Resolution for a longer life

 

It is next year again. How time flies! And why not? After all, one year is only 31,536,,000 seconds. Seconds move fast,  er..well, with only one exception, that is, when you sit in front of your pc! There, the passing of 5 seconds seems so slow! 

It is time to make resolutions for the oncoming year. Resolutions are made to follow, to make you a better person, or at least make you feel a better person, 

Well, I did not make a resolution last year because of the very sad occurrence in the month of September 2024 of the passing away of my beloved mentally challenged, Down Syndrome son. It had affected me greatly, me, being so attached to him,  always sitting beside him when I am at home, and he, even at the age of 33 years, cruelly not given the ability to talk, and adding to it, having a mental age of 3 years, so innocent, so unknowing of the things of the world. The poor 'child', being unable to talk, sufferied  silently and pitifully of a stomach ailment (the doctors said it was a chronic colonic tb) for the last several weeks before his departure, My only consolation was being told that Down Syndrome people were fated to depart at a young age.

Okay,  let us come back to the resolutions matter. I realize that I am a bit behind in  observing strictly the traffic rules and regulations. A few bad moments on the roads have  brought me to this realization. Also, my observations of others' unfortunate traffic incidents that I think can also occur to me has convinced me that if I want to live a little longer unscathed, then t must make this resolution of subjecting myself to the disciplines, rules, and regulations of the Malaysian traffic system. Here, I am enclosing a few of the traffic rules that I have been taking for granted. 

Firstly, I, sometimes being a restless person,  have been conveniently presuming that yellow lights of the traffic signals are for speeding before the red light comes on! Ha ha! And, the flickering red lights are there to urge  me to move on before the green lights emerge! Well, I am now sure that if I keep on doing this, then one day, I will be obliged to see one more light; the blue of police beside me! 

Secondly,  I must not drive too close to a car,  especially at a roundabout, as it will stop suddenly when you least expect it, and then there will be a C.R.A.S.H...B.A.N.G!...and subsequently a free stage show for the mysteriously sudden congregation of human beings, and the unwanted time-wastage and financial inclinations. 

Finally, it is regarding the motorbikes at a junction. When you have stopped at a junction and when you see a motorbike about 200 metres away on the left or on the right of the road in front of you, don't ever think it is still far away and cross the road. Boy! Many times, have I seen a bike passing by at the tail of my car when I was just getting close to the other side! That's how fast some of them ride nowadays,  the motorbike riders! 'The timeless proverb 'patience is virtue'' fits me nicely here. 

By the way, talking about resolutions, our Malaysian Communication Ministry has made a resolution of sorts. From  next year, it has resolved to make it safe for the youngsters of Malaysia to use their mobiles or other Internet devices. The Ministry requires  social media  platforms like tiktok, x, YouTube, Facebook, and the likes, not to allow the usage of their portals to  children under 16 years of age. So account registration will be a must.

Jocularly, my mobile also has a resolution of its own! It is 1080x2400. And I am comfortable with it. Ha ha ha! Happy New Year!

The Peace Prize! Slurp!

Wow! Finally, on 5th December 2025, during the Final Draw for the World Cup 2026, held at Washington DC, President Trump received a peace award that he so craved for,  the FIFA Peace Prize, from the FIFA President, Gianni Infantino. The Peace Prize consisted of a medal, a trophy; a little similar to the World Cup, and a certificate.

Trump portrays himself as the most powerful yet peace loving  president. I can say he seems to be the most powerful of the USA presidents of this century, but many may beg to differ, of course. Still, nations bend over backwards to please him, to be in his good books. Looks like FIFA  had bent more backwards and created this peace award to please him. And boy, was he pleased, looking at the way he grabbed the Peace Medal from the tray held by the lady and put around his own neck, so promptly. It showed. A speech followed, like he had saved tens of millions of people from being killed, done so, by his peace initiative and actions in Congo, India vs. Pakistan, South East Asia, and blah, blah, blah. What a modest man he was, is, President Trump! I am sure many in the audience or TV watchers swallowed the lumps in their throats. Yikes!

 It all adds up now, why President Trump was eager  to meet up with Christiano Ronaldo when Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman brought him together with his troupe on 18 November  2025, to the White House for an important visit. Do you think it was merely a coincidence for President Trump to be jovial with CR7 telling him that his son was a fan of his and was proud of his acquaintance. So President Trump has  a jolly chat with Ronaldo to show the world that he, President Trump, is into football also! How nice! 

Come to think it, correspondingly, other organisations can also device their own peace prizes to please the most powerful man of the world! Tennis's ATP can conjure the ATP Global Peace Award! And golf! Yes golf! Trump likes golf so much. The IGF can create for him the IGF World Peace Prize! That would thrill the president!

As things stand now, the president, being the all daring and unabbashable person he is, expects the next, all prestigious, Nobel Peace Prize to be given to him. Otherwise, he may call the Nobel Foundation  a 'fake organisation' or the people in it are all frauds! Get it? Good!

Anyway,  coming back to the current gibe, one thing is for sure. In the future, President Trump's name will always be mentioned  in football quizzes, 

"Who is the first person  to receive the  FIFA Peace Award?"

"President Trump!"