Goodbye 2007 and hello 2008! As I look back to the year that passed, there are so many stories that I opt not to tell ‘coz I’m afraid it would take me another year to narrate. As for me, that year was just another year. Years? They are actually just numbers to mark something that is to be started and ought to be ended, eventually. In the past year, I learned lots of stuffs. I was hurt at times but most importantly I was still loved. I lost some of my jewel friends along the way but some of them still stayed and accepted me for who I am. I also met new friends though there were still old faces that I love to see each day of my life. I also accomplished some things but I also failed in some parts. Some people hurt me badly; I’m no saint so I hurt them back. I fought lots of battles, sometimes I lost but most of the time I won!
I’m no fan of New Year resolutions. For me, it’s like fooling your own self. If one person really wants to change, he/she doesn’t change for another person or for any other new year resolutions. When a person decides to change for the better, it shouldn’t be for anything else – it should be for himself/herself. Though New Year resolutions for me is nothing but a crap, I still believe that when you see things aren’t right and you’re fully convinced that it’s affecting the people around you; you might as well consider minimizing things and eventually leading to eradicating things that are no good to you and to the people around you who love you dearly. In the end, we are still the captain of our own ship. People may beg, request or even command but then the last say is still and will always be up to us.
In this year 2008, I can say that I’ll still be the old me last year. To hell with these years! They just exist not only to mark histories but most of all to remind us that no one is getting any younger. I’m pretty sure that this year will be another year of tears to be shed but then still there will be laughter as loud as the emotions of juvenile world! Surely, lots of challenges that I hope I still can handle. Another sort of wounds that I’m sure will heal eventually. Another Hi and Hellos, Goodbyes and See You Again though I’m not sure ‘bout the latter part. This year is gonna be another joy ride, another ups and downs! A roller coaster – that’s life! A whole bunch of taking risks, taking chances and sometimes giving intelligent guesses! Like what Forrest Gump said – “My momma always said, Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
