I've had just enough time to... try to tame the Water Snake
Taken of today's newspaper's front page - "The Snake Year"
The snake year begins today and it is a water snake.
Oriental fortune tellers all over the world are debating and forecasting what
the Year of the Snake will bring. Let this fortune teller throw his hat in the mix. Before I begin, let me tell you that my prediction last year on the
Year of the Dragon was dead wrong. It was one of the most miserable years of my
Life while most people were expecting great things just because the picture of
the dragon looks majestic. So the hospitals did not have enough beds and there
were reports of mothers giving birth on the floor. And 7 years later, the schools
will not have enough classrooms. And more planners will die from stress…
The next 3 shots are taken of the first house I visited this CNY.
For this year all the hospitals will lose money and 7 years
later the classrooms will be empty just because people don’t like the image of
the snake. They tried to “cutify” it by making the snake friendlier without
much success because taking off the poisonous fangs is acceptable but
eliminating the forked tongue is not. It makes it look like a worm instead. So the
toy companies are losing big money during the best season of the year and that
brings down the bank because we all know how much bankers like to lend to
business of fantasy. And this spirals and slithers down to a recession…
And they all blame the poor snake
Even when it bit no one
Nor does it intend to
They just run from it
Or worse
Kill it with flying stones
And a long stick
If you are born with poisonous fangs
You stay hidden in dark places for
No one trusts your heart of gold
Breathe easy. I was wrong in the Year of the Dragon. I
will probably be wrong in the Year of the Snake. But adoption of pet snakes had already increased several thousand percents!
I just know it that several years later, it will not be safe to wander anywhere
near a monsoon drain but that is another story…
p.s. But I did something different from any other year. Will
share this with you in the next post. Wishing all my readers a Happy Chinese New Year and may you find the success and happiness you have been looking for this year in spite of my prediction :)
