"Ukususela kumhla wokuqala kaDisemba, sonke siqala ngokulindela uNyaka oMtsha. Ukususela ebuntwaneni, inxulunyaniswa nommangaliso, umthi weKrisimesi othandekayo, ivumba leMandarins kunye nokuzaliseka kweminqweno. Ngesizathu esithile, ezi ntsuku ndihlala ndikhumbula ukuba iholide yam endiyithandayo yaphawulwa njani kubudala obuthambileyo. Njengabo bonke abantu, befihliwe njengekhephu kwikhephu kwi-kindergarten. Kwaye ndakuba ndinesiphetho esinokuthi siphikisane kakuhle nengubo ye-Snow Piden: ingubo entle ende kunye nesithsaba sesilivere ehonjiswe ngamatye "ngamatye".
Ngesinye isihlandlo, ndisenze i-over yokwenyani, ibonakala kumbhiyozo woNyaka oMtsha wesikolo kwizixhobo zeCowboy. Onke amantombazana yayizinkosazana okanye iicaphu ezibomvu, kwaye ndabalaseliswa kakhulu - uhlobo lwenenekazi lokulwa engqongwe ngumoya. Ndifundile "imfihlo encinci", ukuba uthe wenza umnqweno wonyaka omtsha, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuzaliseka. Ixesha elingaphezulu, ndade ndanesiko, njenge "ntsomi ukwenza". " Kuyimfuneko kwidabi le chimes, ephethe iglasi yetshane ngesandla, khumbula yonke into ilungile, yenzekile kunyaka odlulileyo, emva koko wenze umnqweno oxabisekileyo. Kwaye ke iya kuba kanye!
Unyaka omtsha ndihlala ndidibana kwisangqa sosapho. Mna nomyeni wam sizama ukuhamba ngezi ntsuku ukusuka eMoscow. Nje ukuba ukhetho lwethu lwawela kwi-bali. Ngaphambi kokuba ndihambe, ndatyelela ugqirha wam, ndaphumelela iimvavanyo. Kwaye apha sihleli emotweni, esinethamsanqa sisikhululo seenqwelomoya. Kwaye ke umnxeba kagqirha wathi: "UMaria, ndiyanibulela, uya kuba nomntwana!" Asifumenanga isipho esingcono sonyaka omtsha! Ukuza eBali, intlanganiso ngo-2005, besesele sisazi ukuba ilungiselelwe thina: Asizukuba mabini, kwaye ezintathu. Asifumananga isipho esingcono sonyaka omtsha! "