A world in white gets underway
I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's Day
On New Year's Day
(New Year's Day - U2)
I enjoy a quiet New Year's Day. I'm no fan of the hype and fireworks etc. Getting stuck in a 2 hour jam is way too costly a price to pay for watching fireworks. So I do the traditional Christian thing. Go for watchnight service at my hometown church (First Baptist Church). Its always the same thing. People go up and give testimonies of how God has been involved in their lives in the last year. A mad rush to run up on stage in the final moments. Some songs to worship God and a countdown.
But really, nothing changes on New Year's Day. Its throughout the year that changes are made. I guess people make resolutions on New Year's Day. I kinda made mine a couple of months early.
When I think back on past resolutions, all I remember are a bunch of failures and overambitious resolutions that I can't keep. I want to keep them this time.
Resolution 1.
To keep a consistently tidy room for the first time in my LIFE. A room that won't instantly trigger comments like "a whirlwind just went through here", "so, where do you sleep?" " how can you find anything in this room", etc.
Resolution 2
STOP STEALING MUSIC
I should have done this a long time ago. Inspired by the example of my friend Peter Yu, I will stop stealing music. I always justified my actions by saying I was "sampling" music and I would buy the albums that I liked. Which was true. Unlike many others I buy albums even after I've heard the songs and gotten bored of them. I want to respect the artists and their work. Its just that I come from Malaysia, a society that has no respect whatsoever for musicians, actors, producers and people in the entertainment industry. You can't say that people HAVE to buy pirated CDs cause the originals are too expensive. 30 bucks for a music CD is fine. I've been buying them since I was 13. Just take a look into the houses of many a rich successful Malaysian businessman. Odds are, you would find pirated CDs there. I am convicted of the same crime. I download. Its no good justifying myself by buying the CDs later on. Stealing is stealing. I am a thief. I'm gonna be using iTunes from now on.
Resolution 3
Exercise! I always make this resolution and fail abysmally. My only form of exercise comes from my love of football but in truth I'm not a good player at all. My fitness levels are shocking. So in a year where I may not be able to play much football cause I'm out of uni, I've gotta discipline myself.
Well, I've a few more resolutions but I'm not gonna write all of em and look like an idiot later for failing to keep them. At least I'm gonna try and keep these 3 now or I'll get stick for it.
I've failed in the past, but...
I...I will begin again
I...I will begin again