Bucket List

Three of my friends and I made our bucket lists together back in 2009. Since then, it’s evolved and morphed into the list below (progress in green font):

1. Make a significant difference in someone’s life
2. Serve as a keynote speaker at a national conference or convention
3. Teach an ESL class part-time in the United States
   Currently serving as a teacher’s assistant in The Latin American Association’s introductory English class
4. Spend at least two weeks in a Spanish-speaking country to teach English
5. Become fluent in Spanish and Tagalog (national language of the Philippines)
   Nearly fluent in Spanish after studying in Mexico and 8+ years of study; began to study Tagalog in October 2011 and received Rosetta Stone Tagalog as a Christmas gift (it’s been great so far!)
6. Visit Binalonan, Pangasinan (Philippines) to meet my mom’s side of the family
7. Travel throughout Spain
8. Learn some French and Italian, then travel to major cities in each country
   Took a semester of Italian and am comfortable at the beginner level
9. Snorkel in the Belize Barrier Reef (did you know it’s the second longest in the world?)
10. Travel around Central and South America to see Chichen Itza, El Yunque, Machu Picchu, Buenos Aires, and Santiago
11. Set foot in every American state and see something for which it is known for
    States completed: Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Washington D.C., New York, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Tennessee