Stuff to do in London - The alternative London Tour

Ok so this isn't the bucket list, it'd just something to do. It's the day after the boot sale so I've kept this up for 3 days which is pretty good :D

So I was looking for stuff to do and came across http://www.alternativeldn.co.uk/

We went on the walking tour around the East End. Starting in Liverpool street, we walked through Brick Lane and Shoreditch ending up back at the city. The tour was based on street art but also some history lessons about the area which was very interesting. Seeing the only building in the world that has housed worship  for 4 different religions, finding out where bollards came from lol

Also got schooled about the war between graffitte and street art etc etc. It was pretty cool, there's a lot of talented artists out there and also non talented artists like the guy who stuck nut shells to a wall. I think I'm in the wrong career.

The tour guide, Ben Slow is an artist himself although he didn't show us his own work, ( found him on google http://www.slowbenart.com/ ) He was a very good tour guide, very knowledgable. I think he has the heart of a hippy, he detests the city and corporate brands, although I did see him us an iphone so - little bit confusing lol

Anyway check out the tours  - I recommend!

164 - Car Boot Sale

The morning after Holi. Floor still feels disgusting even though I wiped it. Couldn't sleep last night because the man with the party boat (I live by the river they live on it) was having a party. I usually don't mind I'm not a moaner, but when waking up at 4...

I don't know why boot sale is on my list, just intrigued I think. Well, we made our way as the sun rose and well... I won't be doing it again. After spending hours standing in the middle of junk central I felt like burning all my stuff to get rid of it. A woman spent about 20 minutes deliberating over a pile of cds then tried to return them. I fail to believe people enjoy this experience. Along with the change I took from my change collection I had 50 pounds so I can't complain. But never again. Maybe when I'm over 50...60.

                                                      

                                                                   4.30 dark outside, sunglasses at the ready to hide the eyes

My buddy's stall, shes selling vintage stuff

My junk

102 -Holi festival

Holi festival is the first on my personal bucket list (not in order pf importance) Holi is a Hindu festival celebrated on a full moon in Feb / March. Everyone loves a full moon. Its also known as the festival of colours and you will see why.

Anyway, I haven't quiye accomplished this as I haven't been to India, that's still on the list, I can half tick it off though as I went to Holi One festival in London. Surprisingly we had good weather  too.

Holi is all about throwing paint - in this set up, once each hour everyone would get together and throw their powder paint at the same time. Having laughed at the goggles and face masks, Holi had its revenge on me by half blinding and choking me with powder. It is pretty awesome to be under a cloud of paint though.  There were djs and dance acts, all cool. After a while people realised that mixing the powder paint with beer or water would make it stick better so colourful liquids were soon flying through the air. It got repetitive after a few hours but I'd still definitely recommend it. I hope to go to one of the European Holi festivals next year.

When I got home a tonne of powder that wasn't there before spilled all over the floor. I'm still finding paint the next day!

Before and after

Clean!

                           

84 - Sell all Your Junk on eBay and Make a Profit

Well, not sure about profit, does that mean sell it for more than I bought it? Anyway, I've always sold lots of junk on ebay and now that I need some money I am having a clearout.


Ebay doesn't seem to be as good as it was, this morning I sold a Nintendo Wii and all its bits on Gumtree. I am also selling other bits and pieces. Strangely even that kind of put me out of my comfort zone,having a stranger turn up outside my side to buy something from me. Naturally paranoid I was imagining him giving me fake money or grabbing the items and running. As it turns out he was a super polite Muslim man and its Ramadhan so that lessens the chance of wrong being done to me. :D 

Selling at a car boot sale I think I neglected to put on the list, I will add it now, that was supposed to be on the list and I am going on Sunday and I am going to find some trash to sell :D

Meanwhile, take a look at my Etsy shop, this stuff isn't junk!

http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AmaziahJewellery

Welcome to Kick the Bucket (LIST!) 

I'm 25 and on a mission, every week I want to post AT LEAST 1, if not more things 'to do before you die' here,rarely they will be big things like seeing a certain country, weekly if I haven't yet accomplished anything it may be something small like volunteering at a homeless shelter. 

I bought a book called 101 things to do before you die (Richard Horne) which inspired me, also have a book of 365 things to do in London, so I will also be going to and posting about those places of interest.

I realise that I will not be taking my experiences with me when I die, I realise that life isn't about filling your time with meaningless acts of entertainment, however I do think I will learn a lot from stepping out of my comfort zone and getting things done. 

Well I shall see you this week when I have accomplished some things, in the mean time, here are some of the things from the bucket list (private things unfortunately I will not be posting about ;) Some I have done but may do again with evidence for the blog.


