'All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die,'
Says the man next to me out of nowhere
And what I really want to do?
In the words of Sheryl Crow again -
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard
Yes I do want to have fun, within limits of course. After all, life is short. Too short in fact. We gotta make the most out of our short stay on this planet.
And while Cyndi Lauper insists that Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, I want to do so much more before I die.
Like going for an underwater stream boat ride accompanied by an orchestra [OK, I am inspired by that trip Samantha Brown made to Mallorca] with someone who loves me and whom I love.
I want to sleep in a tent Underneath The Stars somewhere along the Silk Road.
I want to go ride a horse and feel the wind in my face as I gallop off to wherever the stallion brings me.
I want to go conquer my fears – no, not the Fear Factor way – and go sky diving, parachuting, white-water rafting, spelunking in caves, bungee jumping...
I want to continue travelling, exploring and visiting foreign countries, learning new cultures, customs, beliefs and traditions and maybe pick up some local lingo, soaking in different atmospheres and blending in... I want to make another return Haj trip, insyaAllah.
I want to go to the steppe, the savanna, the desert, the ocean... [not too sure if I’m cool about going to the Artic or the Antarctic though - I don’t much care to get frozen].
I want to visit all the Seven Wonders of the World. I have climbed the Great Wall of China but only that. I want to go explore the Great Pyramid of Giza and even the Inca pyramids in Peru. I want to go to the Taj Mahal.
My secret wish is to visit Israel too, yes, the land forbidden to us [as stamped on our passports so I may need a fake passport and identity] because that place is so steeped in history.
I want to have a fun job, not unlike that of Samantha Brown. I hope I can have my own Passport to ... [Asia/Africa/the world] or Globe Trekker programme one day.
I want to have the courage and determination one day to volunteer myself to worthy causes. To help with the MERCY rescue team, to help with the poor in Africa, to help with conserving wildlife and the environment, in short, to offer help and support to those who need it, human, animal or even plant.
I want to do all of the above and so much more... So much to do and so little time [and money!].
I want to be able to look back upon my life one day and be satisfied that my life has been well and truly lived. I don’t want a life full of regrets and despair and misery, so self-absorbed with my problems that I’m oblivious to others.
After all, as Abraham Lincoln said it, ‘And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.’
What do you wanna do?
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