meme

Today we are doing our O-soji. This is a fun meme, for all the items you have done, bold it. I combined some items from the Australian list as well as the American one. I also added some of my own items. If you do this meme, link back to this post. 100 things that I've done: 

1. Started your own blog (I actually have 2) 

2. Slept under the stars　(in a tent, does that count?) 

3. Played in a band (marching and concert band)

4. Visited Hawaii (actually grew up there, but visited all the outer islands, except Niihau and Kahoolawe) 

5. Worked at someone's wake/funeral

6. Given my seat on the train to elderly or moms with babies 

7. Been to Disneyland (Disney World and Disneyland Japan) 

8. Climbed a mountain (Mount Fuji) 

9. Driven from the Airport to Waikiki over 10 times in a day (worked for Budget transporting rent-a-cars to various hotels) 

10. SangPlayed a solo (see #3) 

11. Worked in the gift wrapping department at a department store 

12. Visited Paris 

13. Watched a lightning storm from my apartment 

14. Seen ama (women divers) dive for pearls in Mie 

15. Campaigned for a local political candidate in Hawaii 

16. Walked to the top of Diamond Head 

17. Seen large cedar trees on Yakushima 

18. Grown your own vegetables (cherry tomatoes on the lanai) 

19. Seen the Daibutsu (Large Buddha) in Nara 

20. Seen fields of lavender in Furano, Hokkaido 

21. Had a pillow fight (afterwards got scoldings for making too much noise too) 

22. Caught a ride in a taxi with someone I didn't know 

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill 

24. Been buried in hot sand with just your head and toes sticking out (Ibusuki, Kyushu) 

25. Held a koala (Taronga Zoo) 

26. Visited the Shirakawa-go (thatched houses) in Gifu 

27. Run a Marathon (walked most of the way)

28. Ridden in a tarai (tub) in Sado Island 

29. Seen a total eclipse 

30. Watched a sunrise or and sunset

31. Hit a home run (kicked one in kickball) 

32. Been in a car accident 

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Okinawa, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi)

35. Seen an Amish community 

36. Learned a new language (also in the process of learning another)

37. Had a huge seafood dinner at Sencho no Ie, Saroma, Hokkaido 

38. Been to the top of Tsutenkaku, Osaka 

39. Been to an MC Hammer concert 

40. Seen Tokyo Tower (never been up to the top, line was too long) 

41. Sung karaoke 

42. Seen Kilauea's lava falling into the sea 

43. Climbed the steep stairs up to the top of Kumamoto castle 

44. Visited the Tohoku area of Japan 

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 

46. Been transported in an ambulance 

47. Had your portrait painted (sketched) 

48. Gone fishing (caught mostly the pier and the people standing next to me) 

49. Walked part of the Kumanokodo, Wakayama 

50. Been to the top of the World Trade Center in NYC 

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (snorkeling) 

52. Seen the Daibutsu (Large Buddha) in Kamakura 

53. Played in the sand 

54. Gone to a drive-in theater 

55. Been in a movie school play 

56. Visited Shanghai, China 

57. Been to Keukenhof Gardens in Amsterdam 

58. Taken a martial arts class (Aikido) 

59. Visited Japan's most southern point, Hateruma 60. Helped clean the freeways in Hawaii 

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (never sold GSC, but did fundraise with huli-huli chicken) 

62. Gone whale watching (only saw the water spurts and a tail) 

63. Got flowers for no reason 

64. Donated books and clothing to various organizations 

65. Seen Mount Fuji with snow on top on a clear day 

66. Studied abroad for 9 months 

67. Bounced a check 

68. Bicycled through the tulip fields in Amsterdam 

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 

71. Eaten Caviar 

72. Ran in a fun run (Great Aloha Run & Kapiolani Women's 5K) 

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades 

75. Went "skiing" in Hakuba, Nagano (actually there was a lot of sliding on my bum) 

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 

77. Broken a bone (does making a hole in the back of my head and needing stitches count?) 

78. Been to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown 

79. Almost was trampled in the frenzy of a Japanese department store sale 

80. Eaten fugu (puffer fish)

81. Visited Saipan 

82. Bought a brand new car (actually my mom did, I paid her back) 

83. Eaten whale 

84. Been on television (Checkers & Pogo show...okay, now I have dated myself) 

85. Ice skated and Roller skated in Hawaii 

86. Visited New Caledonia 

87. Travelled, or climbed, over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. (walked across) 

88. Had chicken pox 

89. Been to Tsukiji, early market 

90. Sat on a jury (was close to sitting on one, but got excused)

91. Met someone famous' mom (Hawaii comedian, Frank Delima's mom) 

92. Seen the Three Sisters at Echo Point, Katoomba 

93. Lost a loved one 

94. Had a pet dog 

95. Visited the most eastern point of Japan, Nemuro 

96. Visited the most western point of Japan, Yonaguni Island 

97. Visited the most northern point of Japan, Wakkanai 

98. Owned a cell phone 

99. Been stung by a bee 

100. Read an entire book in a day ("The Cradle will Fall" by Mary Higgins Clark)