My Bucket List

Ok, so we all know how cliché a bucket list sounds, BUT lists are awesome and they help me accomplish things! So, of course, I had to make a list... and “bucket list” sounds way more exciting than a “to do list”, hence the name. I embrace the cliché!

This is a list I came up with about 2 months ago of the things I wanted to do during my undergrad. Seeing as I’m now completing my fourth year, a bunch of these were obviously accomplished before the formal creation of the list. Because I’m lagging on my list (8 months in Nepal doesn’t help), my goal is to complete them by the end of 2013.

The list is no particular order; I wrote whatever came to my head first! If you think of anything I should add to the list, let me know – Waterloo-specific stuff is my favourite!

During my Undergrad, I must:

1. Visit the Waterloo Petting Zoo. (went with Isabelle for the first time)
2. Have a picnic in Waterloo Park.
3. Go to the St. Jacob’s Farmers Market.
4. Jump into the Laurel Creek. (water quality testing for ENVS 200, booyah) 
5. Attend the Maple Syrup Festival. (Did this in 2012 with Arish, Salina and Zainil. Arish ate literally one of everything being sold!)
6. Do the Dirty Dash. (Missed this! Oh no.)
7. Live on residence. (V1 N1 in first year! And let’s not forget St. Paul’s Spring 2012)
8. Join an unfamiliar student club (SFPR during Fall 2011)
9. Skip a lecture (Can I cross this out the 50 times I’ve done it? Ha… I think PLAN 100 was the first? Williams date with Adam and Mads)
10. See a movie at the Princess Cinemas.
11. Go to Club Ren. (Rahim took me and it was awesome)
12. Have a 3am meal at Pepi’s Pizza (a must-do according to Rahim).
13. Go to Oktoberfest (unfortunately too late to achieve this one).
14. Hop around on Spongy Lake (ENVS 200 again. Kelsey and I had a blast!)
15. Hand in an assignment late (thanks for letting this one slide Bruce!)
16. Start writing a paper the day it is due (ENVS 415… ha. ha. ha.)
17. Do the Brick Brewery Tour.
18. Do a keg stand. 
19. Play part in a photo scavenger hunt. (Arish's 22nd birthday at Bomber)
20. Play a prank on a housemate. (Adam Chagani, you've fallen victim to quite a few of these.)
21. Spend a day at Bingemans (FDA Fall 2011 Orientation)
22. Go on a hot air balloon ride.
23. Go to a shooting range. (July 22nd! The shotgun was my favourite.)
24. Go skating in Uptown Waterloo.
25. Have a kiss on the Kissing Bridge across Grand River E in Elmira (officially known as West Montrose Covered Bridge). (July 21st 2012. Yay for Katelyn being the lucky lady!)
26. Go to a hot yoga class.
27. Take part in a protest. (Protested for Egyptian Revolution with Keith at the Arts Quad)
28. Have the dinner of champions: go to Frat Burger for dinner and Menchies for dessert. (Best. Meal. Ever.)
29. Go to the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory.
30. Go to the Waterloo Region Museum. 
31. Become friends with your favourite professor. (Oh Bruce... and most other INDEV profs!)
32. Bike along the Iron Horse Trail.
33. Do a Clay Workshop at the Clay & Glass Museum.
34. Paint a mug at The Art Studio. (Frog mug for the win! Thanks Desk Services.)
35. Go skating in the Waterloo Square. (Winter 2012, skated in rain. Wasn't for very long because Mussa decided to eat a whole pizza first.)
36. Participate in Earth Day.
37. Go to a sports game and support your university team. (Football game in Frosh week; WLISA at all the PSG tournaments.
38. Attend a play occurring at Modern Languages. 
39. Dance in the rain. (This night was too perfect. Bomber Wednesday on July 25th with my one and only INDEVOURS)
40. Attend a cooking class (Break making workshop with Black Island Bakery; July 21st 2012)
41. Visit a community farm. (Thanks Bruce! Spring 2012)
42. Complete Edward forty-hands. (Sort of…We ran out of fourtys, so I had one fourty and then a quart. Still taped to my hands! Spring 2012)
43. Explore Waterloo’s Underground tunnels. (Thanks for this Naheed, you truly are a pro! Spring 2012).
44. Try Century Club.
45. Go skinny dipping. (Does bopping count? INDEV cottage weekend!)
46. Play the “Development Game” with my INDEVOURS (new and improved name soon to come).
47. Attend a school concert. (INDEVOURS July 25th haha!)
48. Watch a movie at a drive-in.
49. Go for a spontaneous drive to somewhere ridiculous. (Niagara Falls at 3am! First year.)
50. Go on a road trip with your classmates. (Does the ride up to Kyla’s cottage count? Woo to cottage weekend. If not, road trip to Ottawa for Canada Day 2012 does)

On an end note, this is an amazing read by Ben Jones, former Director of Communications at MIT. In it he gives 50 pieces of advice to assist students as they experience their undergrad. The advice is inspiring and it makes you re-evaluate how you spend the best year of your life.