I can’t quite believe that it’s been three years without my
brother and I can’t really say how this time has gone. I can still barely
believe he’s not around, but the space gets harder to ignore. And with that comes the ability to learn to
live with it, I suppose.
Anyway, it has been bugging me that another year is rolling
round and I haven’t completed my challenge. Once I got thinking, I realised, I
probably have… with a little extra push this week I’ve made it all the way to…
51. So so close…
Go to Japan: crazy, crazy place, and I loved every minute of
it. And of course, it brought with it some more firsts that could only happen
in Japan…
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| Akihabara in Tokyo... crazy, crazy place |
Visit a Maid Café: awkward… but an experience (if you don't know what a maid cafe is, Wikipedia has some answers for you).
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| Lunch at the @home Maid Cafe, Tokyo... Moe <3 td=""> |
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| Maiko in Kyoto. I have since found out her name is Katsutomo San |
Eat sushi off a conveyer belt… in Japan: an extension of one
of my original firsts.
Interview an idol: So, this happened… and I was very happy…
Anybody who knew me when I was about 18 will know that this guy is definitely
one of my idols!
Take a dip in the sea on Christmas day: Bloody freezing, but
bloody good fun too. Plus we managed to
raise money for St Elizabeth Hospice, a brilliant local charity.
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| Waiting around was much worse than actually running into the sea! |
Live with my other half: It’s been a while now that we’ve
been sharing our living space, but I still love it (awwww).
Join the stem cell register: I’ve given blood for some time,
but, when I saw this bbc feature about somebody who transports stem cells from
donors to those in need and I thought ‘why not?’. It really is this simple to save someone’s
life. If you want to find out more about what is involved, visit the Anthony Nolan website.
Spend a day at 'Kellerman's': AKA the holiday resort in Dirty Dancing. Thanks to Secret Cinema, this actually happened.
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| I carried a freaking watermelon! |
Be active: This is the first time in my
life I can describe myself as ‘active’. Yes, I walked to work in the past, but
that was pretty much all the exercise I got. After training for my 10k last
July, I’ve kept up the running and will be competing in a real endurance event
later on this year:The Whole Hog (watch this space!).
Go on one of the plughole waterslides: I did it! Years after
I first saw a water slide like this in America and was too scared to try it, I
finally did it. But probably wouldn’t do it again…(again, if you don't know what kind of waterslide I am talking about, Wiki
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| It's the slide on the left. You travel round and round the basin then plop into the pool below. |
Spend a day playing games with my niece: Cheating a little
bit with this first, but now my niece is a little bit older I have had plenty of days spent
just playing games with her, particularly hide and seek and jumping on the bed.
I love her to pieces.
Visit Rome: Amazing food. Amazing place. Amazing trip.
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| Loved it |
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