LOSING weight was not my New Year’s resolution in 2022 but I was able to start my low-carb journey in February 2022.
Exercise was not my New Year’s resolution in 2024 but I joined the gym in February 2024.
In other words, I stopped having New Year’s resolutions a long time ago upon realizing they’re seldom followed, like promises. Promises are made to be broken and all that jazz.
It’s indeed tempting to make a list of resolutions on New Year’s Eve when I’m trying to have a siesta to prepare myself for the sleepless night ahead, and waiting for 10 pm when the village’s New Year fireworks would start, and waiting for the clock to strike 12 for the midnight champagne and cheers.
And right in the middle of that waiting, there’s always the wish for the coming year to be better, thus, the resolutions, hoping they could make good things happen.
But I was busy eating on New Year’s Eve. Haha. Didn’t even play Wordle’s party-game version while waiting for 12 midnight.
It’s now January 2025. It’s time to reset the diet because I’ve run out of excuses—Christmas Eve is over, New Year’s Eve is over.
And political candidates who are running this year should remove their “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year” tarpaulins and billboards for the same reason: Christmas and New Year are over. And replace them with “Happy Three Kings,” “Kung Hei Fat Choi,” “Happy Valentine’s,” “Happy Easter,” and “Happy Fiesta.” If only I can use those holidays, too, as excuses to eat, drink, and be merry.
What’s not over yet is the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). We watched “Uninvited” and expected Vilma Santos and Aga Muhlach to win the top awards. But they did not.
Since I don’t like horror movies such as “Espantaho” for which Judy Ann Santos won the best actress award, and I’m not keen on watching movies about prisons such as “Green Bones” that gave Dennis Trillo the best actor award, how would I be able to compare the acting in “Uninvited” against the other MMFF entries? Hmmm.
“Uninvited” is so timely for Pinas’ campaign season. It’s not about politics but I gotta feeling Guilly Vega (Muhlach) is familiar to Pinoy politicians who have been there, done that while feeling protected by their wealth and power.
The political candidates’ New Year’s resolution should be to be not like Vega who’s so evil and has no soul, he sees people as toys he can play with.
Every candidate wants to win unless he’s running just to solicit for campaign funds. If the latter is his goal, he’s already winning even if he’s losing in the election.
But most candidates want to win, of course. Because they want to serve the madlang pehpohl. Ahem.
An election year is always a fiesta, with candidates dancing and singing to entertain potential voters. Some of these voters may receive bribes from generous candidates. Or they may not, if the candidate or his campaign team would rather save the campaign funds for their personal use.
