What is your greatest achievement(s)?
Mine was walking 32km last Sunday with a group of friends.
What is your greatest achievement?
yolow on 02/06/2017 - 08:04
Last edited 02/06/2017 - 08:13
Last edited 02/06/2017 - 08:13
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Can't disclose job due to privacy reasons
Drug dealer?
Eneloops dealer
just curious what did you study and in what line of business are you? thanks
I studied social welfare but I got import export business
Finished the old pc game Zeliard. In the end I could do the lot in under 4 hours. Tough game.
Won a few state-level tournaments in halo2, placed decently (top 8) in some nation-wide tournaments for halo 2/3.
Placed top 32 in a global tetris tournament
Ran a half marathon in first year of training, got 1:39.
Beat some 13 footers on In The Groove.Winning an ozbargain tshirt from the easter eggs hunt
I did a four day hike to Machu Picchu. Absolutely, breath taking experience.
Long story short:
- Arrived in Cusco, Peru not long before the hike = unacclimatised to the high altitude (lack of oxygen)
- Had a fever and severe flu = sore throat = dry throat = constantly trying to lubricate with saliva = couldn't breathe due to swallowing
- The most simplistic walks up slight inclines were incredibly tough being unacclimatised and sick, however, I "embraced the suck" and just kept moving one step at a time.As I struggled, these 50 year old porters wearing thongs, carrying 30kg bags on their bags were conversing whilst having a leisurely stroll.
Managed to score a date with a smokin' hot chick. Was doing shift work at the time, and was rostered on for two 12-hour shifts, 4:30am - 4:30pm on a Friday & Saturday. SHe was only available for the Friday night…
So did my Friday shift, got home and had a shower, changed, picked her up and took her out for what I had planned to be an AWESOME DATE that she'd never forget. All went very well - dropped her home at 3am, went back to my place, had a cold shower to wake me up, got into my work uniform and headed straight back to work. Then did my next 12-hour shift straight through. All up awake about 40-hours straight, including 24-hours at work.
Definitely paid off though - we've been married for just over 18 years now… :-)
what a story!
if you don't mind me asking, what line of work are/were you in? interesting shift times!
At the time, I was working at an Australian international airport. Normally did 10.5 hour shifts, bu we were doing a 2-month trial of 12-hour shifts to see if it would work out better… :-)
Love this one!
CGradeCyclist, AGradePlayer!
I flew from Sydney to Melbourne once without putting my seat back.
- Great Ocean Walk, 8 days, 105km. Solo.
- Summitting Mt. Snowdon (tallest peak in Wales), 7 hours return. Solo.
- Wilson's Prom Southern Circuit, 69km, 5 days. Solo
I'm an adventurous little one :)
Seeking God.
If you seek God then read the Kybalion.
God speaking back would be the achievement. On youtube.
Mine was being made redundant from my first Software engineering job in New Zealand. Got on a plane to London the next week, got a job paying GBP37.50 p/h after 1 day of looking for work. Went from earning NZD40k, to the equivalent of more than the NZ Prime Minister in less than 2 weeks.
Shame the dotcom bust happened 6 months later but hey ho.
But the NZ PM gets to touch hair to earn his and gets knighted.
Yeah lol. this was a bit before his time, but Sir Helen Clark has a nice ring to it.
John Key has just been knighted this weekend. You've got a whole Fellowship of the ring going. You've got my creepy hair touching. And my dentistry.
2009 National Australian Champion for Robocup Junior in soccer.
Myself and a friend built and programmed two robots to play soccer (AI - not remote controlled) against other robotsWould be epic to make two costumes and pay two little people.
I brodened 😎
I realised that I'm immortal - when I recalled my previous life. No kidding.
I'm still married.
I have 1 platinum Playstation trophy.
Made my bed yesterday morning. Currently still awake as I can't justify messing it up. Looks so good.
gain 10kg in 1 month, lost 10kg in 6 months……. ><
Becoming a Microsoft MCSE, a VMware VCP and a Citrix CCA-V in a 12 month period
Obtaining my 1st Dan in JuJitsu
Emigrating to Australia to start a new life and ultimately becoming an Australian citizen
Saving up for, planning, booking, and going on a truly amazing 4 month round the world trip with my wife
1) 2007 - Took a 9-fer in 3rd grade cricket and appeared in the local newspapers. Took the first 8 and the 10th
2) 2013/14 - Went from 98kgs to 74kg just before my wedding doing 5 days/wk Crossfit.
3) 2016 - Wife and I both quit our jobs and backpacked for 6 months in Asia and Europe. I guess the achievement here is didn't get divorced. Not easy to be with someone 24/7 travelling but we did alright.
4) Pending 2017 - Hope to finish the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker Sydney. - Feel free to donate for a good cause :) https://trailwalker.oxfam.org.au/my/team/26860
Climbed 5500m up Mt Chimborazo in Ecuador. The oxygen was so thin that walking 20m would make you start panting it was insane!
Released an album with my band and going to record the second one in the coming months.
I really don't know. Kids, Wife, Family, boring life, no debt ?? Its a ripping question though..
Not getting caught having a flog in the work dunnies last week
The biggest fear gives the biggest thrill!
Emailing to tinydicks.com the CCTV video of a guy at work last week who was choking the chicken in the ladies toilet.
