Here’s a list of things I aim to accomplish before I turn 30 — and yes, it’s a bit too late because I have just a little over two years to accomplish all these! Some are even too embarrassing to reveal — while I’ve been to many town fiestas, I haven’t been to any of the more renowned ones like the Pahiyas or Sinulog festivals.

So, any help in accomplishing any of these would be appreciated. Haha!

30 BEFORE 30! — a personal list

1. FINISH MY THESIS!!!
2. Get published in a magazine
3. Get published in Youngblood
4. Write a screenplay or a drama
5. Finish reading War and Peace
6. Memorize 30 poems
7. Get a non-pro driver’s license
8. Run a half-marathon
9. Learn how to cook Filipino meals
10. Sing a duet in front of a live audience
11. Re-learn how to bike
12. Get around to reading 50 books in a year
13. Swim with the whale sharks of Donsol (DONE! Feb 23-25, 2013, aged 28y 3mos)
14. See the many, many temples of Bagan, Myanmar (DONE! May 8-9, 2013, aged 28y 4mos)
15. Give an elephant a bath (DONE! May 2, 2013, aged 28y 5mos)
16. See the Chocolate Hills and the tarsiers of Bohol
17. Visit Palawan, from Coron to El Nido to the Underground River to the Tabon Caves
18. Visit the dreamweavers of Lake Sebu
19. Attend a famous Philippine festival, e.g. the Masskara Festival of Bacolod (DONE! Oct 19-20, 2013, aged 28y 11mos)
20. Visit the Sagada caves
21. See the Banaue Rice Terraces
22. See Batanes
23. See Siquijor (DONE! May 30, 2013, aged 28y 5mos)
24. See Camiguin
25. See the Enchanted River of Hinatuan
26. Climb Mt. Pinatubo
27. Fly to another continent
28. Learn to dive (DONE! May 30, 2013, aged 28y 5mos)
29. Return to Cambodia, this time with my family
30. …(a goal I’d like to keep to myself 😉