A Dark and Stormy Year

Lest you have been living on another planet for the last few years, or stuck in somewhere barren surviving barely on worms and flies, you would know that the word 'successful' does not exactly top the list of best words to describe 2008CE.

Yes, 2008 just went right down the toilet.

Why are we still dwelling on something that has gone down the drain? The answer is simple. The sewage is just hard to forget.

The year 2008 has been dark and stormy and there is certainly no denying to that. Natural, financial and man-made disasters have prevailed like wildfire, or slammed after one another.

The cyclone Nargis disaster was the first to strike Earth that year, which left up to 134, 000 people either dead or missing and 2.5 million people without a roof over their head. Merely ten days later, one of the world's highest magnitude earthquake brought the Sichuan province in China to its knees, killing tens of thousands of innocent victims and 4 million people were left homeless.

This is catastrophic.

On 12th September 2008, a serious mudflow occured in Java, which though did not result in casualties, displaced more than 50, 000 people after homes, factories and schools were submerged by the hot, noxious mud.

It is currently still flowing at a rate of 100, 000 cubic metres a day.

The collapse of world renowned American bank Lehman brothers brought about the start of the financial crisis. The tumble of Wall Street and the scam of sly investor Bernard Madoff worsened the entire situation.

This might carry on for a lengthy period of time before everything returns to status quo.

Terrorism activities included the Islamabad Mariott bombings on September 20, the war on terror in Afghanistan, and the Mumbai terror attacks. The milk scandal in China and escape of Jemaah Islamiah detainee Mas Selamat Kastari were amongst the string of man-made tragedies of 2008.

With all the events that have been stated above, would you want another 2008?

Think.