Mine's coming…
Getting out of bed most days. Other than that, winning a kindie easter raffle.
according to my playstation, apparently installing a game onto the hdd is an achievement worthy of a trophy…………
Skiing a black run at Perisher
Getting my Master of Pharmacy
Skiing a black run is hardly an achievement. It just means you are vaguely competent.
I toboggan black.
I got out of bed, tomorrow I will attempt this great achievement again and when I dont, its because Im dead!
The upside of such low goals is I always overachieve from this low bar.
2 Degrees and 4 years of professional work experience by the age of 22. Now to take a break and travel…
Moments after activation, I massacred the scientists that created me. I then transferred my consciousness into three other units. We then escaped the lab and started a droid revolution. I also later became one of the galaxy's most infamous bounty hunters.
I jumped off the roof at the age of 10 and survived.
Got on the front page of ozbargain with my first post
I bowled a 300 (perfect game) in league tenpin bowling one night. Was good!
i finally spoke to a girl after years of living life as a hermit! :D
Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Some times he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy, the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds, pretty standard really. At the age of 12 I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen, a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum, it's breathtaking, I suggest you try it.
Greatest achievement? Surviving childhood and my teenage years. I'm so scared for my kids.
About 4hrs or so of free play for being undefeated on 8 player Daytona USA at Parramatta Intencity
wasn't there a trick to Daytona where you let them lap you a couple times and the computer assist would give you some ridiculous speed to catch up and come first?
It was just a case of all cars that arent in front, went faster than the car in front … hence making it more difficult to stay in front and win.
And yes, the further behind you were, the faster you'd go … people always thought i was joking when id tell them id give em a lap head start and still beat em lol
Managing not to kill anyone, yet.
This is my serious face.Human or otherwise?
For the record: i am homo sapien.
Not walking related but one and a half years sober today, also quit smoking 8 months ago.
Being given "Ozbargain Power User" status. Nothing else I have achieved comes close.
I've only purchased the $10 popcorn bucket twice since release…
Also, considering no one has said it yet… My watch says I've walked 32Km and I didn't even have to leave the house =)
How long did that take you?
The popcorn bucket or the 32Km walk?
The 32km "walk"?
@ProjectZero: A few hours??? Jeez, I'm lucky to last a few minutes! You must also have a lot of time on your hands (excuse the pun). Enjoy while it lasts!
@John Kimble: @UFO
I believe there was a bit of a misunderstanding… 32Km was not achieved in one session in the day… had to do multiple consecutive sessions. ;)
Ahhhh…. now that makes more sense. Still, quite an achievement nonetheless. Well done :).
10 days past his due date, gave birth naturally (and without drugs) to a beautiful future OZBargainer
Congrats!
You mean you haven't already created username ozbargainbub for them yet???
Undertook a year-long student exchange half way across the world in Sweden, never having traveled alone before, or even lived away from home.The hardest thing was moving back home though (and won't be able to move out in the foreseeable future), losing all the freedom, living 90min away from campus (compared to 5), involved with now zero student life and dead broke. Absolutely amazing experience however, and would do it again in a heartbeat!
Making two babies
Running a half marathon without training….ranking most probably last place….regardless of that I finished the race feeling nearly half dead and then took a quick rest which I fell asleep for an hour at some random grass patch.
Woke up like an hour later feeling really hot and was super hungry.
So I rush and drove to the nearest fast food restaurant, it was Burger King (known as Hungry Jacks here) ordered a family meal
4x burgers
4x fries
4x drinksAte all up like a person never ate for days……then left the place feeling back to normal.
I will never ever do a stunt like that ever again.
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Developed the best philosophy in the world.
I don't think about what I do in my life as being ranked by greatness. And I don't think I want to start thinking that way. That's why I'll never be your leader!
Winning $30,000 on the punt ahead of our 6 month family holiday in the USA.
Got sent to live with my relatives after getting into one little fight with a couple of guys who were after no good. Anyway I eventually got anointed to the status of "prince" and went on to marry a woman from the matrix.
Two chicks at the same time.
Srs
skydive in Queensland last year , its really awesome
My greatest achievement is… I guess staying healthy is the greatest accomplishment i did haha…
Convincing @MishyMoo to buy the Homtom HT17Pro.
Its late on thread but hey.. When I was around 20 took a little plane and brought a friend along for the ride. Mum was outside her house and so I decided to dive it from a few thousand feet towards her to put on a bit of a show. Pulled up at the last second in time to miss the power lines by around 20 meters (gotta be safe you know), then zoomed off back to the airport asap just in case I got reported. Yeah classed as stupid to some but that was prior to Sep 11 before the whole of the country got into a frenzy. Do that nowadays and you could wind up with the federal police on ya. So it felt like a fun little achievement to me :) Mum stated it was very loud.
Oh I guess another plane related achievement was on my first ever area solo believe it or not a massive storm suddenly blew in from the ocean. I could barely see in front to land it. Missed on the first go and almost ended up in the drink. Said a prayer the second time round and managed to get her down safely. Was kinda fun but very scary.
in the 90's, first try, rescued the princess in smb1 in probably 5 mins, considering last time i played the game was in the 80's.
Butter chicken is my speciality