UPDATE: 29/12/2007
As of today, I am 25 years and 1 month old. I have yet set out to achieve any of the goals below and also, i have cut out several goals that I have finally deemed unrealistic, despite everything Jack Canfield and other motivational speakers had said about making a list of goals/dreams/ambitions. Nevertheless, I am still hoping that I do get to achieve at least 50% of the goals listed here. I believe I can and hopefully, with the support of everyone I know, I would be able to do so in the future! Gambatte to me, ne!
So here are my goals which I hope to achieve before I pass on to the Netherworld:
- I want to obtain a Master’s Degree in a field related to my passions - either in Creative Writing, Education, Media Studies or Cultural Studies from either Australia, Germany or Ireland.
- I want to become a successful young adult/children’s author in the fantasy and action-adventure genre in the Asian region.
- I want to learn how to read, write and speak Mandarin fluently.
- I want to have a steady income of RM120,000 per annum by the time I am 45.
- I want to become a college lecturer and teach courses on Moral Education, Professional Writing, Creative Writing and other Humanities and Social Sciences courses.
- I want to learn how to ride a bicycle.
- I want to learn how to float in the water.
- I want to experience the thrill of bungee jumping in Australia and New Zealand.
- I want to climb Mount Kinabalu twice.
- I want to learn to speak and read Japanese well.
- I want to live in Tokyo or Hokkaido, Japan for two years as an English teacher.
- I want to visit six places in Japan - Kyoto, Akihabara, Shinjuku, Hokkaido & Osaka.
- I want to learn to become a professional photographer and obtain a Certificate or Diploma in Photography.
- I want to act in at least five stage plays that are staged at the KL Performing Arts Centre and at The Actor’s Studio, Bangsar.
- I want to also write at least five stage plays and see them performed on stage to the public.
- I want to become a household name in the literature and arts scene of Malaysia.
- I want to sponsor five children through the World Vision programme.
- I want to visit Hollywood and the Universal studios.
- I want to visit Florida’s Disneyland.
- I want to master 5 different types of computer software programmes.
- I want to visit six places in Thailand - Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Haadyai, Pattaya, Koh Samui and Phuket.
- I want to visit Hong Kong and its famous Tsim Tsa Tsui district.
- I want to hold my own photo exhibition at the National Art Gallery.
- I want to have a professional looking website of my own.
- I want to go to Sarawak to live with the Penan people for a week and maintain a warm friendship with the people.
- I want to undergo LASIK eye treatment to correct my vision. Nearly going to be achieved. Pre-LASIK consultation scheduled on Jan 2, 2008.
- I want to write, speak and read Korean well.
- I want to visit five places in South Korea - Seoul, Daegu, Suwon, Busan & Sokcho.
- I want to visit the 12 Apostles in Australia.
- I want to read 5,000 books by the time I breathe my last.
- I want to learn rock climbing at Camp 5, 1 Utama Shopping Complex.
- I want to visit five places in Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Hobart.
- I want to visit five cities in the United States - Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Miami
- I want to own a pet Albino snake.
- I want to purchase a small holiday house by the beach in Penang.
- I want to visit Cambodia to see the Angkor Wat.
- I want to maintain close, personal friendships with at least 100 people.
- I want to attend the final match of the FIFA World Cup when it will be held in the Asian region once more.
- I want to learn to speak and read Spanish.
- I want to visit five places in Spain - Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville & Villareal.
- I want to experience the Turkish baths in Turkey during summer.
- I want to experience the onsen and public baths in Japan.
- I want to experience the hot springs in China.
- I want to volunteer at five orphanages in my entire life.
- I want to visit the Stonehenge and the Loch Ness in Scotland.
- I want to travel across Russia via the Trans-Siberian Railway.
- I want to visit the Auschwitz World War II Memorial in Poland.
- I want to enjoy the beaches of Costa Rica and El Salvador.
- I want to go on a cruise ship vacation.
- I want to travel through most of Europe on the Eurostar train.
- I want to visit the red light districts of Amsterdam, Holland.
- I want to watch the sakura flowers blooming in Japan.
- I want to teach at a rural school in Sarawak for three years.
- I want to buy a small house in Kuala Lumpur or P.J. and rent it out to people to collect rent.
- I want to at least write, direct and produce 10 short films and 2 feature length films.
- I want to act in at least five movies whether as an extra, in a supporting role or main role.
- I want to attain a Datukship from the Sultan of Selangor.
- I want to set up centres that will provide the homeless, destitute, poor and aimless with shelter, food and a place where they can get counselling and help.
- I want to be a single father by adopting five children throughout my life.
- I want to buy a sleek, black sports utility vehicle.
- I want to be able to bake cakes well.
- I want to become a ‘Datuk’ by the age of 50.
- I want to serve the people as an MP for 5 years, whether it is as an independent candidate or with a political party.
- I want to live past the age of 75.
- I want to win a major literary prize by the age of 35.
- I want to visit all of Malaysia’s 13 states in two months in the year 2010.
- I want to turn one of the rooms in my already small condo into a mini library.
- I want to organise my books neatly on shelves and start cataloging them.
- I want to buy a few more shelves to increase my book storage/display space.
- I want to obtain a gun license and a membership at a shooting range.
- I want to be a member of an exclusive country club, probably Club Med or Tropicana Golf & Country Club.
- I want to establish the habit of going to the gym twice a week. If I can maintain this over a year, I’m successful.
- I want to establish the habit of swimming twice a week. If I can maintain this over a year, I’m successful.
- I want to visit three places in The Philippines - Manila, Cebu & Baguio.
- I want to achieve a bowling average score of 250.
- I want to visit eight places in China - Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Yunnan, Guangzhou, Dalian & Qingtao.
- I want to visit Taiwan in the year 2012.
- I want to visit Mongolia.
- I want to scuba dive once in my lifetime.
- I want to experience what it is like to live in a nudist camp.
- I want to obtain a qualification to become a youth pastor/leader.
- I want to participate in Malaysia’s National Service as a trainer/counsellor for at least five years.
More to follow as I ponder over what I want to do before I die….















