Make a wish...

It`s already November...Time really does fly by. Only two more months left in 2007, then a new year. Many Japanese people go to a temple or shrine around New Year`s and pray for a happy and healthy year or something like that. At lost temples and shrines you can buy some good luck charms, or pay the priest/monk some money and they will do an extra special prayer for you for that day, or a week, or a month, or 6 months...Of course, the longer you want the prayer recited for you, the more money you gonna pay. But hey, if it works and makes ya feel better, safe, relieved, I say, why not? Whatever floats your boat.
Have you ever written one a wish or a prayer on one of these wooden plates? I haven`t, but maybe one day I will. People write all kinds of wishes on these, like "I want to pass the High School//University test", "I want to be with my HIM/HER for ever", "I want to make a happy family", "I want to find a special HIM/HER." These are the regular normal types.

Some other ones which I like are "I want the stocks to go up!!!", "I want Horse Number 4 to win the Big Race this week" "I want to win the monthly golf tournament this week!!", "I want to win the weekly ma-jan game this Friday!!", and the list goes on and on. My friend Yuki who is about 12 years old, would say "You are stupid. I wouldn`t waste my luck on those things!!"

How about you? What you wanna wish for? Be honest!