At this time it is good to make a New Year’s wish because it challenges us to focus on something we want to get done. If we are serious about our resolutions, they encourage us to become more disciplined, dependent and committed people. Resolutions that have been kept teach us, and those around us, important lessons on life.

The styles of music popular during the water festival continue to change each year. The way people celebrate, soaking each other with water, has also changed – the plastic water gun is now the weapon of choice for super-soakers rather than the traditional tha pyay khat (Eugenia).