Evaluating friends

Hey, its the new year! 2008 we welcome you with open arms! or do we?

I am not sure if this year its going to be so great after all. I just spent the last few days bedridden with flu and all that crap with the mucus and the sweating and the wind thing. Apparently, to be a blogger means that you have to actually blog everytime a new year comes along; to that I say fuck it mang! It's just another year eh? who gives flying fuck? I mean honestly, us Malaysians are going over this whole New Year thing just a little bit too much don't you think? I think its the western influence. It always is the Western influence. I think the New Year is just an excuse to prolong the boozing session after Christmas. Well, somebody has to finish that last bottle of whiskey right? Correct.

Honestly, despite all the fireworks that cost millions of ringgits all over the country, despite the concerts, the parades, and don't forget the ridiculous amount of SHOPPING done by women and metrosexuals, we're forgetting the ones who are less fortunate. Cliche? I beg to differ. Most of us think that we'd get away with giving away a few quids to the beggars on the street (or the eateries, nowadays), and yet we condone the spending of millions on unreasonable things like fireworks. Sure, it looks nice for about 10 minutes. But heck, were the 10 minutes worth it? were the 10 minutes accountable for the kids who can't wear proper shoes to school, or the grandmothers who had to survive on rice and ikan masin, or the father who works 12 hours a day driving lorries just to put small amount of food on the table. Are we accountable? Do we hold ourselves accountable? I think for once, we should. Imagine this, if all the money spent on boozing, partying, fuel consumption, fireworks, unbridled shopping, tolls, electricity, expensive coffee, etc were given away to the poor; the world would truly be a better place. The plan is so dumb and simple that the naysayers would go "Oh, if thaaaat would solve all our problems, then we'd done it alreadyyy, you hippie!" .. Yeah well, none of us ever listened to the hippies and look at what we've done to the world. At least the hippies stopped the Vietnam war, what have we stopped? We can't even oust a government, yet alone solve the problem of poverty.

So, I didn't go anywhere on NYE. I stayed at home with a few friends and we played monopoly. I figured that the key to all our answers lie somewhere in this dumb old board game.

Adios wankers.