1. Get a Notebook for Notes - I often find myself randomly coming up with ideas and making mental notes about them. In my case, however, mental notes hardly last for more than 24 hours (and I'm too cheap to get a PDA), hence pen and paper. I was trained from grade school not to write anything on the first page of the notebook (i.e. to keep a cover page). As a logical result, I could never bring myself to write on a new notebook starting from the first page. I always start from the back (and it's not because I'm Chinese either). The back page of my new notebook now has thirty items listed under 'Things to Do in 2006'.

2. Improve My Sleeping Habits - I have assumed the vampiric call center sleeping cycle. I have strange nocturnal habits that involve either sitting in front of a monitor without doing anything in particular, or staring at the ceiling above my bed. I actually live in Pakistan, just not geographically.

3. Adopt an Emo Kid - They're everywhere, and you're bound to see a gaggle of them whenever you go into a mall during a weekend. Look into your hearts to care for these undernourished souls by buying them clothes that actually fit them and telling them that the world isn't really that bad a place to be whining about it all the time. Tell them that there are problems bigger than them, and that there's no need to rush things since they will inadvertently encounter real problems when they're over 20. Emo kids need love, understanding and cheer. They are human too, albeit a different species. Adopt one today.

4. Avoid Road Rage - I hate bus drivers categorically. I also hate jeepney drivers categorically. I hate careless pedestrians (categorically) as much as I categorically hate abusive traffic cops. I generalize though, and I know that I shouldn't hate them categorically just because they're categorically idiots.

5. Take More Dietary Fiber - This basically means eating more vegetables, but whenever something as simple as that is proving difficult, know that there are a variety of fiber supplements available in the market. Dietary fiber generally improves colonic health, but more than that, dietary fiber ensures you of a better-looking stool. It also enables you to achieve the holy grail of toilet paper usage - the perfect no-wiper.

6. Watch Performances by Rockstars About to Die - I'm not talking about the monthly Araneta Coliseum/Hard Rock Cafe concert either (those are for my parents). I'm looking at you Mick and Keef, but you wussed out from playing China during the SARS scare. The list is rather long, I'm afraid, but it's safe to say that I won't be able to watch the Beatles or the Who anymore, what with their halved rosters. I'm still hoping to catch the Stones eventually, which is really not that unrealistic a plan, since Keith Richards, as most of us know, having already died long ago, can be kept infinitely 'alive' by pharmaceutical cocktails and black magic honky tonk voodoo.

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