Welcome 2005, farewell 2004…!

What a year, what an interesting year. Interesting? My words usually are limited to explain or describe something that is special, larger than life. 2004 was filled with amazing things, paradoxes, miracles, hopes, any other things, up to the very end of it.

Have you heard about Greece? Sure you have but surely not had you been asked in football sphere. But the Greeks made it to show the world that Gods do exist, in football world, at least; European champions in 2004. French? Naah… they don’t rule the football world, they only exist at Mac Donald’s.

Major combat was declared off in Iraq and afterwards the casualties from allied forces had been mounting over the number when the “war” was still on the go. Insurgents (why don’t we call them resistances? Don’t ask me why, I am not that familiar with dictionary, remember) fought with their hands and feet, literally. Civilian casualties were countless, nobody cares to count anymore, anyway they are only numbers.

Indonesians, yet again, was given a new symbol of hope following the failure of past hopes in the names of Gus Dur and Megawati. Former magnificent pair lost in political battle, one after another. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono came up with all his charm and intelligence. We believe in his sincerity and integrity, yet he has to prove his ability to manage this almost magical country. He had put his stake, 100 days of trials and breakthrough, people should judge him by themselves, and these are what we had seen…. Numbers of accident in transportation sub sectors; trains, cars, ships, airplanes were involved in accidents that led to demise of thousands of innocent lives. Incentive was taken away from Petroleum producer, the logic behind was said to be that it was only enjoyed by big fish and the rich. What entails was not really unpredictable, price hike in consumption posts.

The amazing year could not be ended with lesser event, Tsunami disaster. In earlier day of it, officials mentioned hundreds of victims in Aceh (the worst part that got hit) now, I read more then 94,000 people lost their lives in Aceh excluding those died in North Sumatera, Thailand (many were Swedish), India, Eastern part of Africa, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh (seems that natural disasters never let them alone).

So far I recounted people’s story, how about individual ones? My life. The baby inside my wife’s tummy already writes a story of its own even before being born. Despite all, we determined to keep it. Losing a baby is way too much to bear, believe me in that.
C’est la vie.