I just got back home from 4 days with the ‘rents. We spent time at the Millcroft Inn and Spa where we ate good food, snowshoed, had hot stone massages and generally enjoyed ourselves for a few days.
With the weather warming up rapidly, tho, we cut it short to return to TO and see Waltz With Bashir, a movie so awesome that you really really must not waste any more time reading this blog post and must jump up, go out and see it. If you are a watching of Middle Eastern politics and remember the horrors of the Sabra and Shatila Massacre in 1982, or if you are simply a peacenik who has an interest in understanding how the horrors of war affect the young men and women who fight as soldiers, then this film will interest you. Must see animated artsy political film of the year. REally.
We capped it off with dinner at Restoran Malaysia. Divine Malaysian food in the outskirts of Toronto; finally!. Really some of the best Malaysian food I’ve eaten outside of Malaysia. Authentic. Spicy. Not to be missed, but get there early as they do not take reservations and there is always a line up out the door by 6pm. Roti Canai, Mee of all sorts, Malaysian curries, laksa, coconut rice, teh tarik, etc. etc. etc…. Some of the best “good eats” I’ve had in quite some time!
So I was well and truly pampered this holiday & I hope you were too!
Items in Bold have been accomplished.
Items I’ll probably never do Italicized.
Items I may do or I’m indifferent about are not changed.
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightening at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (done both)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing (allergy!)
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job .
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (left baby toe)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Ridden an elephant (but just ask me about riding a camel!)
