Life, to be done right.

A place like Port. It starts pouring at the most random times, lasting about 2 minutes, then the sun decides to shine (mid-day that is), and few minutes later, holiday-ers caught indoors (presumingly all psyched up and ready to hit the beach), leave their rooms and bam, the rain comes again. Such disappointment. I can't imagine tourists in Port at the moment. What fun could you possibly get out of random rain timings, stingers which results in you needing to carry vingear around, and crocodile sightings. Because, i know i could definitely think up of a better holiday if I were given the option of planning one. Or I could you know, use your money to get some much-needed shopping done. 

Speaking of festivities, Halloween Night. Personally, it wasn't that great of a night, or maybe I had too high expectations for it. At the end of the night - the moments you have before you fall asleep and like a million thoughts run through your head, i was just like, "Meh". Started off with a pretty good dinner with Juliet at On the Inlet. I had a crumbed reef fish, it was $22 for two massive pieces. I thought it was slightly under-priced (this in no way suggests that I am rich, although i would really like to be) by the portions they gave. Unless, they were trying to get rid of the fish. Stuffed, we then headed on to Bistro3 for cocktails. Long story short, Ironbar's band pretty much killed my night. highlight of my night. the bistro3's bartender who is a cool-weirdo, if that even makes sense. 

When the highlight of your entire halloween night is a bartender busy making drinks 24/7, its quite sad. Its funny how normal nights out can be so much better compared to like a hyped-up, happening, event-filled night. 

Digressing, I've done something useful these past few days. I have a strange obsession of creating lists at the strangest times, usually on scrap paper and then 2 hours later i manage to lose it, signaling the loss of impromptu inspiration as well. I managed to keep it this time. And so, in no particular order,

Li-anne's 30 Must-Dos before 30 : 

1.  Travel to at least 30 different places for the first time
2. Work and travel for at least 6 months
3.  Graduate and get a degree 
4. Be (potentially/quite) successful in my career in a 5-star hotel
5.  Stay in a backpackers/tent for at least 2 weeks
6.  Go sky-diving
   
7.  Bungy Jumping
8.  Learn a foreign language
9.  Learn to Dive and Snorkel, and then dive with sharks
   
10.  Learn to Surf
11.  Learn to Ski
12.  Learn to Bartend 
    
13.  Meet a celebrity in person (concerts do not count)
    
14.  Make a small difference by volunteering for environment, poverty etc.
15.  Get over my fear of lizards
16.  Get a convertible car pref. bright red and sporty 
17.  Attend a tennis Grand Slam
18.  Be part of a television show (Ellen, please!)
19.  Teach English in a foreign country
20.  Party 24 hours, straight or sing in an open karaoke, sober. (no, it's not that easy for me.)
21.  Be a proper photographer, digital cams do not count.
22.  Buy an espresso machine for my home
23.  Do something to make an entire audience laugh in public
24.  Do a picnic, read a book, sip on cocktails, watching the sunset and stars all in a day
25.  Find a boyfriend?! (Mmm.)
26.  Participate in a Flashmob. Or I could create one (HAHA)
27. Attend a bullfight
28.  Have a successful attempt at being somebody's wing-woman
29.  I'm leaving this one out, to find the most interesting thing possible,
30.  Be contented and happy, cliche.

So, that's that, for now. When I do something interesting, I'm going to add it to my list, cross it out and make myself feel happier.