Hello there 2007
Monday, January 1st, 2007I wasn’t awake when 2007 came around 22 or so hours ago, having fallen asleep in front of the TV after catching a re-run of Spider-Man 2. A bit of a lame way to greet the new year, but then again I’ve never really been a New Year’s Eve junkie. In fact, last year I was also in front of the TV, catching a riveting Liverpool-West Bromwich Albion match. Actually it wasn’t really riveting at all, what with the Reds just nicking it by one-nil against a lowly West Brom side who ended up getting relegated by the end of the season.
But then again, I watched that match from the comfort of my hotel room, 14 floors above downtown Kuala Lumpur and vibrating from the fireworks going off all around. You may be wondering why on earth would I travel all the way to another country only to be alone in my room when the festivities went off, but that’s a story for another time. But even if I did tell you the tale, you’d still conclude that I was lame. Oh well.
Regardless of my lameness, that night in KL was pretty much a sign of things to come throughout 2006, which I think was a rather awesome year for me. Highlights include seeing and meeting my high school heroes Oasis in Singapore, interviewing Chris Martin and watching Coldplay in the same country a few months later, and going to Tokyo for the Summer Sonic festival where I got to see and meet a few bands, including Muse and Arctic Monkeys. On the local front, the anti-social being I consider myself has made a lot of friends in the music scene, listened to a lot of good music and tried to promote said good music to anyone with half-decent taste. The rest are all Radja-loving lost causes. Incidentally, I hope I’ve made friends with people who actually think I’m a decent guy, and not just because I’m in a position to help promote their music. That would suck.
Honestly, I don’t know how I’m going to top all that in 2007. Probably best not to think about it too much, because a lot of what happened last year sort of fell into place for me. The opportunities arose and I grabbed them, that’s all. If 2007 is half as lucky as 2006, then I’ll consider that a job well done.
I suppose if there’s anything that would make 2007 kick 2006’s ass, it would be me finally sorting out the lack of any meaningful relationship in my life. I think I’ve made some significant developments on that front over the past year, short of actually managing to have someone to call mine. There have been a lot of emotional growing pains and disappointments, but the fact that I haven’t given up on the L word entirely and decided to become celibate for life should indicate that I’ve evolved into a much stronger person, and I think I’ve fine-tuned how I’m going to approach the crazy little game they call romance for this year.
It may just work out, or it may just blow up in my face and make me crawl back into my shell of solitude. Whatever happens, at least I’ll have the TV to keep me company when 2008 arrives, and I can go through this crap all over again.
