Inspired by Chip Huyen’s List 100. Life’s short - here’s what I want to do with it.

1. Trek the Himalayas
2. Hot air balloon in Cappadocia
3. Broadway show in New York
4. See the Big Five on an African safari
5. Visit the Pyramids of Giza
6. Get scuba certified
7. Learn skiing (first runs at Summit at Snoqualmie, WA) and snowboarding (fell a lot at Sierra at Tahoe, CA)
8. Get a pilot’s license
9. Visit Eiffel Tower (ICCV’23 brought me to Paris)
10. Cherry blossoms in Japan
11. Fall foliage in Vermont / Maine
12. Visit the North Pole
13. Visit the South Pole
14. Stay in a tree house
15. Watch Aurora with someone I love (went for red rocks, got northern lights — Arches National Park)
16. Experience zero gravity
17. Attend a football game in Europe
18. Solo backpacking in another country (wandered through Heidelberg, Germany)
19. Foreign internship (summer in Singapore during undergrad)
20. Attend a Coldplay concert
21. Hike Amazon rainforest
22. Skii in Switzerland
23. Hike Grand Canyon
24. Sky diving
25. Bungee Jumping (160m drop in Pokhara, Nepal)
26. Write a biography
27. Publish in a top-tier conference (ECCV’20, virtual but still counts)
28. Omakase in Tokyo
29. Authentic pizza in Naples
30. Oktoberfest in Munich
31. Watch a show at Sydney Opera House
32. Learn to play an instrument
33. Read 1000 books
34. Visit all continents (3 / 10)
35. Week-long cruise
36. Route 66 East to West Coast (Pittsburgh to San Francisco, 8 days on the road)
37. Visit all US states
38. Visit all Indian states
39. Dine in the sky on Burj Khalifa
40. Cave kayaking
41. Hike Machu Picchu
42. Climb Mount Fuji
43. Paragliding
44. Walk the Great Wall of China
45. Sunset at Taj Mahal
46. Attend a traditional tea ceremony
47. Watch magic in Vegas (David Copperfield — some of us never stopped believing in magic)
48. Stay in an overwater bungalow
49. Go dog sledding in Lapland
50. Go whale watching (spotted humpbacks at Channel Islands NP, CA)
51. Party at Rio carnival
52. Float in the Dead Sea
53. Swim in the Great Barrier Reef
54. Attend a rave (Hocus Pocus, Miami — now I get it)
55. Give a TED talk
56. Desert safari in Dubai
57. Explore the caves in Vietnam
58. Visit Banff National Park
59. Guest lecture at a university
60. Visit 20 national parks in the US (15 / 20)
61. Go on a solo hike
62. Go shark cage diving
63. Wine at Napa Valley (Castello di Amorosa — turns out I’m a wine person now)
64. Visit 10+ ski resorts (3 / 10)
65. Visit a tulip farm (endless colors at Roozengaarde, WA)
66. Tour the Colosseum
67. Tour the Louvre museum
68. Michelin star date
69. Psychedlic or mind expanding retreats
70. Try sandboarding
71. Sleep on the beach under the stars
72. Author a patent
73. Camp under the stars in a desert
74. See a comet with the naked eye
75. Watch a meteor shower (Geminids on a freezing night near Pittsburgh)
76. Run a marathon
77. Watch a rocket launch in person
78. Stargazing in Hawaii
79. Watch a football game in Spain
80. Get featured in a news channel or newspaper
81. Have a centibillionaire come see your work (Jeff Bezos — can’t say more)
82. See Earth from space
83. Northern Lights in Alaska
84. Meet Elon Musk
85. Meet Demis Hassabis
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