30 before 30

So before we begin, this post is inspired by another 30 before 30 project my friend Geia showed me before I went on my 2011 life plan of migrating to Singapore when I thought as a 25 year old and sheltered young girl that moving here would be the biggest and most adventurous thing I would ever do in my entire life. Now that I am soon turning 27 and after a year and 9 months since that "Big move" which I thought would change my life drastically.. I find myself still the same old Charm only living in a different address. I haven't really done anything drastic or life changing. I've met and kept a few new friends but I haven't really gone out from my comfort zone.. Well, I took the risk of falling in love only to find myself just falling... and looking back, throughout the time since i got here and since I went in and out of my first and now ended relationship, I haven't really done anything that would define me as me. I have conformed with the norms of how people should live just to get by and survive and I have based my own happiness according to the happiness of one person who left me taking my idea of happiness along with him.

Thus the start of my own 30 before 30 project. with 3 years ahead from that 3-0 milestone, I've listed down things I've always wanted to do but didn't have the chance to do. Things I've put aside for later and haven't accomplished till today. Things I should do in preparation for the next big steps in my life. Things I would like the 40 year old me to be able to tell stories about and say "Been There! Done That!" With a happy and proud little smirk on her still pretty (even prettier ;p) 40 year old face. ;-)

I took a lot of considerations before coming up with my final list. I've read blogs of other women who've done this and I'm so glad that I'm doing this at this season when I am still single and free to do outrageous stuff which may not be possible to do as a mom with responsibilities and limitations. I considered my capabilities in terms of my budget, geographical issues, my passport and visa limits and schedule because of my day job.. Then I came across this passage in the Bible:

"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him." 1 John 5:14-15

So This is me at 26. And I made and I am posting my list by faith. I pray that I may be able to cross out each item off from this list. And I ask that He would help me and He would provide for me the funds, connections and opportunities that I need. God is faithful and I am excited to see how He would pave the way to help me achieve each of my goals! :-)

My 30 Before 30 List

1. Ride a Hot air balloon

2. Sky dive in New Zealand

3. Go to Boracay and strut my stuff in a bikini

4. Explore the Great Pyramids of Giza

5. Go on a Missions Trip

6. Play the guitar like a rock star

7. Buy my own Prada bag

8. Design my dream house

9. Go to a Hillsong Worship Concert

10. Buy a piece of jewelry that I can pass on to my future kids as an heirloom

11. Master my own Signature Dish

12. Read the whole Bible

13. Learn How to Swim

14. Watch a world-renowned stage play

15. Play and dance in the Snow

16. Go to Palawan with my Family

17. Learn and Write a poem in a new language

18. Visit the RX Booth. to meet & take photos with Chico, Gino and Delamar

19. Start and Manage a savings plan each for Emergency, Leisure and Retirement.

20. Give a whole month's salary as a Tithe & Offering

21. Design and Build an Architecture Project

22. Achieve my weight goal of 125lbs and maintain it

23. Go to Universal Studios

24. Travel Alone in a foreign country

25. Customise and Improve my blog. good enough for people to get interested, read and follow me. (and get sponsored maybe? ;p)

26. Eat Sushi wearing a Kimono in Japan.

27. Have a permanent hair removal laser treatment

28. Go to disneyland

29. Buy my own car

30. Get married

There goes! :D I am looking forward to planning out and working on this project and to hopefully and prayerfully cross each item out before my 30th Birthday on December 26, 2015. :-) Oh, and I need a camera! a good one.. so I can document and blog about it and share the works and progress of this project to whoever is interested... :D I'm SOOO EXCITED!!!! :-)