“ECLECTIC” MOMENT
New Year’s Eve brings many things. It is the time for good-bye and hello. It depicts change. It is a time for renewal, a happy merging of darkness and the light, a moment for silent meditation amidst the noises of the firecrackers and the karaoke. It also means equality in the sense that everyone turns one year older whether you are a child or a senior citizen.
It is the period of many superstitious practices. There are the 13 rounded fruits on the table, the polka dots on clothes and curtains, the hanging grapes on windows and doors which are all supposed to be open wide. It is the moment to turn on all light switches as well as the water faucets. It is the occasion for a sumptuous dinner full of symbolisms.
New Year’s Eve announces death and birth. Death of bad habits and disappointments, of failures that are supposed to be buried with the outgoing year. But it also connotes birth to new dimension of existence.It is birth to new hope, new outlook, new plans, new strategies – new life.
To many, New Year is noise. Intended noise to drive away the evil spirits and welcome good fortune. Fire crackers are left and right and with them are all sorts of accidents. Common are blown hands and blindness, broken bones and not so remotely, death.
This event is the most “eclectic” moment of the year. It brings about opposite and varied emotions. It promises different gifts and different opinions, different intentions and different approaches. It is in fact the most confusing moment to ponder on anything. Happy New Year!
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