2023: A year of pre-covid normality

December 24th, 2023 EST Hey guys, and merry Christmas! Well, it's that time of the year again, the last few days of December. That means, it's time to wrap up the year. There's a reason why I decided to call this year a year of pre-covid normality. This is because pretty much all measures implemented …

2022: A year where pre-pandemic normality slowly returns

Hey guys; So, it's that time of the year, last few days of December. That means it's time to write an end-of-year summary. This will be my first summary since 2020 since…yeah, there is no end-of-year summary for 2021. The main reason is of course the pandemic. Last year there was hardly anything to write …

2020: The ‘year of the pandemic’ summary

Hey guys; Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all are keeping yourselves and your family safe as the pandemic rages on. As we're entering the final week of the year, it's time to summarize the whole year... I decided to call 2020 the 'year of the pandemic' for a reason, and that is the fact that …

2019 wrap up

Hey guys; So, with less than ten days until 2019 draws to a close, I think it's about time I wrap up the entire year. With the close of 2019, this decade would officially come to an end and so I plan to write a wrap up of the 2010s as well. On the wider …

2018 wrap up

Hey guys; and Merry Christmas! Hope you all have a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with your family and friends. It's that time of the year again, the last couple of days of December. And that means it's time to reflect on what has been going on throughout the year, and this post is exactly just …

2017 summary

Hey guys; So, it's that time of the year again...late December, a time where the media begins to summarize the whole year in terms of major events and news. Since there's just over a week left in 2017, I think it's time I publish the anual end of year summary... 2017 has been a year …

2016 wrap up

Hey guys, and merry Christmas! I hope all of you are having a great time with your family! So, it's that time of the year again, the last week of the year. Most, if not all, media outlets are probably doing a sort of a wrap up of this year, and so as has been …

2015 wrap-up

Hey guys; So, it's that time of the year, once again, when we wrap up all the things that occurred throughout the year. Throughout the world, perhaps what dominates the world are a series of terrorist acts, from the Charley Hebdo shootings in January to the horrifying attacks in Paris in mid November. Both major …

2014 summary

Hey guys; So, it's that time again, where the year is quickly drawing to an end. By now you might have seen news summaries of top news/events, or not, depending on news media you're following. So, 2014 has been a rather mixed year, with both good and bad events. Major events that grabbed the attention …

2013 end of year summary

Hey guys; So, it's that time again, the year end. At this time of the year, news medias are most likely doing a wrap-up of everything that has taken place throughout 2013. I felt that Christmas day is a perfect time to write the wrap-up summary, so here you go... So, it's been a long …

2012 wrap-up summary

Hey guys; So, 2012 is nearly over. Within the next few days, or next week, news sites would probably begin to wrap-up things that had taken place so far this year. So, 2012 features many events, both fun and exciting, and scary, devastating and depressing. Thhey range from the bombing of Sukhumvit 71 in Bangkok …

Summary of 2011

Here we come again, the last week of the year. Most news media are now probably doing a summary of important events that occured throughout 2011. 2011 has been a mixture of moods and events, ranging from terrifying disasters to the deaths of important people. There are few significant events, like the Earthquakes, the death …