Sentimental Speech
Last year at this time, I stood up on the table at that pub, clinked my glass for attention and said that it was time to get ready. I said at the stroke of midnight, I wanted every person in there to be standing next to the one person who made his/her life worth living.
As the clock struck twelve...the bartender was almost crushed to death!
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My Resolutions
Here are my New Year Resolutions that I won't keep:
- Watch more Television.
- Yea right, I've been missing some good stuff.
- Start being superstitious.
- It's based on science you know.
- Read less.
- It does not make me think.
- Spend my vacation in Cyberspace.
- Certainly, for it is better than the Himalayas.
- Spread out priorities beyond my ability.
- It gets easy to keep track of them that way.
- Stop checking my email at 3:30 in the morning.
- And ignore my insomnia.
- Procrastinate more.
- Starting tomorrow.
- Stop sending e-mails, and messages on yahoo and msn messengers, icq, and be on the phone at the same time.
- And with the same person.
- Never make New Year's resolutions again.
- Surely not...not till 2009 end.
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His Resolutions
My friend, and colleague, with whom I share many a laughs whenever possible while in office, does not like to brag. He has permitted me to share with you all how proud he is about the great progress he has made about his resolve to lose weight.
Here are his New Year Resolutions of the past few years as observed by me:
- 2003: He will get his weight down below 180.
- 2004: He will watch his calories until he gets below 190.
- 2005: He will follow his new diet religiously until he gets below 200.
- 2006: He will try to develop a realistic attitude about his weight.
- 2007: He will work out 5 days a week.
- 2008: He will work out 2 days a week.
- 2009: He will try to drive past a gym at least once a week!
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New Year Wishes, Sincere Ones
To all my friends across the world here are my wishes in the languages I am familiar with:
Happy New Year
English
Naye Saal Ki Shubhkaamnayein
Hindi
Noothana Samvathsarasya Shubhaashayaha
Sanskrit
Tumka Boren Novi Vors Magta
Konkani
Posa Varshada Subhashaya
Tulu
Hosa Varshada Subhaashayagalu
Kannada
Kul'aam Wa Antum Bikhair
Arabic
Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Urdu
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Have a lovely 2009! Let's continue smiling, as always. Cheers!
- celine