Well, before I get to that, let's wind up 2008...
1) HOW BOUT THEM DUCKS!!!
Oregon went to the Holiday Bowl, caused some anxious moments but at the end of it all, gave all Duck fans something to look forward to in the 2009/2010 season.
In case you are a Duck fan and you missed it...
And congratulations to the Pac-10 for going 5-0.
And a special congratulations to USC on their blowout of the Nittany Lions. Why congratulations? Well, USC capped the 5-0 for the Pac-10 and once again gave a headache to the BCS and the age old question of "playoffs or no playoffs"?
2) There will be no more CFB predictions till the Fall. Hope I fare better next year.
3) New Year's Eve was... NYE. New Year's Eve, I learnt this long time ago, thanks to having to work at Scandal's, is the world's most over-rated day. Remember, this is MY blog and I am entitled to say whatever the hell I feel like saying. NYE every-f**king-year finds all the amateurs coming out to party. People who have saved all year just for that one particular day. People who spend all they have saved on that one particular night. People who spend all they have saved on that one particular night, just to have it all come out, usually through their mouths, on that same one particular night. It is the night I actually try to stay clear of stupid people.
BUT, the most stupid people are those who get stopped and arrested for DUI on NYE. In both Singapore and the US (and I am sure many other countries), that is the night that EVERYONE including my colleague's 6 year old knows that that are cops and traffic stops ALL OVER THE F**KING PLACE. It's bad if you get a DUI on any night, but if you can one on the eve of a holiday, it's "badder". And if you get one on NYE, it's the "baddest". In fact, if you get a DUI on NYE, I think the punishment should not be a fine and/or jail and/or road crew. If you get a DUI on NYE, you are so stupid, you should be put to rest forever for the sake of the gene pool. Seriously, I am no saint but you can be rest assured I will be cabbing or having a DD after my second drink on NYE.
And now for 2009.
1) At least for the first half of the year, just as bleak if not worse than 2008. Don't listen to those people who tell you otherwise, they are either just:
(i) high (and they should share some of whatever they are smoking with us),
(ii) in denial ('cos they have not recovered from the sock in the face they got from 2008),
(iii) have a business that needs you to believe that 2009 will be better than 2008,
or
(iv) fall into the same group as those DUI people above... know it's gonna be bad but have to say something stupid (the DUI people had to DO something stupid).
2) Hope I do not kill myself or someone 'cos I ran out of patience. I think that's my resolution, kind of. I'm not sure I can keep my resolution and I am not gonna even pretend I'm gonna try. Hopefully the downturn sends all the f**king foreigners that irritate the shit out of me here back home. They can come back in a few years when I am done with this place. But till then, go, go quickly, and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Just go.
3) For those of you who have unfortunately loss your jobs due to the downturn. For those of you who have businesses struggling. I do hope you will pull through this difficult period.
And thus we usher in the new year...
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