I hope readers reading this story, aka, humour can understand. Well, here's the next one.
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"It means that you say to yourself: 'One more year is now beginning. I don't want to make all the mistakes I made last year. So this year I make a resolution that I will not do this or that etcetera..'."
"What's the use of making resolutions? They are so easy to break," said Goyang.
"Yah, but some people feel happier making them." Said Sag.
"Gumok should make a resolution not to eat so much," said Piring.
"You should make a resolution not to talk so much,"said Mayfair.
"You should make a resolution not to act tough and act like a masalleh(white man)," said Piring.
"Here we go again," said Hutch sadly. "Quarrelling."
"I will make a resolution that next time I get the ball, I will pass it to Chendol," said Pistol.
"You should make a resolution NOT to pass it to him," said Goyang. "He always miss."
"You all should write down your resolutions," said Mayfair.
"Why, what for?" Goyang asked him.
"Because in a week or two you will forget all about it. If it is written down, at least you can look at it and be reminded to carry on."
"Okay. Let's get it written down," said Hutch. "Kitchi Boy, you got a pen and paper? NO? What kind of writer are you? Here, Piring take this money and get some paper and a pen."
Gumok arrived.
"What's happening?" he said
Mayfair told him.
"Good idea," he said. "I will make a resolution to spend more time with the football problem a bit."
"Our football is not a problem," said Goyang. "Your weight is a problem. You should make an effort to bring it down."
"This resolution business is no use," said Chendol. "You make a resolution to correct something which is bad in you. But most people don't know the bad things about themselves. So their friends should tell them the bad things about themselves and then suggest the resolutions. Like for example, I can tell Gumok that his most important resolution is DON'T EAT LIKE A PIG."
"Thanks," said Gumok.
"Sounds like a good idea," said Hutch. "Let's start making resolutions for each other. Kitchi Boy, start writing. Who wants to start making resolutions?"
"ME!" said Piring. "I resolute that……"
"There's no such word," said Mayfair.
"I don't care," said Piring. "I resolute that Mayfair stop fighting with me and that he don't talk like a masalleh(white man) any more and that he better not think that just because he came back from England he is damn big."
"Oh come on!" said Mayfair angrily. "That's a bit too much. I mean, about the accent and all that. I can't help it; I spent quite some time in England and this sort of thins always happens. It's changing though. And I can't help fighting with Piring. He starts it all the time."
"You see what I mean," said Chendol. "I told you all hat people never admit the things which are wrong with them."
"But if it bothers Piring, and it bothers you all," said Mayfair, "I'll stop fighting with the small boy. And I'll try to soften my accent. But it won't be easy."
"okay Kitchi Boy, you heard the man," said Hutch. "Write if all down and make Mayfair sign it. What's the next resolution?"
"Gumok must stop eating so much," said Piring.
"Ay shut up lah," said Gumok. "You already made one resolution so why are you making another one. Give someone else a chance."
"I make a resolution that Gumok stop eating so much," said Chendol.
Gumok sighed.
"You two brothers pakat(join up)," he said to Piring and Chendol. "I don't think you should worry about how much I eat. Am I hurting you in any way by eating a lot?"
"You are hurting yourself," said Chendol. "One day you sure get heart attack or high blood pressure. Also by eating so much, you are eating food which someone else may be eating in some other country."
"I think your resolution is stupid," said Gumok. "But if that's the way you want it, okay."
"Right, sign the seolution," said Hutch. "What's next?"