Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Been There - Done That


1.       Was almost drowned in a pond

2.       Made people laugh till they cried.

3.       Had a poster good boy image

4.       Had a poster bad boy image

5.       Climbed a mountain in heavy snow

6.       Capsized on a boat

7.       Travelled on a cruise liner

8.       Was dumb enough to see the Niagara Falls 4 times

9.       Made friends with fellow travelers and kept in touch

10.   Asked a stranger  out

11.   Bought everyone at the bar stool drinks

12.   Held a star fish

13.   Was up on a hot air balloon

14.   Gave up on skiing after day one

15.   Got stalked

16.   Got mugged

17.   Bet on a winning horse

18.   Convinced a friend to gamble at a casino on an impulse and won $600

19.   Agreed to marry a classmate when both of us were 6

20.   Somehow managed to dislike Indian food

21.   Went to professional baseball soccer football cricket basketball and tennis games

22.   Met Jimmy Kilmel

23.   Went to Hollywood

24.   Wore a python round my neck

25.   Tore down a house roof

26.   Built a house deck

27.   Was hated and loved at the same time

28.   Made less than 6 friends in life

29.   Thought sky diving was dumb

30.   Sang at a karaoke

31.   Never cleaned an apartment

32.   Was a role model

33.   Got married when no one expected me to

34.    Certified brown belt in Karate

35.   Was on the scout team singing team and NCC in the same year but failed all

36.   Captained a row, class, school, college.

37.   Never cared for money

38.   Walk the ramp twice

39.   Gained over 70 pounds

40.   Lost over 70 pounds

41.   Cooked for someone else

42.   Extreme inability to stay in touch with friends

43.   Been the life of a party

44.   Got burnt on Diwali

45.   Danced at a party even when the music was off

46.   Went ball room dancing

47.   Bought a gal classmate things when I had no money

48.   Lent money to absolute strangers

49.   Read all of Shakespeare’s works in original

50.   Been in a play

51.   Wrote a play

52.   Knew the exact moment when a gal was head over heels for me and didn’t care.

53.    Went fishing and caught nothing

54.   Hung out an entire night with strangers

55.   Made money in Las Vegas – Twice

56.   Crashed a party

57.   Got asked out by a foreigner

58.   Discussed perestroika with a Russian

59.   Hid myself from people for months

60.   Always loved my job

61.   Went to a dinner --12 girls and me.

62.   Experienced happiness in things which I had traditionally termed ‘DUMB’

63.   Turned down proposals

64.   Tried to get lost on routes with friends and ended up at a wine tasting.

65.   Eventually made friends with a fellow whom I thought was frickin’ dumb

66.   Knew a raging alcoholic

67.   Inspired People to do things for the greater good

68.   Never lost confidence

69.   Managed to live for 8 months without a cell phone

70.   Donated all my belongings to a charity

71.   Put affairs in order and moved family across countries in 4 days flat

72.   Never had complaints on any of my bosses at work

73.   Had a pen pal

74.   Kept in touch with someone whom I have never met in person

75.   Convinced a guy to shave his moustache

76.   Helped a boss get promoted

77.   Sat in a Ferrari

78.   Played Blackjack for colleagues and won them $1000

79.   Recorded my own songs on a tape

80.   Saw the same film everyday for months

81.   Kayaked in a fast river and didn’t know how to swim

82.   Saved a guys life

83.   Fired  guns

84.   Been in an emergency room for a false alarm

85.   Shaved my head

86.   Visited all my old work places and sat in all the old work stations

87.   Didn’t visit my school since I left it

88.   Slid my car 360 degrees in sleet

89.   Caused a car accident

90.   Went to a rock concert

91.   Have a 5.25 inch floppy disk

92.   Set a trend at work

93.   Interacted with a CEO

94.   Learnt how to eat with Chopsticks

95.   Rode a horse

96.   Had 8 tooth caps by the age of 16

97.   Never ate meat

98.   Spoke in Hindi to a Mexican for half hour

99.   Still manage to blog

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