Dust in the wind

Here are 21 things I want to do before I shuffle off this mortal coil.

1. Play my saxophone and harmonica in a blues band.
2. Live and work in a foreign country.
3. Write and publish a book.
4. Complete a marathon in less than 4:45.
5. Own a sports car.
6. Ride across the USA on a Harley.
7. Live in a home with a swimming pool.
8. Live in a new home.
9. Own a new car, one that’s never been owned by someone else.
10. Give a TED talk.
11. Get my unrestricted pilot’s licence.
12. Work as an overseas aid volunteer.
13. Write an opinion piece that gets published in a newspaper.
14. Visit Antarctica.
15. Do an outback survival course.
16. Visit Japan.
17. Pay my respects at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
18. Pay my respects at Gallipoli.
19. Do the Kokoda trail.
20. Do an African safari and shoot the wild life – with a camera.
21. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

Image: Vernon Chan