De-cayed wants!

Mad's from "One true thing" had tagged me..to list out 10 things that i'd want to do in the next decade of my life..., Tough job for me..., I have never planned a minute ahead of today :)...there were so many that I hadn't realised until I started listing them out...but at least it brought back those dreams, and refreshed them...and now I want to achieve all of them....and here they go...

1. To climb the Mt Everest. Before my knees start knocking, and the ears can't hear - the 'whoosh' of the mountain wind , I want to climb the peak. I have put it off at each phase of my life , for various reasons, some silly some real....but I don't want anything to stop me...I want to go all the way to the top and just touch it....

2. Jump up in the air! Legs thrown out with aggression...Well!!! Images have always blended with dreams and dreams were built in my heart. And thats what I want to do...learn Kalaripayattu'- the ancient martial art

3. 'A girl so calming to the mind!' It sounds like an ad, but this is not the reason! I want to adopt a girl- a little baby girl. If anyone out there thinks it is natural for me to want this, cos' I have two boys as my own, let me tell you-- Its a dream and a want so strong, I had made up my mind, that if i'd had had 2 girls then another girl it'll be....For me it is the need to bring home the little bundle and make her mine. Its not easy for me ;cos the family have to give wholehearted support and love. I pray that they'll get convinced soon :)

4 .A round, smooth surface. Turn heads , 'cos I had the guts to just do it. Yes!! I want to go Bald ( a clean nut!! ) for a season, or at least a day

5. Diving in the Great Barrier Reef, watch the sun set from all the 5 oceans... ( i've managed only Indian ocean so far! ), go on an Arctic expedition, visit all the wonders of the world ( ancient and modern) and a trek from Manali to Leh...., a hike down the Grand Canyon, yep! these are some things that I want to do, in the next 10 years of my life...

6. I grew up listening to the chants of the' Venkatesha Suprabhatam' every morning..Though i've heard it millions f times, I can never recite it all by myself...I want to learn the entire lines and recite it myself...and not trouble MS Subbulakshmi...

7. I want to go up in space! Yes! I know, lots of others would like to do that. But I want to go, not as a touristy thing, but very much , part of the crew (NASA!!! can u hear???? ) I can hear the sniggers and the smirks, but I want to ignore that and wish that I do go up there...

8. A swim across to the 'Vivekananda Memorial' from the shores of Kanyakumari. Ever since I heard my father regaling us with his experiences of the swims while he was younger, I've been wanting to do it...(I did try swimming in the deep dark, inky smooth waters of the indian ocean, a few kilometres away from the shore , nothing in sight, just plain blue green water...and it was exhilerating!!! It does give you a high...but I want to still cross over to that majestic rock in the middle of the sea.

9. I want to live in a different city for a while. Living here and growing roots, gets to me. I don't want to settle down there, but maybe just for a couple of years in a different country or city or anywhere....

10. Friends give me Power! I don't want my circle of friends to break or disintegrate . I want that we are always together. I have a warm circle, some live so far away from me, that I hardly get to see them. But I don't want to lose that bond, that has tied us for all these years.

So this is it!! Too many far-reaching and high energy wants, but i'll try and achieve them ** looks up at the sky**" Are you listening?? It is said that "If you want something really hard, the world conspires to give it to you" So are you all listening...??

I'd love to tag others along, just so that we get to know what they would have thought of doing in the next decade of their lives....and here goes

Thinking aloud (from aalochane)

J (on the rocks!)

PS(Just a mother of two)

Ziah(a slice of lime!)

Bikerdude(bengaloorubanter)