List-lovin’

I’ve always loved lists! I love writing them down & crossing em out. Been obsessed with lists for as long as I can remember!I think this is the reason I am never EVER bored. There is so much to explore, so much to learn and so much to do!

I honestly don’t understand how people can be bored… Sometimes I wish I could be bored… just to know the feeling. Or just to stay put in one place and be content with who you are at this moment right now (that’s a topic for another post).

The thing with being goal-oriented is you constantly feel like you are not enough or not where you are supposed to be. I think this is one of the big reasons I have insomnia – I am constantly thinking of my To Do List! Ack. So in an effort to sooth my brain… I am putting it into writing and ticking em of as I accomplish them. As my former teacher, Tito Jim Paredes, always told us “if it’s not in writing, it’s not real.”

I can’t remember everything right now so I will keep on adding to the list when I remember or think of something new.

1. Go to a chiropractor
2. Try out acupuncture
3. Go to the gym at least 3 times a week
4. Yoga at least once a week
5. Eat more fruits
6. Eat more veggies
7. Drink more water 30 mins before and after meals, NOT during. Drink at least 4 glasses of water when I wake up.
8. Solitude, silence and writing every morning – not exactly morning pages but it helps a lot spiritually and mentally!
9. Travel as much as I can before we get pregnant
   • January – Lombok
   • February – Bandung (cancelled)
   • March 4-10 - Yogyakarta
   • March 22 to 23 – Manila
   • March 23 to 27 – Mindanao
   • March 27 to April 04 – Manila
   • May 5 – 7 – Singapore (probably cancelled because I’ve no one to go with)
   • June
   • July 30 – Bali
   • August 25 – Bali
   • September
   • October
   • November  - Manila
   • November 28 – December 1 – Manila, Vietnam
   • December
10. Year-end goal: Try getting pregnant
11. Start earning money from my blog – I already contribute to our income but a girls gotta find more than one way to contribute to the household (which is the reason I sell cupcakes and banana bread too!)
12. Sew Christmas Gifts for friends myself
13. Go back to my ideal weight of 100-105 lbs. YES I AM SHORT OKAY?

THE INDONESIA LIST

I’ve crossed out many on my list but haven’t had the time to write about all of them. Took WAY TOO MANY pictures and now I am overwhelmed with sifting through them all. Argh! Our stint is usually only about 3 years and we’re more than halfway through.

1. Eat at a Padang Restaurant
2. Visit Taman Safari
3. Visit Taman Mini
4. Experience Dangdut music
5. Surf in Bali
6. Watch the Kecak Dance in Uluwatu, Bali
7. Sunset at Tanah Lot
8. Watch the Sunset at the Rock Bar
9. Visit Borobodur Temple which is the biggest temple in the world (Yogyakarta)
10. Watch the Ramayana Ballet in Prambanan Temple (Yogyakarta)
11. Ride the Becak and Andong in Yogyakarta
12. Learn the Balinese dance
13. Eat martabak manis in Fatmawati
14. Eat ‘internet’ - Indomie + telor (egg) + kornet (corned beef)
15. Have custom-made solid old teak furniture made for the entire home
16. Ride the Bajaj (tricycle)
17. Go to Gili Trawangan
18. Visit the MONAS – post pictures!
19. Check out the different museums here in Jakarta
20. Go to Gemstone market
21. Try Jamu
22. Try the most expensive coffee in the world, Kopi Luwak (Civet Cat poop coffee)
23. Visit Bogor Botanical Garden
24. Go antiquing at Jalan Surabaya, Jakarta

MANILA LIST

1. Cab Cafe Kapitolyo (check this blog too)
2. Pinto Art Museum