resolutions

this is the first time i've made any resolutions or decisions about my future this premeditated. i dunno why but i am spurred into being held accountable for not accomplishing these items. maybe its because im so old and feel i havent lived life to the fullest or accomplished enough. anyway here goes. (alot of my aims are food related because i am just a glutton)

by end of this year:
1. have my hair up in braids
2. eat at geylang lorong 35 at a leisurely pace, having beer or martell to go with the seafood
3. eat shark's fins in bangkok (i've wanted to do it everytime i'm there but never get to)
4. learn how to cook laksa, mee siam, popiah and everything else my grandmother cooks
5. start drinking martell neat

by next year:
1. buy seafood off the boat or port
2. get my motorbike licence
3. go offroad in the dessert and beach at least once
4. go dive in australia at least once
5. register company and release first collection
6. learn how to bone a fish
7. go to Sydney (and maybe, just maybe, Tetsuya's)

ok i think that's it. better not be too ambitious lest i fail to accomplish a large number of goals. the best thing i did this year though has to be quiting smoking. and i encourage all who are smoking to consider quiting, and it is a harmful addiction (don't tell me you're not addicted, i won't buy that) that consumes alot of money as well.

120 hours to touchdown.