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From uber awesome Wikipedia, 2010 gives us (I omitted events that will have little or no concern to me):

January
January 1 — Croatia is set to join the European Union.
January 1 - Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.
January 1 — Lithuania, and Denmark are set to adopt the euro.
January 15 — Annular solar eclipse (The longest lasting annular eclipse of the 21st century.)

February
February 12 to February 28 — 2010 Winter Olympics will take place in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

March
March 12–March 21 — 2010 Winter Paralympics scheduled in Vancouver and Whistler Canada.

April
April — International Space Station construction will be completed.

May
May — The 55th Eurovision Song Contest will be held.
May 10 — Philippine presidential election will be held to replace the incumbent President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (ineligible for re-election).

June
June 3 — This is the latest date the next UK general election can be held.
June 6 — Conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus, Jupiter 28′ south. First conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Uranus.
June 11 — Start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
June 22 — Polytikus’ birthday. Presents in advance? lol.
June 30 — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will end her nine-year term as President of the Philippines as the 15th Congress of the Philippines begins.

July
July 1 - Belgium takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Spain.
July 11 — Final Match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup scheduled to play at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg.
July 13 — Support will be cancelled for Microsoft Windows 2000, which was put on extended support in 2005.

August
August — Possible month for SNP-promised referendum about Scotland becoming independent of the UK.
August 14–26 — The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics will be celebrated in Singapore.

September
September 19 — Sweden general election, 2010: Sweden holds elections for the Riksdag.
September 22 — Conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus, Jupiter 53′ south. Second conjunction of triple conjunction Jupiter/Uranus.

October
October 3 — Brazilian presidential and parliamentary elections.
October 3–14 — The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held in Delhi, India.

November
November 2 — Elections for the United States Congress
November 19 - Publication date for the film version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

December
December 21 — Total lunar eclipse

Well, sounds like a year I would very much like to look forward to!! It’s got football and lunar eclipses and Commonwealth games. Why is everybody getting so down over this lovely year?

From today onwards in light of PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s decision to hand over his leadership to DPM Najib Abdul Razak in June 2010, we can look forward to:

… more turmoil in Umno. Yessss.
… more calamity in Barisan Nasional. Woohoo.
… weakened and whimpering BN come GE13 (unless PR fucks up, of course).
… Najib sitting quietly with this tail between his legs while PM squanders the country’s resources.
… PM siphoning money working as much as possible.
… uncertain, if not, stagnant political climate.
… uncertain, if not, stagnant economic performance.

lol.

Seriously now. It’s just another two years for the rakyat to open their eyes and for scandals to reveal themselves. More time for us to bolster up our stand against issues affecting us. And two years to advocate for change. It could well be more than a political tsunami next round. So much things can happen in two years really, and as clichéd as it sounds, the power is in our hands! Like Captain Planet. lol.

Meanwhile, Najib will be counting down the days and keep praying that Anwar, Bala, Razak Baginda et al will shut up and lead quiet lives. Sadly, this is never the case and I doubt our DPM will have restful sleep anytime soon. Meanwhile Abdullah has bought himself sufficient time to attempt in going down gracefully in Malaysian history (my Darwin, I cannot imagine writing on Malaysia’s political economy and history under Abdullah’s tenure, it will be so upsetting!) As to how graceful his exit will be, I really can’t wait to see. I might fall asleep but I’m sure many of your will nudge me to keep awake :)

I’m hopeful with Abdullah’s (or fourth floor boys’) decision! Don’t forget all the shit hit the fan during his leadership - and it will keep bubbling over and slam itself all over the walls for two more years. If that’s not exciting, I really don’t know what is. Enjoy the sandiwara guys and always ask what’s happening di sebalik tabir.

lol.

Have a good weekend, y’all. I’ll try to do up my Tioman post when I have the time! :)