Manila, Jan. 31 -- "No one wins ... by only moving forward... sometimes you have to move backward..." - Marc and Angel Chernoff

Today is the end of January. For many, it is the end of what seemingly was the longest month of the year. Facebook had been replete with memes like, "tomorrow is January 55th" and "It's still January?". Apparently, a lot of people feel that January is like a long Monday after the holidays. Some psychologists believe that the January blues or boredom affliction is caused by the ordinariness of the month compared to the frenzy of the Christmas season. It is for this reason that, in many parts of the world, some celebrate National Backwards Day on Jan. 31 to end the month with something different.

National Backwar...