Welcome to 2005

This is not much of a posting really... but then I cannot just sit here idle without welcoming 2005. I found many fools doing that, as if by not welcoming 2005 it would not come in. For once I decided to play along with popular mediocracy and decide to write a welcome note to 2005. And now, having done that, I am feeling tall and proud that I have done my part in welcoming another important year in this century.

Among other things, Meera had taken my blogs a bit too seriously (please refer to her comments for my previous blog). I am sorry not to have included a disclaimer earlier on saying no one should take my blogs to the heart. Meera asked me what I meant in my previous see off article for 2004 where I wrote we had "Tsunamis and all for entertainment". Sombre question - but I dont answer such questions. I cannot feel sorry for a thing unless I experience it first hand. Journalists and the media are not enough to convince me of the disastrous impact of any situation. I found a lot of photographs here in the US saying US aid finally reached Sri Lanka and the picture shows destitute people begging for water. If this is what Tsunamis mean for the rest of the world, thanks for CNN and BBC, I would very much like to disassociate from having to do anything at all with it.

So Meera, dont feel bad about such words. If possible, you could contribute directly to the relief. Probably you are doiing that already. And if you are, there is no real need for a big concern for my words. I have done my part of the contribution too - which is mostly with money; I cannot give my time for these causes.
As I write these, the democratic media is showing the pathetic state of affairs in Sri Lanka and what the US is doing to "take the lead" in helping Asia out of the hell! God, give me a break. One thing I have seen about this country's media is even if they have nothing to say, they can move the people to display pseudo feelings and talk eloquently about the concern for the world, when majority of the people here think US is the world.

So another year in the making for us - let us see what we make of it. I dont see any difference from my personal standpoint - it is going to be another year, one third of which is spent sleeping. Perhaps most of us dont realise that one third of a day is spent sleeping. Then of course, there is work, work place and the associated crap. And friends, and family and pets and cattle on the streets. This year does not augur entirely well for me since I would be required to be back in the US for work related reasons for 4-5 months. I am game, but not with the usual gusto and enthu though. Thanks for my warning in the earlier article, Libra does seem to be good for 2005. For a while I am not thinking of changing my sign.