new year

london
I think i have lived so long now that eachnew year dont mean much anymore. haha.
so i slept through it last night.

And was not even woken by the fireworks.

People think they are saying goodbye to the old year and looking forward to the new, and wondering what it will bring. to me, it is looking forward to enjoying being alive and seeing in another year.
I think when i was younger, i bought into all those people making a new year a big deal. So there was nostalgia and regrets, and anticipation of what a new year brings and wondering if i shall have a good year or not. but now, i think every year that i am alive is a good year. haha. and nothing to do except enjoy whatever it brings.

now adays it does not matter to me if i spent the first day of the new year (which plenty of people seem to allude  as a special day, though why that should be so, is a mystery) alone or not. i like my own company so being alone is not a dreadful thing which a lot of people fear.
How strange that i say i am alone this new year day. actually i am not, simon is here. but my feelings are the same and dont seem affected by other people being here or not.

This year, new year day falls on a sunday, like christmas, so i spent those days doing the charity.

I enjoy doing the charity work, and it gets me out of the house and gives me a change of scenery. i like staying in , but that is because i go out, so the contrast makes me enjoy it more when i do stay in.

that is the secret to enjoying your life. do things that contrast each other and you will know the difference and appreciate it. that is why sweet and sour is such a lovely taste sensation. like bitter-sweet.
It rained very strongly after our food run, so that i had to cycle back in very heavy rain at about 2.45pm. but it did not occur to me that it was that unusual, until i read just now that the final of the new year parade had to be cancelled because of this heavy rain. they were thinking of ending it with all 4 bands playing together.

it is 12 years since that millenium celebration in 2000. i wondered then what it will be like in 2012 , it feels so far away then, and now it has come.
and in 8 yrs time we shall be ushering in the 2020s. i can remember that year as being so futuristic it is like science fiction, and yet 8yrs is a relatively short time  before i shall be living in those times.  at least i hope to be still alive by then.haha.

And life is more or less the same. at least my life. if anything i am more at peace now.
i think good health is the most important thing of all, if u have that, everything is lovely.

and THAT IS MY WISH FOR EVERYONE.