2009, a year of awesome firsts

I've never done a best of list, and this won't be my first. But I am excited to summarise all the things I managed to do for the first time ever this year.

• Made my own, edible, and awesome, hollandaise sauce
• Learned to scuba dive
• Surfed (a bit)
  
• Went to Swaziland
• Went to Chicago
• Went to Melbourne
• Bought a tent
• Won 6 bottles of 1975 Nederburg cab sav
  
• Bought a dining room table
• Read 'Everything is Illuminated'
• Ate chicken feet in old chinatown
• Ate fish for the first time in about 4 years, and didn't die
• Explored constitution hill properly (it's massive)
• Visited the Hector Pietersen memorial
  
• Shouted indignantly at lawyers without looking like a buffoon
• Went to the Old Mutual Trophy Wine show, which is like the best, ever. Will definitely go back next year. Will buy much Kleine Zalze shiraz in the meantime.
  
• Went to Clarens
• Finally made it to one of my niece's birthday parties (viva government leave, viva)
• Went to a lesbian wedding, which was totally awesome
• Started playing hockey again
• Hit a six in our cricket league (got hit for many sixes too, but hey)
• Beat some wily ou ballies at the squash club, so I must be improving
• Stopped smoking while at the office (technically this is accurate, but it doesn't mean I don't smoke the odd one during working hours).
• Got a PO Box
• Opened a Capitec account

Roll on 2010!