Sunday, January 01, 2006

Happy New Year!

right then, as is customary of all scribes at this time of year, i will make a list. not so much new year's resolutions. more of my wishes for the new year. here we go.. (er-HEM!)

1) Manchester United
United tears apart all comers. Chelsea collapse, and Utd do the domestic treble. Roman is declared bankrupt, and all his stars join Utd for free. Bill Gates suddenly decides he loves football, and buys over Utd from the Glazers. Gates then pours in his vast fortune into building up Utd. Utd go on to finish 2006 as the only team not to concede a goal, and to win every single game.

2) TMS
TMS finish as the top school in Singapore. all students finish with scores under 10. all useless CIs disappear from the face of the earth, and all members of 2304 are given medals of honour for being the best squad in the history of the Unit. the new principal decides that uniform groups are the way to go, and gives a substansial amount of funding to all uniform groups, especially NP.

3) Team Singapore
Singapore's atheletes win every event they participate in. Commonwealth, Asian.. etc.. in the AFF Cup (new name for Tiger Cup), Singapore meet Malaysia in the final. first leg in Singapore ends 0-0. hard-fought, but scrappy. second leg in the Shah Alam in Selangor. Singapore's strikers run riot, and we hammer them 5-0! revenge!

4) Family
Dad can't stop winning the lottery. every week thrice. my Mom's cooking, nice as it already is, improves, and she learns thai, korean, italian and french cuisine. my brother comes in tops in school, and he sprouts, finally. my parents become IT-savvy overnight, and upgrade the computer to something state-of-the-art. my extended family on my Dad's side finally stop acting like children and settle all their disputes. my extended family on my Mom's side move into the same estate as me, and we have potluck dinners every night!

5) Friends
yea. you guys get a share too. all of you do well in school (but not too well, otherwise i can't finish top :P ). you guys end up with somebody you love, and who loves you too. may all of you get gold for the annual fitness tests. your lives are as prefect as anyone's lives can go, one of bliss and contentment; no more fights and squabbles. may all of you succeed in all worthwhile endeavours that you partake.

6) Me!
for my place to get done up real nice. to finally get to go to Old Trafford, just so i can go on my knees, and sob like a baby because i believe i've found the holy land. to get a new handphone with all the new-fangled applications you can possibly find in one. to get both the XBox 360 and the PS3. for FBT (football team) to beat all comers. to get a state-of-the-art sound system. to wake up one day and be able to play guitar, piano, drums, bass, saxophone, flute, harmonica and violin. to be able to go to Germany for the World Cup. to wake up one day and have an extraordinary ability to write songs and poems. to wake up on the same day and find myself having the skills of ronaldinho, kaka, lampard, makelele, rooney, cech and puyol.

yea. that should be enough. so ok, most of it won't come true, but i can dream, can't i?

i heard the crickets at 10:58 am

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