Resolutions

When every year begins to come to a closure, you often hear people reciting animatedly on their upcoming new year resolutions, be it attainable or not. And of course, you also hear people exclaiming that there is no such need to make resolutions because they never fulfill it anyways.

If resolutions were set on a unrealistic platform, or for the sake of just setting because it makes you feel better, then definitely it defeats the whole purpose.

It's strange that I am talking about resolutions now as for the past 26 years 11 months and 17 days, I never made any because I know I really will not execute the resolutions. However having said that, I was reminded abruptly on the bus journey home just now that I had lost track of what I've done for 2007. This is horrendous upon realisation.

I finally deciphered that I'm not getting younger and that I should feel and contain more responsibilities in my life. I mean, it's saddening to realise every year passes by you without a wink, and yet you don't feel any impact. Yes, life goes on. But life can't just go on like that. It'll ultimately reach a meaningless standstill.

After thorough introspection, I'll be setting the following resolutions for 2008:

• to shed 5 kg more by April
• to learn Japanese language before I visit Japan, hopefully by September
• to join the Standard-Chartered full Marathon in December
• to start reading again as I've stopped reading for donkey years, books I mean
• to learn cooking

Well, I think that will be all for now as I don't want to over-declare and not accomplishing it. They should all be attainable, but only countable on my absolute conviction and genuineness.

Resolutions, here I come.