Here are 21 things I want to do before I shuffle off this mortal coil.
- Play my saxophone and harmonica in a blues band.
- Live and work in a foreign country.
- Write and publish a book.
- Complete a marathon in less than 4:45.
- Own a sports car.
- Ride across the USA on a Harley.
- Live in a home with a swimming pool.
- Live in a new home.
- Own a new car, one that’s never been owned by someone else.
- Give a TED talk.
- Get my unrestricted pilot’s licence.
- Work as an overseas aid volunteer.
- Write an opinion piece that gets published in a newspaper.
- Visit Antarctica.
- Do an outback survival course.
- Visit Japan.
- Pay my respects at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
- Pay my respects at Gallipoli.
- Do the Kokoda trail.
- Do an African safari and shoot the wild life – with a camera.
- Climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
Image: Vernon Chan