Saigon
Gold Member
I saw this in a Finnish magazine, and thought you might enjoy it.
I doubt anyone is going to get to 50, somehow!
Do tell us your score!
Sports & Outdoors
- bungy jumped
- sky dived
- Scuba dived
- climbed a mountain (3000 metres or higher)
- skiiied downhilll
Achievements
- learned a language to good conversational level
- qualified with a degree
- published something
- owned or ran a company
- given a presentation to a large audience
Dubious Achievements
- been arrested
- gotten married
- gotten divorced
- fired a weapon
- been fired
- taken a seriously illegal drug
- got a driver's license
- performed a sex act that is probably illegal
- cooked a three-course meal
- been headhunted
Culture
- read a book of poetry since leaving school (i.e. you chose to read it!)
- philosophy (as above)
- read a 19th century classic novel (as above)
- been to an opera
- been to ballet
Geography
- experienced a real desert
- experienced a real coral atoll
- experienced a frozen wasteland
- experienced a real jungle
- experienced a city of more than ten million people
cities and places
- Paris
- London
- South America
- Asia
- Africa
- Angkor Wat
- Auschwitz or Dachau etc
- The pyramids at Giza or Saqqara
- Jerusalem's Old City
- Macchu Piccu and the Inca ruins
Emotions and spirituality
- worshipped a god
- experienced spiritual awe (as in seeing a glimpse of heaven)
- genuinely feared for your life
- saved the life of another person
- felt true self-less love
- experienced spiritual horror (as in seeing a glimpse of hell)
- parented a child
- won a significant award
- been to a major religious event or gathering
- been to a major political demonstration
I doubt anyone is going to get to 50, somehow!
Do tell us your score!
Sports & Outdoors
- bungy jumped
- sky dived
- Scuba dived
- climbed a mountain (3000 metres or higher)
- skiiied downhilll
Achievements
- learned a language to good conversational level
- qualified with a degree
- published something
- owned or ran a company
- given a presentation to a large audience
Dubious Achievements
- been arrested
- gotten married
- gotten divorced
- fired a weapon
- been fired
- taken a seriously illegal drug
- got a driver's license
- performed a sex act that is probably illegal
- cooked a three-course meal
- been headhunted
Culture
- read a book of poetry since leaving school (i.e. you chose to read it!)
- philosophy (as above)
- read a 19th century classic novel (as above)
- been to an opera
- been to ballet
Geography
- experienced a real desert
- experienced a real coral atoll
- experienced a frozen wasteland
- experienced a real jungle
- experienced a city of more than ten million people
cities and places
- Paris
- London
- South America
- Asia
- Africa
- Angkor Wat
- Auschwitz or Dachau etc
- The pyramids at Giza or Saqqara
- Jerusalem's Old City
- Macchu Piccu and the Inca ruins
Emotions and spirituality
- worshipped a god
- experienced spiritual awe (as in seeing a glimpse of heaven)
- genuinely feared for your life
- saved the life of another person
- felt true self-less love
- experienced spiritual horror (as in seeing a glimpse of hell)
- parented a child
- won a significant award
- been to a major religious event or gathering
- been to a major political demonstration