2024: Pinoy puno sa paglaum

Resulta sa SWS survey sa SWS, sumala pa sa The Philippine Star: “Record-high 96% welcoming 2024 with hope.” Mao ni ang husto nga attitude sa atong pagsugat sa Bag-ongTuig.

Ikaw, unsa man ang imong attitude sa 2024. Magbanguhan ba, o mapuno sa kagul-anan?

Gawas sa nasud, ania kining gikan sa internet: “Will 2024 be an improvement on the past year? Let's hope so.” Naglaum usab sila didto, sama kanato dinhi. Ang 2023?

“So much for the past year. Can we hope that 2024 will be better, not least because it is a leap year and will last a day longer? The next 12 months could have little potential for change, at least politically. Russia will almost certainly re-elect President Putin in March, in part because of the lack of any credible opposition.”

Ug si U.S. President Biden, 81 years old na, tingalig mapilde, kon makalansar pa man ug kon molansar gayud si former President Donald Trump. Ug sa Ukraine, lagmit kasublian sa eleksiyon si President Zelensky, gumikan sa tukma niyang pagdumala sa gubat nga mo-tulo na ka tuig.

Dinhi sa ato, nga politika maoy atong kinaon, ang atong mga leader nga nagdali, ambut ngano, naglantaw na sa mga tuig 2025 ug 2028 elections. My goodness.

Balik sa survey. Sa pangutana: Will you welcome the new year with hope or fear, “96 per cent of Filipinos will welcome 2024 with hope this year.” Ug 3% da sa mga Pinoy “would enter 2024 with fear.”

Komentaryo sa SWS: “Hope for the coming New Year has always been higher among those who expected a happy Christmas than those who expected a sad Christmas.” Unsa man tuod ang imong Christmas, happy ba, o sad, kay mag-agad man kono kini sa atong outlook sa Bag-ong Tuig.

Ug ari kita sa Chinese culture. Ang 2024 giingon nga Year of the Dragon. Unsa may significance niini? “According to the Chinese Horoscope 2024, the dragon represents authority, prosperity, and good fortune. The Dragon symbolizes power, nobleness, honor, luck, and success in traditional Chinese culture.”

Kon natawo ka sa mga tuig 2024, 2012, 2000, 1988, 1976, 1964, 1952, ang imong Chinese zodiac sign, Dragon.” Adunay lima ka matang sa mga Dragons uban sa nagkalain-lain nilang nga mga characters: 1) Wood Dragon (1964, 2024) - Introverted, less enthusiastic, and lacking in good relationships, dili social. 2) Fire Dragon (1916, 1976) - Smart and easygoing, agile and flexible. 3) Earth Dragon (1928, 1988) - Smart, ambitious, and hardworking.

4) Gold Dragon (1940, 2000) - Natural and straightforward, talent and desire to be seen. 5) Water Dragon (1952, 2012) - Persevering, farsighted, and vigorous.

Lucky numbers: 1, 6 and 7. Lucky days: the 1st and 16th of any Chinese lunar calendar month.

Lucky colors: gold, silver, grayish white. Lucky flowers: bleeding-heart glory bower, dragon flowers. Lucky direction: east, north, south. Lucky months: the 3rd, 4th, and 7th Chinese lunar months.

Unlucky colors: blue, green. Unlucky numbers: 3 and 8. Unlucky direction: northwest.

Unlucky months: the 5th and 6th Chinese lunar months. Motuo ka ba niini? Naa ra nimo.