Say goodbye to boredom and hello to our summer bucket list
School is nearly over, which hopefully means you’ve got some free time on the horizon. But instead of spending it just sleeping and studying, try to complete the Young Post 2016 Bucket List – 48 things everyone should do this holiday!
1. Go rock pooling in Sai Wan and Ham Tin
2. Have an all-day Netflix movie marathon, with popcorn, obviously
3. Hike over the Peak Trail
4. Try open water swimming from Repulse Bay to South Bay
5. Watch Faye Wong in Shanghai (even though tickets cost at least HK$3,000!)
6. Make a green-tea honey cake
7. Find a sustainable, enjoyable way to exercise
8. Sign up for first-aid lessons
9. Go to Summer Sonic in Japan to see Radiohead and Weezer
10. Take part in at least one trail-running race
11. Learn to windsurf
12. Get an ice cream from Emack & Bolio’s and make the most exciting Instagram post ever
13. Join an extreme sports group, like Project X or Adventure Spirit, and make friends while defying death
14. Watch Finding Dory
15. Watch Suicide Squad
16. Watch The BFG
17. Do a spacescape with spray paint like you see on YouTube all the time
18. Cycle around Plover Cove reservoir
19. Try yoga, especially fly and hot yoga
20. Read at least three vintage books – we’re starting with Chronicle Of A Death Foretold, A Room with A View and The Alchemist
21. Produce a scrapbook of cool things that have happened so far this year
22. Hike from Mui Wo to Discovery Bay
23. Watch at least 10 foreign films from a range of time periods
24. Go mountain biking on the Ho Pui downhill trail in Tai Mo Shan
25. Learn seven different ways to cook chicken breast
26. Hike the Tsing Yi Nature Trail at sunset to photograph Tsing Ma Bridge
27. Learn how to play guitar or drums
28. Learn how to cook three new dishes
29. Learn sign language and have a conversation with a non-hearing Hongkonger
30. Pick up French/Japanese/Italian/Putonghua/Russian (again)
31. Visit all the second-hand bookshops in Hong Kong to find a favourite
32. Spend a day unplugged from technology, and realise how much time there actually is in a day
33. Go camping with friends in Sai Kung
34. Escape a locked room at Freeing HK
35. Go kayaking in Repulse Bay
36. Visit one of the harder-to-get-to islands, like Kiu Tsui or Po Toi
37. Play Overwatch
38. Learn to code
39. Abseil down waterfalls (Ma Da stream is the perfect place, but go with a guide; it costs about HK$400 for a full-day trip)
40. Challenge yourself to spend only HK$100 for a week – total. You’ll realise life can actually be lived quite simply! Donate the money saved to a good cause, or save it up for a special trip
41. Take a dog (or three) to the beach
42. Go to the batting cages and see why so many people are so crazy about baseball/softball
43. Try out all of Hong Kong’s salad spots
44. Cover yourself in those golden, temporary tattoos that are everywhere
45. Head to Yuen Long’s Kei Kee Dessert for B Boy herbal jelly, said to balance the body’s yin and yang
46. Tidy your room – really, throw away everything you haven’t touched in years, and end your parents’ nagging
47. Spend a day volunteering at SPCA or Hong Kong Alleycat Watch
48. Get started on that novel you keep talking about
How many of these ideas will you try? Take a photo and share it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and tag us with @youngposthk and hashtag it #YPsummerbucketlist!