Why do we celebrate new years and not new months or new weeks or new days (for that matter new hours, new minutes and new seconds)? The significance of it is lost to me now. I remember the moments, more than 15 years ago when I was at Trafalgar Square on the new year, walking along the embankment to Westminster, to Hyde Park Corner....more than 20 years ago riding a bike with the national flag across Sungai Petani at midnight when the whole town was 'blacked-out' for a minute (that used to be the trend in my hometown, done by the good folks at LLN - now TNB) etc. But why? Because everyone does it? Because it's a good excuse to stay up late (that's my kids' reason)...? Because it's fun? Because of the fireworks? I honestly don't know. It's just a good excuse to celebrate would be my guess.
How to celebrate? A different question altogether albeit the more important one. This is the question to which the right answer is important. Need to find out how.
