New Year's resolutions...

1. Read the great Italian jewel maker Fulco de Verdura's biography.

2. Begin Chinese lessons (opportunists, beware).

3. Read three newspapers in different languages, or with different ideas, a day.

4. Prepare a grand trip to India.

5. Never again speak wrongly of others...

6. Try to sleep 8-hours-a-night.

7. Buy glasses to see life in pink...

8. Fix my wardrobe and give away all those clothes and shoes that have not been used in the past three years.

9. Never forget to say "Please" and "Thank you."

10. Smile at least 12 times a day.

11. Watch again all Stanley Kubrick's movies.