2016 In Review

January
6 Star Wars surpassed Avatar (North America only).

10 David Bowie died at the age of 69.
14 Alan Rickman a.k.a. Severus Snape died.

February
28 1 Leonardo Di Caprio finally won an Oscar!!!

March
13 Ankara Bombing killed 37 people.
21 Obama visited Cuba as the first president to visit in nearly century.
24 Johan Cruijff died of cancer at the age of 68.

June
3   Muhammad Ali died at the age of 74.

23 Brexit Referendum in which 52% of votes preferred to leave the EU.

July
15 A coup d'etat was attempted in Turkey but finally failed. The government of Turkey blamed the coup on Fethulah Gulen, one of well-known Turkey's politician.

October
13 King Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away.

November
4 Jakarta protest: Basuki Tjahaja Purnama considered having insulted Holy Quran.

8 Donald Trump elected as US president.


SPORTS
January
31 Djokovic beat Murray and Kerber beat Williams to win Australian Open.

March
8-13 All England Super Series Premier was held in Birmingham. Lin Dan and Nozomi Okuhara took the first place of Men's Singles and Women's Single respectively. Russia and Japan were the champion of Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles respectively while Indonesian's Paveen and Debby won Mixed Doubles.

April
25 Juventus won consecutive fifth Serie A after Napoli loss.

May
2  Leicester won Premier League after Chelsea held Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.

28 Real Madrid grabbed the 11th UEFA Champions League title after defeating Atletico Madrid in a penalty shootout on second All Madrid Final.

June
10 Portugal grabbed its first title of Euro after beating France 1-0 (a.e.t.)

27 Chile won Copa America once again after defeating Argentina (again)
19 Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Golden State Warriors 4-3 in 2016 NBA Finals.

August
5 Summer Olympics was held in Rio De Janeiro from August 5th to August 21st. USA collected     most gold medal, while Great Britain surpassed China this year.

November
So many surprises happened in F1 2016 season: Verstappen as the youngest ever winner (Spanish GP) and the retirement of the champion of this year; Nico Rosberg! Rosberg also followed his father's success in 1982.

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2015 In Review

Thank god, it is 2016! No need to chit-chat, let's get the 2015 reviewed!

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It's too bad to know that Syrian civil war and the refugee crisis is still ongoing. It's sad to hear that they were evicted from their own homeland. Well, the Yemeni Civil War also gave contribution to the crisis. For god's sake, 2015 was a terrorist year.

The aviation world was in deep grief, too. Two airlines incident means 2015 wasn't the good year, for sure.

May peace be upon us this year. Aamiin.

January - Charlie Hebdo shooting in France. It was shocking as the shooters killed 11 people.

February - Taiwanese TransAsia GE 235 crashed in Taipei killing 43 people on board. You can watch the footage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSbQ3TyaXvc

March - Lee Kuan Yiew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, the true Singapore hero, died at the age of 91.

source: channelnewsasia.com

March - Germanwings Flight 9525, a low-cost carrier owned by Lufthansa, crashed in Alps French. 

The news was really shocking since I learnt that the crash was caused by the co-pilot's suicidal tendency.

April - Nepal Earthquake killed over 9000 people. The earthquake caused an avalanches on Mount Everest and devastated some UNESCO World Heritage sites.

source: ibtimes.co.uk

June - Government Debt Crisis lead Greece to bail out referendum. The only condition to describe this bailout condition is, the day when you can't withdraw your money though you have money in bulk.

September - Chile Earthquake caused 13 people died.

November - Terrorist attacked Paris which caused 130 people killed. The attacked was so horrible, it occured when France football team beat Germany 2-0.

December - The Fed finally raised the interest rate for the first time since 2008 financial crisis.

December - Massive fire broke out at Dubai Address Hotel right before new years eve.

source: reuters.com

April - 60th Asia-Africa Conference was held for five days (21-25) with 109 Asian and African countries, 16 observer countries and 25 international organizations as delegations.

June - C-130 Hercules aircraft Crashed somewhere near a residence in Medan. All people on board and 22 people on ground got killed. I can't just imagine it; I lie in my bed when suddenly an aircraft crashed my house.

June - INA's Forest Fire. For over four months the haze had polluted several countries in ASEAN, including Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra and Kalimantan), Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, and Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines.

December - Setya Novanto resigned as House of Representatives (DPR) speaker due to a breach

of the House Ethics Code related to Freeport scandal.

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#lovewins.... (ah, forget it!)

SPORT

FIFA Corruption case was booming in 2015 when FBI arrested seven FIFA Officials in a hotel in Zurich. 

Chen Long won the All England Super Series after defeating Jan O Jorgensen in Men's Single while 

Carolina Marin won her first superseries in Women's Single.

