Happy New Year 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR 
2020
to all my friends.

May our '20-20 Vision'
 be one of peace,
free from hatred,
 turmoil, war and natural disasters.
 It's that time again we bid farewell
to yet another completed year
and bring in a new one.
 Let us think of those 
who are not with us today
 to share in the happy moments

of the years gone by.

GOOD-BYE 2013 - WELCOME 2014

GOOD-BYE 2013

WELCOME 2014

          As we bid adieu to each year on the last day of every year, 2013 has definitely had its fair share of good and bad. 

         

          There’s been happiness and sorrow in our lives, strife, turmoil, crime, wars, and natural disasters of floods, tornadoes, storms, hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes, as people lost their lives and next of kin. War and hatred between nations have continued unabated in many places in the world.

          We cannot change the past, but we can definitely wish, hope and pray for a better 2014 and still better years beyond. 

          As we usher in the New Year 2014, let us hope for love, not hatred, and pray for Peace throughout the world, for those affected by war and natural disasters; pray for the sick, the bereaved, the injured, the afflicted and the poor.

          We remember our folks who are far away from us; consider ourselves lucky to have our friends and family near us, and pray for those folks who are no longer with us today.

          I am thankful for having had better life than the less fortunate than myself. I hope to cherish the happy memories I have had with my dear ones, and think of the good times we have shared in the happy times of yesteryear, and hope for a better 2014.

HOPING FOR A BETTER YEAR - 2013

However long the night
 of 31st December,

the dawn
of 1st January
will break.

  

FOR AULD LANG SYNE



We have said this before, but then we shall say it once again. 'Adieu' to another year that seemed to have just passed so quickly, or so it seems, and it is time now to usher in yet another.

Every year we wish and pray for peaceful days ahead, free from turmoil, shooting and killing of innocent people, war, economic and natural disasters.

Some folks happily attend parties, family get-together, large social gatherings in communities irrespective of caste or religion to celebrate the New Year. Some may be thinking of their loved ones who were with them in the last year, and this day sadly are not with them.

We can, however cherish the happy memories of our dear one and think of the good times we shared in the happy time of yesteryear.

Perhaps the good old days when we attended New Year’s Eve Ball and house parties that followed. That was the norm. We were young then. Today as we are much older as we reminisce about the good old times that we shared with our friends, some of whom sadly are not longer with us.

Sometimes I tend to ask myself why we refer to those days as the good old days. Conversely, I believe that the days are the same, the only difference being that we are getting older.

Poignantly though and quite aptly, some of us may reminisce once again in forming a circle with our friends at the Ball, waiting for the count-down at the stroke of midnight and singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

At the same time, in true fashion of “Old Long Ago’ we take time to re-kindle cherished memories of our loving dear departed relatives and friends.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

and never brought to mind

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

and days of old lang syne.

CHORUS:

For auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne,

we'll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.

ADIEU TO 2011

Once again, we say adieu to a year that seemed to have just passed by us so quickly and it is time now to usher in yet another. Each year we wish and pray for peaceful days ahead, free from turmoil, war, natural disasters. Some folks happily attend parties, family get-together, large social gatherings in communities irrespective of caste or religion to celebrate the new year. Some may be thinking of their loved ones who were with them in the last year, and as fate has it, many of us do not with us today those that we loved to share in those happy moments of yesteryear.

We cherish the good old days when we attended New Year’s Eve Ball and house parties that followed. That was the norm. Today as we are much older, we can’t help but reminisce about the good old days, and the good times we had then and those that we shared with our friends, some of whom sadly are not longer with us. Some times I tend to ask myself why we refer to those days as the good old days. Conversely, I believe that the days are the same, the only difference being that we are getting older.

Poignantly though and quite aptly, some of us may reminisce once again in forming a circle with our friends at the Ball, waiting for the count-down at the stroke of midnight and singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

At the same time, in true fashion of “Old Long Ago’ we take time to re-kindle cherished memories of our loving Fredrick and Benny Barboza and all other dear departed relatives and friends.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and days of old lang syne.

CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

AULD LANG SYNE

Again, we bid farewell to yet another completed year as we usher in another. Each year we wish and pray for peaceful days ahead, free from turmoil, war, natural disasters. Some folks happily attend parties, family get-together, large social gatherings in communities irrespective of caste or religion to celebrate the new year. Some may be thinking of their loved ones who were with them in the last year, and as fate has it, they are not with them today to share in those happy moments of yesteryear.

We remember the good old days when attending a New Year’s Eve Ball was the norm. Today as we are much older, we can’t help but reminisce about the good old days, and the good times we had then shared with our friends, some of whom are not longer with us. Some times I tend to ask myself why we refer to those days as the good old days. Conversely, I believe that the days are the same, the only difference being that we are getting older.

Poignantly though and quite aptly, some of us may reminisce once again in forming a circle with our friends at the Ball, waiting for the count-down at the stroke of midnight and singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

At the same time, in true fashion of “Old Long Ago’ we take time to re-kindle cherished memories of our loving Fredrick and Benny Barboza.

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and days of old lang syne.

CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

'OLD LONG AGO' - MOMENTS OF YESTERYEAR

With all good wishes for
A Very Happy, Peaceful &
Prosperous New Year 2011

Tony Fernandes