My Bucket List

This is my bucket list where I list all the things I want to do, feel, experience, see and achieve before I die. :)

My bucket list currently has 104 items. I will continuously update this as I complete current items and come across new ones. Don’t just read my bucket list though – Create your own too: 101 Things To Do Before You Die.

[First written: 2009; Last Update: Apr '12]

  1. Pursue my passion and turn it into a career (2009)
  2. Live my life with true meaning (2009; ongoing)
  3. Win awards for Personal Excellence
  4. Be internationally recognized in my personal development work (2011 – PE has an international reader base from over 200 countries now and is recognized as a #1 trusted, go-to source for all things on personal excellence)
  5. Be invited to speak overseas (2010 – Started being invited to speak overseas; Nov ’11: Spoke at annual Wharton Marketing Conference in Philadelphia, PA, US)
  6. Continue to be invited to speak overseas – be it conferences or institutions (Ongoing)
  7. Start my talkshow on living your best life (Feb 2012 – Launched The Celes Show! Not a talkshow per se but a video channel, which is actually more in line with what I want now.)
  8. Develop it to be one of the best and most popular talkshows, benchmarking The Oprah Show, Tyra Show and Ellen Show
  9. Be a vegan (Nov ’11: Finally switched to being a 100% vegan, after nearly 4 years of sticking to a semi vegetarian/vegan diet)
  10. Be a raw vegan – (May  ’11 Update: Been on raw food trials; Going for a diet high in fruits and vegetables at the moment)
  11. See fireflies
  12. Achieve my ideal weight – (May ’11; Achieved after going on a fasting journey, which helped me lose the excess weight and most importantly, helped me address a lot of internal emotional eating issues)
  13. Travel to Europe (Jun ’11)
  14. Live overseas for an extended period of time (Jun-Aug ’11: Traveled around Europe; Aug – Nov ’11: Stayed in London; Nov ’11: In Manhattan, New York)
  15. Travel around Europe (Jun-Sep ’11 – Holland, Germany, Paris)
  16. Visit the Eiffel Tower at night (Aug 1, ’11; Visited it on my 2nd night in Paris – Was soaking in its magnificence for a good few seconds there. Feels surreal finally seeing the building in person, having seen it romanticized so much in films and media.)
  17. Visit London/UK (Aug 10 ’11 – LOVE London – London is a huge metropolitan – nice tall buildings, busy streets, multitude of cultures/races/nationality, never ending flow of people. Very much like cities like Singapore/New York, but with an English twist.)
  18. Visit New York (Nov ’11 – Arrived at Manhattan)
  19. Visit the famous Wall Street (Nov ’11)
  20. See the State of Liberty (Nov ’11)
  21. Check out the Empire State Building (Nov ’11)
  22. Jog in the serenity and quiet shroud of the night (2008)
  23. Achieve 10,000 subscribers at Personal Excellence (2010)
  24. Achieve 20,000 subscribers at PE (Dec ’10)
  25. Achieve 1 million page views / month at PE (Oct ’11: Celebrating… One Million Pageviews / Month)
  26. Achieve 2 million page views / month at PE
  27. Achieve 5 million page views / month at PE
  28. Achieve 10 million page views / month at PE
  29. Have a meet-up session with Personal Excellence readers (2011 – Meet-up with Personal Excellence readers in London, New York, Los Angeles)
  30. Communicate freely with my brother (2010)
  31. Astral project (2001)
  32. Read other people’s minds
  33. Achieve the highest level of consciousness (Enlightenment?)
  34. See snow (Oct 2008)
  35. Stay awake for 48 hours straight (Mar ’10 – stayed awake for almost 90 hours straight)
  36. Levitate
  37. Create a room I love (2008)
  38. Have my own apartment
  39. Have my dream home
  40. Have an open connection with my spirit guides (Aug 2011)