Mayweather vs Pacquaio ("the Fight of the Century") at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Mayweather won this contest.

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Chelsea claimed their victory over Tottenham on Capital One Cup. Chelsea completed their 2014/2015 season after sealing Premier League title.

source: dailymail.uk

Arsenal won FA Cup after destroying Aston Villa 4-0.

Community Shield: Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea. In this match, Petr Cech made his competitive debut.

Bayern Munich won 2014/2015 Bundesliga

Wolfsburg won DFB pokal for the first time after beating Borussia Dortmund.

Wolfsburg won German Super Cup on penalty shoot-out against Bayern Munich.

Barcelona won 2014/2015 La Liga, Copa Del Rey, UEFA Champions League (won 3-1 against Juventus), and Fifa Club World Cup. What he hell? What a great team!

source: sports.yahoo.com

Juventus won 2014/2015 Serie A & Coppa Italia after defeating Lazio.

PSV Eindhoven won Eredivisie 2014/2015.

Chile sealed  COPA AMERICA 2015 after defeating Argentina.

source: ca2015.com

African Nation Cup: Ivory Coast won penalty shoot-out against Ghana

Asia Cup 2015 final: Australia vs South Korea. Australia won the match 2-1 and secured the title for the first time.

USA won FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 by devastating Japan 5-2.

source: globalnews.ca

International Champions Cup took place in three different countries with the result, PSG won their first title (USA venue) and Real Madrid won their third title (Australia and China venue).

SEA GAMES 2015 was held in Singapore. Thailand was the overall champions and the host successfully reached the second position (best performance).

Jorge Lorenzo won MOTO GP Series 2015 with only five points gap.

source: foxsports.com

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2014 IN REVIEW

Finally it's 2015! Below are my best reviews in 2014. Hope we get much better in 2015.

Latvia, became the first nation who join EUROZONE in 2014.

EBOLA outbreak begins in West Africa.

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Viktor Yanukovych, former Ukraine President, removed, amidst heavy riots protest. This protest lead to annexation of Crimea.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 missed around the Gulf of Siam. But, lately, in the end of March, Malaysia Airlines announced that MH370 crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.

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The South Korean ferry, MV Sewol, capsized and killed more than 200 people. This accident made the Prime Minister Jung Hong Won resigned.
Hongkong protest following the decision of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on electoral reform regarding future Hongkong Chief Executive and Legislative Council election.

Windows XP update program was ended this year. XP officially died on April 8th.

Thailand's coup after Royal Thai Army overthrew the caretaker of Thai government.

Islamic State in Iraq and Syiria (ISIS) founded. ISIS' getting stronger this year.

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Another Malaysia Airlines, MH 17 crashed near Ukraine-Russia border. All the passengers and the crews were died. The Ukrainian government didn't shoot the plane neither did the separatist rebels. As the result, Ukraine closed all the routes in the Eastern Ukraine airspace.

Fuad Masum was elected President of Iraq

Jokowi was elected as President of Indonesia.

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El-Sisi was elected as Egypt's president.

Ariel Sharon, former Prime Minister of Israel died after being in a coma for the past eight years.

One World Trade Centre opened in September 11th ground zero.

Janet Yellen succeded Ben Bernanke as a new chairman of FEDERAL RESERVE (The Fed).

It's a 25th anniversary of Berlin wall and Tiananmen Square massacre.

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Such a grimp year for aviation. Indonesia Air Asia flight disappeared en route to Singapore from Surabaya. It crashed around Karimata Strait.

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SPORT

2014 Winter Olympic was held in Sochi, Russia.

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Luis Aragones, former SPAIN national team coach, died on the first day of February. He won the UEFA EURO 2008 Cup with the team. That moment became the beginning of Spain's success recently.

Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid's legend, died at the age of 88 due to cardiac arrest.

Zanetti and Veron announced their retirement this year.

Eusebio, a Protuguese legend, died in the age of 71.

Real Madrid won Copa Del Rey Barcelona 2-1. Real Madrid finally made their 'La Decima' dream come true. They beat Atletico Madrid in UEFA Champions League final.

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Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Ajax Amsterdam, Manchester City, PSG, Juventus won the league.

Amazing FIFA World Cup 2014! Germany was the best in this tournament; devastating Brazil 7-1 and becoming the champion for the fourth time.

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All England 2014 result gave a great memory for Indonesia; Tontowi and Liliyana made their hattrick (3 years in a row) while Ahsan and Hendrawan was successful in destroying Japanese couple.

David Stern, former of commissioner of NBA, resigned on February 1. He'd been making name for NBA.

