List 100

We all have 1 life. Why not making the most of it and do exciting things? These goals below keep me waking up everyday with a spirit on fire and I plan to do them before I die. Inspired by Chip Huyen's.

1. ✗ Read 100 books (22/100)
2. ✗ Read 1000 books (22/1000)
3. ✅ Teach a course in university (CAB403, CAB230, IFB102 at QUT)
4. ✗ Reach 10,000 subscribers on YouTube/Instagram
5. ✗ Found a tech company in Vietnam and it survives :)
6. ✗ Give a talk to >100 audiences (like... any talk)
7. ✗ Establish a Mentorship Program/AlumNetwork in my high school
8. ✗ Found an organic modern farm (my father's dream)
9. ✅ Annual income before tax AU$65,000
10. ✗ Get a PhD (I would be the 1st Dr in my family)
11. ✗ Get Aussie PR
12. ✗ See Auroras
13. ✗ Conquer Fansipan Mountain
14. ✗ Vipassana Meditation Retreat
15. ✗ Pay and have a 14-day holiday with my family
16. ✗ Visit Norway's mountains
17. ✅ Visit New Zealand's mountains (I've seen them but next time I want to get closer and do some hiking)
18. ✗ Travel to 10 countries (2/10)
19. ✗ Travel to 20 Vietnamese cities (5/20)
20. ✗ Have a vacation on an island/a yatch
21. ✗ Check-in at Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
22. ✗ Travel to Africa
23. ✗ Sky dive (without an instructor)
24. ✗ Camp and enjoy the Milky Way Galaxy
25. ✗ Hike to Everest base camp + see the Hymalayas
26. ✗ Participate in a chess boxing match
27. ✗ Cuddle lions
28. ✗ Ride horse
29. ✗ Buy a house for my parents to retire in Australia
30. ✗ Get married on an island and honeymoon around the world
31. ✗ Get a driver license
32. ✗ Learn to fly helicopter/plane
33. ✗ Achieve Financial Freedom
34. ✗ Work in a giant financial insitution
35. ✗ Learn to play a musical instrument (guitar)
36. ✗ Ask a stranger out successfully
37. ✗ Finish a full marathon
38. ✗ Be 70kg and muscular
39. ✗ Master Vim
40. ✗ Connect with 10 start-up founders (GPIB, RSP, Electrafi, AerVision, Concensus Layer, Labrys)
41. ✗ Walk on the moon
42. ✗ Swim in outer space
43. ✗ Swim with whales/dolphins
44. ~ Live a great life
45. ~ Do what you love, default 'no' to the rest

My Wish List

This helps mitigate the headache of my close friends as my birthday approaches. Love, Rodo <3

• Great time with friends and family
• Tissot Le Locle Powermatic 80 Open Heart
• Amazon Giftcard for books
• Some Sats / Eth

Hobbies

• Hiking, Gym/Calisthenics, Bowling, Chess♟️ (ELO 1000, rapid), Badminton, Reading, Movies
• Things I'm proud to know a bit: Tennis, Golf, Bouldering
• Want to try: Camping
• Leetcode top 1 million (and dropping)