it's top ripped off is 'convertible' enough for me)
- Have a menagerie, complete with Anaconda, Peregrine Falcon and Angler Fish
- Live in a Penthouse complete with Swimming Pool on top of the tallest building in Pakistan (Whatever that is when I buy the penthouse)
- Visit Jerusalem
- Extreme sports, especially sky diving, zip wiring, bungee jumping and rock climbing
- Start a youth programme for Pakistani youngsters (Like the YMCA!)
- Play Ice Hockey
- Round the World trip...on a luxury cruise.
- Have a huge aquarium in my pad, like the one they have at Burj-ul Arab and the one Vector in Despicable Me has at his place
- Own a Private Jet
- Have a Persian and Siamese cat (My mum's allergic to cats)
Naturally, this list is subject to change with the times and passing fads (though I'm pretty sure number 1. won't ever get struck off the list). When I go over it again, my Bucket List sounds more like a 'only in heaven' list (InshaAllah :) ). What's yours?
