There I was sitting at the dining table in the kitchen enjoying my ‘pisang goreng’ with Shemah and my Mom when suddenly my Mom asked,

“What year are you?”

“Huh?”, I uttered..

“I mean your zodiac.. Monkey ka you? Or Snake?”

“Owwhhh… I’m a rooster! Why? Why?

This is what she hadta say next…

“It’s quite a good year for the Rooster who will be involved in lots of celebrations. There will be a chance to broaden yourself. Be kind and nice to people to bring in more blessings, which will be in terms of money and position.

If the Rooster has accumulated good deeds, the coming year will even be better. If you haven’t, start by being kinder and more encouraging to people. Even if things turn sour, there will be great blessings.

Women will come to tempt the male Rooster who has ‘toh fah’ luck (whatever that is.). Be wary and don’t be greedy.”

She was reading an excerpt from yesterday’s NST of Eu Hooi Khaw’s article regarding this year’s Chinese zodiac. And I gotta say, that’s one helluva challenge for me this year. Why is it a challenge? Because….

I’m not naturally a kind person!

The truth is, I can be kind. I just choose not to be kind if I don’t feel like it. And not feeling like it happens pretty often. I’m not saying that I’m never kind or that I don’t like being kind. But I gotta state something here. Acting kind and sincerely being kind are two separate things. And sincerely being kind from the bottom of my heart is something that seldom happens. I could act kind and do a favor for someone, but to say that there’s not even a glint of resentment for running the errand would be a lie.

When it comes to people I dislike, I find it hard for me to be nice and kind to them.. Some people I know can be really diplomatic about it. But that’s not me. I just don’t see the point in being kind to someone I don’t like. For me, that’s just being fake.

“….Be kind and nice to people to bring in more blessings…”

For some, being kind and nice to people might not seem like such a big deal. But for me, that’s a really big stretch. Unlike my lil sister who was born an angel, I was born with invisible horns on my head. Well, to be fair, I’m not exactly what you would call the daughter of the devil, but still, kindness is really something I gotta work on. You could read this tag about 8 random ‘mean’ facts I did a few months ago. It just shows how much of a bitch I can be at times.

Even though I know I don’t hafta believe in such a prediction, I think it’ll be great to take this as a challenge and work on being more sincere. It’s not hard to act kind, but to sincerely be giving and kind would be great way to start my year. Just like the law of attraction, I think I’d definitely take this prediction into account in accumulating my good deeds for this year!