twozerozerosix

I celebrated the awesome arrival of 2006 in a car.

Yes, we got stuck in the jam en route to this place in PJ. Gene, Kevin and I wished each other nonchalantly as the fireworks rocked the frame of the red Proton Wira that she was wheeling. I had to tilt my head in an angle that would have put that little girl in The Exorcist to shame – just to witness the spectacle of colours light up the midnight sky.

After parking the car, we had a couple of drinks, chatted a little, checked out some chicks, listened to the not-so-nice music that the live band was playing and did some reflections of 2005. It wasn’t much of a party for the three of us; just laid back, honest fun. Guess the age is starting to take its toll, huh? I missed yet another jogging session with my parents the next morning cause I was so wasted returning home at 3 am that morning.

So. Here we are, saying goodbye to ’05 and giving a warm welcome to twenty-o-six.

For me, all the new years weren’t really that significant. It was just a day where people just flooded the streets of KLCC and Bintang Walk slowly awaiting that somewhat magical countdown. After the heart-throbbing fireworks display, the crowd would dance the night away – with hopes of washing their troubles away. Usually they end up only washing is their sweat-drenched “new year outfit” the next morning. How encouraging.

Another hot topic during this period would be one’s New Year Resolution(s). Yes, yes, we all make them with such determination and faith because we always had the belief that it’s never too late to become better people. And yet it is broken as easily as paper-thin papadam from the mamak store. Wa-hah! So why bother making them then, right? Resolutions are like false hopes. We hope for something so much that it cripples us the moment things doesn’t turn out the way they should.

But without hope, pardon the pun; life would be hopeless, don’t you think? So what if I promise myself not to bite my nails anymore this year but end up munching on them before dinner? Hey, at least I tried. If there were no such things as New Year resolutions, then maybe people might not even bother anymore. They would just see the New Year as how I used see it – a mass overnight dance-party thing. That’ll just be plain sad.

Hitherto (chim English man!), fire away with your personal resolutions! My resolution this year is to be pro-resolution. I will encourage anyone who would want to make that promise and shun those who dare proclaim, “Hark! Hear me! What’s the use of making those promises, you’ll break them anyway!” May negative people die and rot in the depths of hell. Everyone deserves that break. Everyone deserves a fresh new start.

Have a blessed and wonderful new year.