Wimbledon Championship's titles were won by Novak Djokovic in men's single and Petra Kvitova in women's.

image source: sportsworldnews.com

San Antonio Spurs defeated Miami Heat in 2014 NBA Finals with 4 wins.

ASIAN GAMES 2014 Incheon with China as the champion collected 151 gold medal.

Marc Marquez won Moto GP twice in a row.

Lewis Hamilton became the champion of F1 this season. Been a great year for Marcedes, too.

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2013 IN REVIEW

Thank god we can enjoy this 2013 beautifully! 2013 is very special to me, because Allah granted all my wishes. What about you guys? I hope you get what you want for this year. BTW, I have some momentous moments for 2013 that I will never forget. Here they are:

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Bayern Munich was at the best performance! They grabbed treble winner (Bundesliga, UEFA Champions league, & DFB Pokal) and brought UEFA Super Cup home. It's not over, in December, they won FIFA Club World Cup 2013 in Morocco after destroying Raja Casablanca 2-0.

Barcelona, Manchester United, Paris Saint-German (PSG), Juventus, and Ajax Amsterdam finished at the top of league table season 2012/2013.

Atletico Madrid, Wigan, SS Lazio, Bordeaux, and AZ Alkmaar won the league cup.

This year was the saddest moment in soccer world; David Beckham, Jamie Carragher, Sylvain Petrov, Michael Owen, Deco, Jupp Heynckness, and Sir Alex Ferguson retired. FYI, I've been happy watching their skill for years, yes, they made my childhood fascinating.

BRAZIL was the host of Confederation Cup 2013. They beat Spain in final 3-0 as Neymar was the best player of the competition.

Persipura Jayapura was the best team in Indonesia Super League 2013.

Miami Heat won the NBA season 2013 after beating San Antonio Spurs.

Sebastian Vettel is  the youngest F1 racer ever to win the season 4 times within 6 years, how amazing!

Lance Armstrong, the greatest TOUR DE FRANCE biker, admitted his doping scandal during his participation in competition. This case turned his best career into worst one.

Rafael "King of Clay" Nadal and Serena Williams were ranked no.1 in World Tennis Ranking.

Andy Murray won Wimbledon Championship and was the first British to win it since 1936.

SEA GAMES, a biennal multi-sport event, was held in Myanmar and will be in Singapore the next two years. Indonesia took home all the gold medals in badminton of SEA GAMES 2013 Myanmar.

Tantowi-Liliyana defended their title at the All England Cup 2013.

Ahsan and Hendra grabbed the WBF Championship 2013 in Guangzhou, China,so did Tantowi and Liliyana.

Marc Marquez succeeded to be the first rookie who win MOTO GP (2013).

Chris John retired as a professional Indonesian boxer after lost against Simpiwe Vetyeka from South Africa.

INTERNATIONAL

In the beginning of 2013, Barrack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of US.

Park Geun-Hye became South  Korea's first woman president.

Hugo Chavez, Margaret Tatcher, and Nelson Mandela died. They had been a great leader this century.

Maduro was the new president of Venezuela replacing Chavez. 

Salam Fayyad, Palestine's Prime Minister since 2007 resigned and was succeeded by Rami Hamdallah. Hamdallah firstly tendered his resignation two weeks after he occupied the position. But then, he returned to his position.

BOSTON BOMBING shocked the marathon participants and caused 3 people died.

Kaesong Industrial Region, a collaborative economic development between Korea DPR and South Korea, was closed as the tension between them grew. On 16 September, this area was reopened.

Military coup d'etat happened in Egypt with President Morsi as a victim. It's just getting worse just like Syria crisis. The UN even made a thorough investigation of a biologist weapon used in Syrian civil war.

Typhoon Haiyan hit Phillipines and left thousands people died.

My Chemical Romance, an American Rock Band, broke up on arch this year. But don't worry! There will be the last great album from them in 2014.

Meteorite fell in Chelyabinsk, Russia and luckily there aren't casualties.

Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed killing thousands people.

Demonstrators (Protester) struck for insisting on Yingluck Shinawatra to resign. As a consequence, election was held earlier.

Tony Abbot was elected as the Prime Minister of Australia.

Pope Benedict XVI resigned and was succeeded by Pope Francis from Argentina. He became the first non-European Pope since Pope Gregory III, 1272 years earlier.

US Government shutdown due to an argument between Republican (House of Representative) and Democratic Senate in an effort to bring the "Obamacare" passing the Senate and the House. 

Willem-Alexander became the king of Netherland this year.

Rouhani was elected as the president of Iran, preceded by Ahmadinejad.

Edward Snowden, a former CIA and NSA employee, began to reveal the classified NSA documents to several media. 

