Kunie's Bucket List

You'll never know when your time is up.  It would be such a waste if you don't make the most out of your time here on earth.  So here I am thinking of what would make my life complete...

I have been thinking about my Bucket List for almost a year now.  I started thinking about this when I was finally free from the suffocating relationship that was controlling my whole life.  I had always lived for other people, never for myself.  When I was finally on my own, I had an awakening and realized, I cannot die just yet, I haven't even lived my life.

So before I delve into my complicated life and start being dramatic, let me share my Bucket List.

1. Skydive

I wanna be a licensed skydiver someday.  I'm not expecting it to be anytime soon but I know someday I will be.  Let's see if i would really do it.

2. Scuba

I only went scuba diving once and right then and there I fell in love with it.  I did it earlier this year in Cebu with some people I just met from the party a night before.  I volunteered to join since I had nothing to do that day though deep inside I was scared to my bones.  I don't have a license but they said they'll take care of it so off I went.  It was raining really hard that day and I was hella nervous.  I had a few puffs of something-I'd-rather-not-say before diving.  It took me a while to sink so I had to add a few more weights on my waist. When I got to the bottom, it seemed like I was in a real aquarium. The water was really clear.  There were different kinds of fish.  The sand was white.  IT WAS AWESOME.  When I finally got the hang of it, I was going on my own.  It was such an exhilarating experience for me.  I loved it!  I don't know how to swim, I'm afraid of the dark, I scared to be submerged underwater but I conquered my fear.  I'd say this is one of the best experiences I had in my whole lifetime.  Unforgettable.  So someday, I want to formally learn to scuba dive and get a license.  I'd want to do it with my family.

3. Pastry Shop

I love desserts and it has always been my dream to put up my own pastry shop where I can make, eat and share what I love the most.

4. Visit Japan, Scotland, Italy

Japan for everything; their food, culture, view, EVERYTHING. 


Scotland, mainly for the view and the castles!  If I were to live again, I’d like to live in the Romantic period.  I am not a city girl despite my lifestyle. 


Italy, because I want to see all the fountains they have.

5. Have my work published. 

I'm not a writer but it has always been a dream of mine to have even just one of my works published.
Wishful thinking?


6. Learn Photography

I'm not hoping to become a professional photographer, I just want to be a skilled photographer.  Take good photos, capture the moment and keep them forever.


7.  Buy my parents a house.

Because I am a good kid. Haha!


8. Get married!

DIE. HARD. HOPELESS. ROMANTIC!

9. Do something greatly significant.

I have a heart for the needy.


10.  Cook

Lastly, I want to learn how to cook.  This is the most basic and attainable of all and yet, at 24, I still don’t know how.

Here is a line from the movie The Bucket List, Carter Chambers: [to Edward, of the two questions asked of the dead by the gods at the entrance to heaven] Have you found joy in your life? Has your life brought joy to others?

Have you?

Guilty Pleasure

Since its almost the end of the year, sale events are everywhere.  As part of my work as a marketing officer, I have to visit different malls during the sale.

Guess what I found on sale? Shoes!!!  Like chocolate, I cannot resist shoes.  So in 2 weeks, I was able to buy 6 pairs!

     

I visited the Nike outlet store in Paseo de Sta. Rosa last September 16 and found that their shoes and clothes were on sale.  I wasn't really planning to buy rubber shoes since I'm not so sporty but at that time, I felt that it would be such a waste to let this sale pass without taking advantage of it.  So I grabbed the shoes I liked and tried them on.  I couldn't decide between the purple shoes or the pink one, so I bought both of them.

Purple Women's Cortez: Php 1,200 from Php 2,900

Pink and Black Women's Dunk: Php 1,800 from Php 4,500

Not bad, huh?

For the past year, I have been searching for the perfect nude pumps that would fit my budget.  Just recently, I found the perfect pair at Payless Shoe Store.  Something similar to Aldo, only way cheaper!

Aldo at P4,300

Payless Shoe Store at P1,950

The quality is not bad at all.  They aren't wobbly as compared to other cheap heels in the market.  Aside from the Nude pumps, Payless also had 3 other colors: Blue, Black and Leopard print. 

To add to the temptation, Payless was also on sale. If you buy 3 pairs of shoes, you get one pair for free.  I don't know what has gotten into me, but I got all 4 pumps.  This is the most I spent for shoes in one day but, I'd say, it was all worth it.

Now, I just gotta practice wearing killer heels!