Tuesday, 1 January 2008
So I suppose I have to say happy new year.
How did I spend my new year's eve and those few moments before the clock struck midnight? well, i went to this little mall in kajang and sat on the balcony. there was a show outside and fireworks. the show was kinda boring. the fireworks were set from the building that i was in, and since i do not care much for fireworks, i did not bother going down and going through the crowd to gawk at some pretty lights. there were about 5000 people at the countdown, and when the emcee told them to turn around and look up at the fireworks, they all turned around and it seemed like they were looking up at me. i have never seen so many smiling faces. new year seems like such a happy time for everybody. but what i have to say is that all it is is for those 10 seconds counting down, all people are thinking about is how the new year is going to bring so many new beginnings. Nobody really thinks when they're down in that crowd waiting for the fireworks, so i took the opportunity to do so. when the emcee starting shouting: 10!.. 9!.. 8!.. etc, the crowd just looked so ecstatic. they cheered when he said 0. and for that few moments, the fireworks really diverted the attention of them away from the negativities, bitterness and sad things about life. people really do forget for those few moments about what will happen next. and what will? do they think about the people who have to clean up the confetti after they leave? they'll sure have a hard time. being happy for those few minutes is just going to make it so much more difficult to face reality once again.
i mean, really, what is a new year? people say it marks a milestone in life, but why? it's just more time passing. i never really understood why people would celebrate it. but now i do. people just want to forget about the hard things in life and make cheerly for a while.
and i must admit. it felt good to see all those happy faces. almost every one was smiling. but that was about it. and in a couple of days we have to go to school.
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