Happy New Year, Everyone…
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Contrary to the tranquil Christmas last week, Warsaw was quite merry and crowded in the New Year’s eve. There was an “Old and New” music festival in Plac Konstytucji which definitely enlivened the cold Sylwestrowa noc. There were Edith Gorniak, Kayah, Feel, and some foreign bands performing the cover version of ABBA songs. Needless to say, the success of Mamma Mia movie starred by Meryl Streep had inspired the theme choice.
I didn’t go there, as I spent the last night in 2008 together with other Indonesian people in Indonesian Residence (Wisma Duta) in Warsaw. And just like in any other Indonesian gathering, the famous Dang-doet music was surely played and made everyone cheer up and shake their hips. Project Pop was right when they claimed that “Dangdut is the music of my country”.
Approaching midnight, the fireworks were clearly heard and seen from all around the town. People were then blowing their paper trumpets and hugged each other in joy. Ah, guess you can call it the Euphoria of New Year! There’s always some sort of excitement and hope in every beginning, New Year is certainly no exception.
So, Happy New Year everyone…
Wish you a joyful and prosperous year ahead!
