New Year Blues

Perhaps, my last rant for the year…

There are two things I can’t stand about New Year celebration (not that I hate the event but the practices): (1) FIRECRACKERS and (2) FORECASTS FOR 2008 (which are baseless).

Had to stop from my ‘book-reading moment’ as I couldn’t stand the unpredictable blasts coming from the firecrackers lighted by our neighbors in front of our gate (see it isn’t the 31^st yet but they’re everywhere). I easily crack up at anything especially when I’m too focused on something (a simple pat at can sometimes make me lose myself, what more a blast?). This pushed me to again write (or rant) about this (I wrote something similar last year).

We don’t need firecrackers on New Year.

One, it’s expensive. Can you not just use that money to purchase other useful stuff? Or maybe add that amount for your medya noche? Imagine, we have neighbors who don’t even know where to get money for their daily needs (they even begged for begged for ‘pamasko’) who are actually wasting some of the little amount they have for firecrackers. It doesn’t make sense (just because it’s tradition?). Mas naiintindihan ko pa iyong mga nag-rarugby eh (kahit mali). At least, napapawi iyong gutom nila (hallucination). Eh iyong putok ba nakakapawi ng gutom? Nakakahallucinate ba ang putok?

Two, it’s dangerous. No need to elaborate. It’s an obvious reality.

As for forecasts, I just hate the thought that there are people who actually base their decisions on these forecasts. It’s fine to listen and study their predictions. Probably filter whatever predictions (observations) that make sense and are somehow based on some series of facts/observations. But it’s another thing to depend on all these predictions and conclude that the coming year will be a good or bad one for you.