This author is currently on hiatus for the ignoble cause of mugging. The public is advised to remain calm, as this routine protocol has been shown to have no effect on one's violent tendencies in 96% of cases.
| Monday, January 01, 2007 |
 My sentiments exactly. Looks like even a turtle is smarter than some humans. All the hype and parties just to bring in yet another year of stress and suffering, not to mention resolutions which are hardly ever fulfilled. Im writing this post as the countdown party's being telecast on channel 5. This year's one's at VivoCity, a change from the usual Siloso Beach, but i think you need tickets this time. The performers have just finished doing their stuff (Gurmit Singh did a breakdance move - Worm - on stage while acting as Phua Chu Kang! xD) and it looks like there's less than 1 minute left to the final countdown of the countdown. Ok, they're starting now...10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...HAPPY NEW YEAR! And then the entire estate suddenly erupted in loud cheers, whistling, party poppers and a bit of grumbling from the few who actually slept over New Year but got roused anyway. I'm leaving the computer for a bit to join the rest of the folk in the living room to do a bit of shouting too. 2 minutes later, all the noise finally abated. Oh wait...fireworks! It's an almost unobstructed view of the dazzling lights from the balcony, although it's too far away to hear the bang of the fireworks exploding. Tried to take a photo with the handphone camera function, but its too grainy and i only got one crappy shot before the fireworks stopped as suddenly as they appeared. I returned to the computer, where i was immediately bombarded by about 10 mass conversations by spammers (or should i call them "well-wishers"?) wishing everyone "Happy New Year!" Usually the greeting comes along with a few emoticons too, and i hastily reply "same 2 u" before closing the convos, as more pop up again. Not to put you guys down, but try to spam less yeah? And try not to overly express your excitement, we all know everyone's anxious to grow older by a year. Hey, perhaps people are actually using new years as an excuse to party and revel. Or in the case of Carlsberg, to earn extra revenue from tickets. Because seriously, we're going to have to celebrate at least 50+ new years (if you're a normal human not suffering from extra limbs, that is.) Come to think of it, we're only celebrating that one moment: the transition of time between 31th Dec 11:59:59 and 1st Jan 00:00:00. And there's an adbundance of moments out there. Heck, there's 43,200 moments every day. And we just have to get excited and worked up over that one tiny moment which is just a blip in our lives, even tinier than Singapore on the world atlas. In short, what im saying is that New Year's Day is no big deal. But the extra public holiday we get from it is nice, though. =D But simply for the sake of tradition and adding an extra line to this post, i shall exclaim once again: Happy New Year! |
'Twas teh winnar at 12:00 am.
