Here is a list of things I’d like to do before I graduate from Stanford. Not all of them may be very realistic.
- Cycle from Stanford to San Francisco
- Cycle from Stanford to San Jose and back.
- Win a photography competition.
- Exhibit some of my photographs.
- Start a successful photography club.
- Get a DSLR.
- Walk through a field carpeted with colourful flowers.
- Perform Chopin’s Andante Spianato et Grand Polonaise Brilliante in front of an audience.
- Study the piano under Thomas Schultz.
- Attain a black belt in Taekwondo.
- Pick cherries at a cherry farm.
- Publish a paper in an academic journal.
- Spend one day doing what I want (other than studying), with absolutely no stress in mind.
- Learn how to improvise beautifully on the piano.
- Attain DipABRSM.
- Spend one quarter in Washington D.C. under the Stanford in Washington program.
- Improve my spoken and written Chinese until my Chinese standard is equivalent to my English standard.
- Bring my family on a tour around Stanford and San Francisco and fly home with them.
- Take a graduate-level Economics class and get an A in it.
- Visit Canada and Africa.
- Drive out of California.
And more! I should update this list as and when I have new ideas. For now, it’s back to doing CS103X homework. I’d like to finish my IHUM final paper by Friday night, and spend Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday primarily on CS103X. It is my main worry for next week…
