Wanderlist

I have always had this insatiable thirst of travelling, this immense desire of hopping on a plane and seeing what the world has to offer. I realize that this may not be such an obvious fact about me being that I rarely leave my bed and am always reluctant to be separated from my two best (material) friends: the laptop and the external harddrive, but yes, I do claim to be someone who craves for adventure.

If not for my dedication to becoming a physician (and if not for my lack of height), I would definitely choose to be a flight attendant. I’m not kidding – seeing the world is the dream; I would love to taste the different cuisines of different countries, I would love to learn dozens of foreign languages, I would love to immerse myself in the lifestyle of the numerous cultures that are spread around different parts of the globe. I am, after all, someone who claims to be diagnosed with a serious case of wanderlust.

And yep, I am also the type of person who would make her own travel bucketlist… a wanderlist, if you will. (Forgive the cheesy pun, will you?)

*Note: I have always wanted to go to these places and experience them in these ways. This is not simply a spur-of-the-moment list for the sake of having a new blogpost. And yes, I felt the need to include this note for reasons I myself cannot comprehend. Damn, why am I so weird ---

• Throw a coin and make a wish in the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy (I blame The Lizzie McGuire Movie for this one) (I threw not one, but three coins!!! No hot Italian guy when I looked up, though.)
• See the recreation of the Megalodon jaw in the American Museum of Natural History (because sharks have always fascinated me)
• Roam around Times Square in New York at night (Yes, I was only fourteen at that time, but I clearly remember the ambience and how it made me understand why New York was dubbed as the "city that never sleeps")
• Drink Butterbeer while roaming around Hogsmeade in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Universal Studios Japan (BUTTERBEER TASTES LIKE WARM HUGS AND FINALLY RECEIVING YOUR ACCEPTANCE LETTER TO HOGWARTS)
• Take a cliché tourist picture in front of the Eiffel Tower (!!!) (Paris has always been my dream travel location) (PARIS WAS EVERY BIT AS LOVELY AS I IMAGINED IT WOULD BE)
• Ride a gondola along the canals of Venice (Apparently, gondola rides are too overrated... and expensive. But I did get to walk across Venice's mini-bridges and explore the square! So yep, I consider this one done, son.)
• See the fireworks display at the end of the day in Disney World, Florida (The Magic Kingdom was definitely magical)
• Hope to absorb some of Athena's intellect from The Parthenon in Athens, Greece
• Bask in the aesthetic architecture of everything in Santorini, Greece
• Experience the beauty that only nature could offer by seeing the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights in Iceland
• Take a stroll along the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Watch a musical in Broadway (preferably Wicked, Les Miserables, or Miss Saigon)
• Climb up the Great Wall of China
• See the cherry blossoms in full bloom in Japan
• Enjoy the sunrise or the sunset in Machu Picchu
• Attend the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California
• And finally... not just a travel goal, but a life goal - to meet someone worth sharing a love lock with for the Lover's Bridge or Pont des Arts in Paris (eep, 7 cheese overload)

Yes, my list isn't really magnanimous, but I'm quite positive that my travel goals will increase as I grow older and as I discover new places. For now, this is how I'd like to experience the world, and hopefully I would eventually be able to cross off most, if not all, of the items on this list.

Finally, if I could offer a single piece of advice, it would be to travel; to explore; to discover. I am wiling to bet that we were not born in such a vast and beautiful world to simply stay put in a single place in our lifetime.