++ curr_year ;

This is an oft repeated kind of statement used whilst programming. In this case what it signifies is that a few hours more and the statement would get executed all over the place and will then let us know that 2006 has come. People will start yelling out "Happy New Year" to all and sundry. People will have more drinks. People would prefer to get drunk to their gills. People would create a commotion in the middle of the night and would burst crackers, as if something is really remarkable in knowing that it is now 2006. And in the process, while driving theyd crash somewhere and a few innocent lives would be lost. Steve Harris and Bruce Dickenson indeed got it right when they proclaimed that there is "No Prayer for the Dying".

A friend has just informed me that incase one decides to go ahead and get drunk on New Years Eve at some bar or something, then its better to carry a "drinking permit" along. Else, ask the bar owner to issue a temporary one-day drinking permit that costs five bucks. It can be issued on the spot. It would probably save you from an awkward situation if a drunken posse of policemen barge in and demand to know why you are drinking. If you are certain that the cop is drunk then probably you can show your school ID-card to him and tell him its your drinking permit and then hed let you go. Or if he is really drunk then he's stop by at your table for a couple of drinks. And since youd be drinking with a cop, the bar guy woudnt dare bill you. So you can then go ahead and gulp down as many more as you want.

Irrespective of what you do, I think ill do what everyone else does on New Years Eve and thats wish you. So here's my :

Wish you all a very Happy New Year 2006