  41. Reach out to millions around the world and help them to grow and achieve their highest potential (Ongoing)
  42. Speak to over 1,000 people (2009)
  43. Speak to over 3,000 people
  44. Speak to over 5,000 people
  45. Speak to over 10,000 people
  46. Speak to an international audience of thousands of people
  47. Be featured in media for my work (2009, ongoing - To date, have been featured in CNN, Cosmopolitan (UK), Business Insider, Channel News Asia, and more. Read: Media section)
  48. Appear on TV (Dec ’10; Channel News Asia)
  49. Write a book (While I have written and launched 3 books: Personal Excellence Book, 30DLBL and 30BBM, the former was a compilation while the letter 2 are programs. I’m looking to write a book that reads from cover to cover.)
  50. Publish a physical book
  51. Hit best sellers list
  52. Hit New York best sellers list
  53. Telekinetically move a large object (2008: Moved a Psiwheel)
  54. Go horseback riding again
  55. Visit the ancient ruins of Rome
  56. Travel around San Francisco on the cable car (Jan 24, ’12 – Visited San Francisco and traveled through the streets on the cable car. All checked! :) )
  57. Visit the pyramids at Egypt
  58. Ride a camel
  59. Fly in a hot air balloon (Jan 15, ’12 – Went on a hot air balloon in Orange County, California)
  60. Walk across a desert
  61. Explore Antarctica
  62. Walk on water
  63. Visit Disneyland in America (Jan 16, ’12 – Visited the first ever Disneyland in California!)
  64. Go stargazing (Jan 21, ’12 – Unwittingly got this item checked while watching a film in Griffith Observatory, which had a awe-inspiring segment where there was a a mesmerizing, starlit sky)
  65. Stay up the whole the night till sunrise conversing and relishing in the company of a good friend
  66. Witness a meteor shower
  67. See the Northern Lights
  68. Dress up in a costume party (Jul ’08 – Had fun at a costume party in my ex-company)
  69. Attend a cosplay event
  70. Fly a kite
  71. Help out someone in need
  72. Soak in the beauty of a sunset (Jun 21, ’11 – At Holland, Noordwijk)
  73. Experience a sunrise in its true glory
  74. Go trekking in a rainforest
  75. Give someone a surprise
  76. Lucid dream
  77. Swim with dolphins
  78. Throw a big party inviting everyone I know and everyone they know
  79. Experience the cherry blossoms in Japan
  80. Explore Louvre in Paris (Aug 4, ’11 – Magnificent. Saw the Mona Lisa. Was awestruck by the richness of historical art pieces and European culture. Napoleon’s Apartments really took my breath away, while the Greek sculptures were hauntingly beautiful.)
  81. Explore a castle (Aug 15, ’11 – Visited Windsor Castle in UK, a medieval castle and royal residence.)
  82. Dress up as a Santarina
  83. Hug a mascot
  84. Sleep in a hammock
  85. Go camping in the woods
  86. Sail out in the sea for a week
  87. Have dinner in a location that overlooks the entire city
  88. Fly around a city in a helicopter
  89. Swim in an ocean
  90. Bury a time capsule with key memoirs in a secret location
  91. Open the time capsule after 5 years
  92. Understand the truth behind the time-space continuum
  93. Own a life-sized plushie
  94. Own and wear a My Little Pony junk food tee (My Little Pony was one of my childhood toys growing up. Along with Polly Pocket.)
  95. Go on a road trip (Jul ’11 – Went on a road trip while I was in Germany)
  96. Learn to cycle (I don’t know how to cycle! Yet. Read #2 in 25 Random Things About Me.)
  97. Learn rollerblading
  98. Visit the leaning tower of pisa
  99. Thank my parents for everything they have done for me (2009)
  100. Learn to drive a car
  101. Go snorkeling and experience marine life up close and personal
  102. Get a pebble to bounce off the surface of the water 4 times
  103. Fly
  104. Continuously grow and help others live their best lives
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