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There are a number of things that I would like to do
before I die. Even though I don’t have a top 100 things I want to do before I
die, I still have a top 60. In no particular order of importance, they are:
- Watch a comedy show filled with South Africans best comedians, Trevor Noah, David Kau, Kagiso Lediga, Riaad Moosa and Eugene Khoza.
- Stay in hotel (five star) just for nje.
- Go to Coffee Bay in the Eastern Cape.
- Learn how to surf when I get to Coffee Bay.
- Visit different provinces in South Africa for work.
- Visit different provinces in South Africa for a proper holiday.
- Stay in a B& B in these different provinces.
- Visit small dorpies (towns) in South Africa.
- Travel the world
- Visit art galleries in Belgium.
- See all the Impressionists (Claude Monet, Édouard Manet and Pierre- Auguste Renoir) artworks.
- See Van Gogh’s artworks as well.
- I am not a fan of Cubism artwork, but I would like to see Pablo Picasso’s work.
- Learn photography
- Then create a mini exhibition based on photographs of my favourite places in Cape Town.
- Go somewhere on a boat. The destination is not important; it is the journey that is.
- Go hiking in the mountains for an entire day.
- Go to Table Mountain. (I know, I know- this might be surprising but not all Capetonians have fully experienced the beauty of this province. I am one of them).
- On an extremely warm night, I want to sleep outside and become mesmerised by the stars and moon.
- Sky dive by the age of 25.
- Visit different museums around South Africa.
- Visit different aquariums around South Africa.
- Learn how to canoe for fun and do it.
- Learn to Tango in Spain.
- Learn to Samba in Brazil.
- Learn Ti Chi in China.
- Do Pilates. I enjoy yoga but I think Pilates would be good to do as well.
- I love the sound of a bass guitar so I want to learn how to play it.
- Do yoga in India.
- Watch ballet in the Mariinsky Theatre in Russia.
- Watch opera in a theatre in France so that I can listen to lyrics I don’t understand but be emotionally moved.
- Watch an interesting and thought provoking play.
- Go sand surfing again.
- Go quad biking again.
- Buy a beautiful cocktail dress just to have me go to the beach and swim in it. (Since ones life is not in the abundance of his possessions – Luke 12: 15).
- Grow a mini library in my home.
- Go on a road trip to my favourite destinations in South Africa with 5 of my closest friends.
- I am yet to see Lauren Hill and Thandiswa Mazwai perform live, so I would like to go to their concerts.
- Go to a gospel concert with artists or groups such as Kirk Franklin concert, Lusanda and Joyous Celebration.
- Go to a “once-off” concert with legendary South African Maskandi musicians or artists and bands such as Letta Mbulu, Caiphus Semenya, Tsepo Tshola or Sankomota, Stimela and many more.
- My dad has taught me the love of music since I was in my mother’s womb. Therefore, I would love to go with him to a “once-off” concert with legendary musicians or bands like Tico Rico, Earl Klugh, Brook Benton, Andreas Vollenweider and many more.
- I would also like to watch a play with my dad based on the music from Peter Tosh, Marcus Garvey, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Eddie Harris, Bob James, Teddy Pendergrass and many more.
- Buy my dad a 4x4
- Buy my mom a house
- Go to the Grahamstown Festival.
- Improve my painting skills
- Improve my printing skills
- Go to the South Africa Fashion Week.
- Go to the African Fashion Week.
- Collect art pieces such as prints and paintings.
- To improve my cooking skills and learn different dishes, I want to take cooking classes.
- Take DIY (Do It Yourself) classes as well.
- Go to a poetry slam event.
- Join a small book club.
- Go to a Hip Hop Festival.
- Visit a book fair.
- Learn knitting.
- Learn beadwork.
- Go to at least one OppiKoppi music festival.
- Dance in the rain....O wait, I have already done this!
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