Richard Horne's list

1. 1     Write a Novel 

   2     Swim With Sharks 

   Swim With Dolphins

   Swim With Whales

   3     Win an Award, Trophy, or Prize 

   4     Catch A Fish With Your Bare Hands

   5     Make a Discovery

   6     Throw A House Party When Your Parents Are Out - don't live with them so may have to find alternative

   7     Eat Exotic Foods 

   7.5 Eat at Weird Restaurants

   8     Realize Your Childhood Dream

   9     Learn that instrument 

   10   Leave your mark in graffiti 

   11   storm chase a tornado

   12   Get A Piece of Art into a Exhibition 

   13   Meet someone with your own name 

   14   Ride the World’s Biggest Rollercoasters 

   15   Stage Dive or Crowd Surf

   16   Get into the Guinness Book of World Records  

   17   Own a Pointless Collection

   18   Study the Kama Sutra and Put Theory Into Practice  

   19   Master Poker and Win Big in a Casino

   20   Get backstage and hang out with a Rock God 

   21   Be a Human Guinea Pig 

   22   Go Up in a Hot Air Balloon 

   23   Get Arrested

   24   See a Space Shuttle Launch

   25   Capture the Moment in an Award-winning Photograph

   26   Bungee Jump

   27   See an Erupting Volcano

   28   Sky Dive 

   29   Meet Your Idol

   30   Stay in the Best Suite in a Five Star Hotel

   31   Experience Weightlessness

   32   See the Aurora Borealis

   33   Get to Score a Hole in One

   34   Design your own cocktail 

   35   Play a Part in Your Favorite TV Show

   36   Visit Every Country 

   37   Make Fire Without Matches 

   38   See These Animals in the Wild 

   39   Bet on a horse/dog/etc race 

   40   Get a Free Upgrade on a Plane

   41   Be Friends with your ex 

   42   Go Target Shooting 

   43   Throw a Dart into a Map and Travel to Where it Lands

   44   Attend a Film Premiere 

   45   Do a Runner From a Fancy Restaurant

   46   Scuba Dive

   47   Milk a Cow 

   48 Be present when your team wins the cup

   49   See Both Solar and Lunar Eclipses 

   50   Write Your Name Over a Star on the Walk of Fame

   51   Learn Another Language

   52   Read the Greatest Books Ever Written 

   53   Complete a Coast to Coast Road Trip Across America

   54   Make at least one huge purchase you can’t afford

   55   Score the Winning Try/Goal/Basket

   56   Gatecrash A Fancy Party

   57   See the All-Time Greatest Films

   58   Live in the Place You Love 

   59   Leave a Job You Hate

   60   Take Part in a Police Line-up

   61   Get Away with the Perfect Practical Joke or Hoax

   62   Join the Mile High Club

   63   Make the Front Page of a National Newspaper

   64   Drive a Car at Top Speed

   65   Shout ‘Drinks Are on Me!’ in a Pub or Bar

   66   Be Part of a Flash Mob 

   67   Visit (a list of iconic places around the world) 

   68   Save Someones Life

   69   In Various Languages, Learn to say…(please, thank you, your welcome, I’d like a beer, swear, etc)

   70   Invent a Word That Makes it into the Dictionary

   71   Have Adventurous Sex (in different places)

   72   Have Enough Money to Do All the Things on This List

   73   Stand on the International Date Line

   74   Learn to Fly a Plane

   75   Get a tattoo and/or piercing 

   76   Invent Something

   77   Learn Astronomy and Read the Night Sky

   78   Drink a Vintage Wine

   79   Answer a Personal Ad - COMPLETED

   80   Spend Christmas on the Beach

   81   Get Barred From a Pub or Bar

   82   Build Your Own House

   83   Skinny Dip at Midnight 

   84   Sell all Your Junk on eBay and Make a Profit 

   85   Visit the World’s Tallest Buildings 

   86   Run a Marathon 

   87   Conquer Your Fear 

   88   Get Married Unusually 

   89   Learn to Cook 

   90   Join the 16-Mile High Club  

   91   Publish a Cult Website

   92   Own an Original Work of Art -

   93   Complete the Monopoly Board Pub Crawl

   93.5  Get Your Name in the Ring of Honor at Flying Saucer 

   94   Get Something Named After You

   95   Get Revenge

   96   Be an Extra in a Film

   97   Live Out of a Van 

   98   Go On a Demonstration 

   99   Confess

   100 Reach 100 Years of Age

   101 Continue Your Gene Pool

   
   

   Things that I want to do 

   1 Holi festival (ideally in India, will settle for elsewhere for now)

   2 Go to a music festival

   3 Go camping abroad

   4 learn to ride a bike...yes..I know...

   5 volunteer at a homeless shelter

   6 give my shoes / item of clothing to homeless

   7 sleep in a hammock

   8 learn to sew

   9 complete a month of fasting

   10 make a blog / video channel of healthy food recipes

   11 own an allotment to grow vegetables (house with garden if sooner)

   12 High ropes course

   13 Survival skills training

   14 jet ski

   15 drive a speed boat

   16 volunteer at a farm

   17 volunteer at a cattery

   18 dance in a thunderstorm

   19 learn to horseride

   20 Horse ride along the beach

   21 Ice bar

   22 sleep in the desert - watch sunset and sunrise

   23 give toys to childrens hospitals

   24 give blood ( not a good previous experience) 

   25 meditate with monks

   26 plant a tree

   27 make soap

   28 record a song with someone

   29 make home made beauty products

   30 go raw for at least 2 weeks

   31 make a million

   32 own and rent property

   33 properly launch jewellery business

   34 set up own womens project in Africa

   35 business to feature in fashion magazines

   36 own chickens

   37 learn to bellydance

   38 write a cook book 

   39 get a picture with drag queens

   40 beach party

   41 sleep on the beach

   42 go to a blues jazz bar

   43 open air cinema

   44 find somewhere in london that sells Krest

   45 try; salsa, pole dancing, burlesque dancing

   46 have a market stall

   47 send a message in a bottle 

   48 (ironically) help clean a beach or other environment

   49 nudist beach

   50 absailing

   51 learn to ride a motorbike (even if i never get one)

   52 ride a segway

   53 go on a safari

   54 touch a lion

   55 go on a roadtrip

   56 go fishing 

   57 swim in a lagoon

   58 ride a rickshaw

   59 look good in a bikini

   60 go hiking

   61 no technology for a week

   62 read in the library

   63 perform spoken word at a poetry bar

   if i think of more ill post them :D