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John Goddard is most known for his amazing Life List of accomplishments. At the age of fifteen John Goddard listed 127 goals he wished to experience or achieve in his lifetime. A generation later, he has accomplished 109 of these quests, and has logged an impressive list of records in achieving them.
I’ve been compiling my “Life List” for the past weeks. It’s still not fully completed yet but I’m sure there’s more to add on at different stages of my life. I hope i will be able to check off at least 3 items from the list in 2007. I have also added things that i have already accomplished before coming up with this life list. Events which i think are highlights that have shaped my life tremendously.
My Life List (14 our of 86 so far…)
EXPLORE
1 North & South Islands of NEW ZEALAND 
( Feb-Mar 2005 ) ( will be back again soon )
2 Sarawak, BORNEO ( Feb 2006 )
3 Sabah, BORNEO ( Apr 2006 and July 2006 ) (July 2007) ( will be back again soon )
4 Chengdu-Jiu Zhi Gou-Huanglong-Wolong, CHINA ( Nov-Dec 2006 ) ( will be back to other parts of China )
5. Kalimantan, BORNEO
6. Brunei, BORNEO
7 Shiga Heights, Nagano, JAPAN ( Feb-Mar 2008 ) ( will be back again soon )
8 Snowscape in Hokkaido, JAPAN ( Feb-Mar 2008 ) ( will be back again soon )
9 Alaska Temperate Rainforest
10 Amazon Rainforest
11 Micronesian Islands & Atolls in the Pacific Ocean
12 Cook Islands
13 Fiji
14 Galapagos Islands
15 Madagascar
16 Greenland
17 Antarctica
18 Arctic
19 South Africa, driving a Land Rover
20 Great Barrier Reef, Australia
21 Caribbean islands
22 Outer Space
23 New Guinea
PHOTOGRAPH
1 Bornean Pygmy Elephant Herd ( Apr 2006 and July 2006 and July 2007) ( will be back again soon )
2 Giant Panda cubs ( Dec 2006 )
3 Fireflies at night along Kinabatangan River ( tried but failed in July 2007 )
4 Steller’s Sea Eagle in flight with catch ( Feb-Mar 2008 )
5 Snow Monkeys bathing in hot springs in winter in Shiga Heights ( Feb-Mar 2008 )
6 Red-crowned Cranes courtship dance ritual in winter in Hokkaido ( Feb-Mar 2008 )
7 Nocturnal creatures of Borneo
8 Orangutan with baby in the wild
9 All the Kingfishers of the world ( holds 4 out of 90 species so far )
10 Grizzly Bear with cubs / Grizzly Bear hunting salmons
11 Komodo Dragons
12 All the interesting types of lizards in Madagascar
13 The oldest Tortoise on Galapagos island
14 Northern Lights, Southern Lights
15 The midnight sun phenomenon at the North and South of poles
16 Star trails above the Great Pyramid of Giza or other famous sites
17 Wolf, Coyote, Bison in Winter at Yellowstone National Park
18 Photograph 1000 different species of birds in the wild ( currently at 74 as of 13th APr 2008. Added 2 species of ducks, 3 species of gulls, White-tailed Eagle, Steller’s Sea Eagle, Black Kite, Whooper Swan, Red-Crowned Crane from Japan )
19 Astro-Photography
20 All the 42 species of Birds of Paradise of the world
VISIT
1 Backpack around Europe
2 New York, New York!
3 NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
( one of the astronomer sent me a mail package full of NASA and Ames stickers and old copies of astronomy magazines when i was 11. i was writing to her and asking her loads of questions about the origin of the universe theory 
still have that package with me. Always excited to see the sender’s address, hehe)
4 Launch Pad at Kennedy Space Center and witness a rocket blast off into space
5 Desert anywhere in the world
6 Beaches of Hawaii
7 Krabi, Lombok, Bali etc…. islands with nice beaches
LEARN
1 Scuba-Dive
2 Para-Glide
3 Sky-Dive
4 Driving
5 Drums
ACCOMPLISH
1 Work from Home ( current, since Apr 2006 )
2 Own two or more companies ( C.S.Ling Photography, Techsailor Group, May 2007 )
3 Expedition with National Geographic
4 Publish an article in National Geographic Magazine
5 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year ( I’m really hoping for this year…. )
6 Own a 600mm telephoto lens and have the strength to carry it
7 Publish a photography book
8. Have my own photo exhibition
9 Publish a fiction fairy-tale book
10 Been to all seven continents
11 Hug an Orang-utan, Panda, Cheetah, Blue whale… i gotta hug all my favourite animals…
12 Always photograph human, culture, monuments shots on each trip. At least 25% of total photos taken.
13 Compose a song, and be the singer, piano, guitar, drummer etc of that song
14 Dance and sing around the fire with an African tribe
15 Make news headline for something good of course
16 Conduct travel/photography courses
17 Backpacking with my friends anywhere in the world
18 Sponsor my parents, little aunt, 2nd aunt etc on a vacation together
19 Get married
20 Have children and teach them all the great things in the world
21 Have a farm
22 Visit the Moon
23 Look at Earth from outer space
24 Whale-Watching in Alaska, Africa, etc…
25 Swim with wild dolphins
LIVE A FEW YEARS IN
1 Canada
2 New York, New York!
3 New Zealand
4 A countryside somewhere in England… somewhere like Lake District
5 Sailing on a ship
6 On an RV
March 4th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
This is really interesting. I started writing a “life list” on my own (in my blog), but found it difficult to be this specific. However, the difference of people’s life lists probably shows people are different…
March 4th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Cool…. think whichever way feels better for you. Not all life list have to be this specific, i guess i’m just a very “atention-to-details” person, haha…
May 1st, 2007 at 8:59 pm
[…] be able to travel to Africa and see the Northern Lights at the North of poles are both on my “Life List” of things to do in this lifetime. So far i have acomplished 7 out of 82. Let’s hope i can […]
September 11th, 2007 at 7:42 am
After # 18, your list will change and slow down. Better make children last on your list.
January 18th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Beautiful! One of the cutest portfolios i’ve ever seen! And wow, what a post. I am impressed! I am a web/graphic designer & 2D/3D animator as well. But i never had such a list i guess. I wish to see all the list items ticked very soon !
Cheers!
February 14th, 2008 at 11:47 am
thank you Ron!:)