Obama shook Raul Castro's hand at a memorial service for Nelson Mandela.

Paul Walker, main actor of Fast and Furious series, died because of car accident.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, developer of AK-47, died on December 23th.

INDONESIA

I don't know what to say, this year full of corruption and bribery scandal. The Supreme Court, the governor, politicians, and bankers are involved in this case, what a shame!

Sinabung, a volcano in Sumatera, errupted and made the refugees celebrate the christmas in camp.

Australia was claimed  taping Indonesian government's phone.

Lion Air crashed in Denpasar, Bali. The plane crashed into shallow coastal sea and broken into two parts. There aren't casualties.

Batavia went bankrupt in the beginning of this year.

The 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting was held in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.

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2012 IN REVIEW

Finally, 2012 has elapsed. There were so many events we had experienced. Some of them would be always remembered. Some of them were considered momentous because of the popularity for people in the world. I myself have some preferences to be considered as an important events for 2012:

SPORTS:

1.      Some of my favorite teams were successful to be a champion of season 2011/2012: Real Madrid (Liga BBVA), they even broke a record to be a team with most goals scored and a team with most points of all time in La Liga. Ajax Amsterdam (KPN Eredivisie) finally was a champion after they finished in 6^th position in half-season.

2.      Manchester City (MC),champion of FA Premiership, had better luck than Manchester United (MU) in this season. After beating MU in both leg 1 and leg 2, MC  finished with the same point as MU; 89. But MC had more goal scored than MU.

3.      Juventus made a new record as the only invincible team in Serie A and finished as a champion with 84 points. Dortmund showed their supremacy of Bayern Munich for two years in a row after grabbed a Bundesliga title. Dortmund even succeeded in achieving both Bundesliga and DFB Pokal trophy.

4.      Congratulation to Montpellier! They could grab a French Ligue 1 title vigorously. It’s not easy to be a champion because there was a great competitor with  full ammunition; Paris Saint Germain.

5.      Chelsea, grabbed their first trophy in UEFA Champion League 2011/2012 after defeating the host, Bayern Munich! It made them as the first team from London who can win this competition. But then, they lost their power after Atletico Madrid (champion of Uefa Cup) beat them 4-1 in UEFA Supercup.

6.      Spain grabbed their 3^rd title of EURO CUP after defeating Italy 4-0. They also made a new record as a team who could be a champion twice in a row.

7.      Zambia gave Ivory Coast an unforgettable nightmare in Africa Cup final stage, February this year. FYI, Zambia was a new champion in this competition.

8.      Chorintians, a champion of Copa Libertadores 2012, beat Chelsea 1-0 in a tremendous final stage of FIFA Club World Cup 2012.

9.      Mexico claimed gold for Men Football in 2012 London Olympic after smashed Brazil 2-1.

10. United States, claimed a gold medal for Woman Football cup in 2012 London Olympic.

11. Singapore succeeded in making them as a champion of AFF Cup with most trophies after drowning Thailand with 3-2.

12. Sriwijaya FC was successful in grabbing both Indonesia Super League and Indonesia Inter Island Cup 2012.

13. London 2012 Olympic was the best Olympic to me although Indonesia claimed no gold medal this year. The US was the best team in this Olympic followed by China. Don’t forget about Jamaica! The country ruled the running track.

14. Michael Phelps was considered as the most successful Olympian of all time with 18 gold medals.

15. Miami Heat was a champion of NBA for this season.

16. Sebastian Vettel  was considered as the youngest F1 racer who could be the number one in a season three times in a row.

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17. Jorge Lorenzo was the number one of Moto GP 2012.

18. Lance Armstrong’s scandal brought him to the   fall of his career. His previous title were removed.

19. Indonesia retrieved their gold medal this year in All England. Tontowi/ Liliyana made it!

INTERNATIONAL:

1.      Syrian crisis along this year seemed not to come to the end.

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2.      Norodom Sihanouk, former king of Cambodia, died at age of 89 years old

3.      Barrack Obama was elected to be the president of USA for a second time.

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4.      Neil Armstrong, the first man walking in moon, died at age of 82 years old

5.      Windows 8 was released this year.

6.   The Dark Knight Rises Premiere in USA was attacked by a gunman and killed some people. There was also an Indonesian wounded.

7.      Sandy storm attacked Manhattan several days before president election.

8.      Bopha storm in Philippines killed hundreds people.

9.      Newsweek released its last print issue due to the developing of technology. Newsweek will focus on digital edition next year.

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10.  Euro crisis and the increasing of unemployment rate in some countries (especially Spain) colored the world’s economic condition.

11.  Francois Hollande was elected as a new Prime Minister of France.

12. North Pole had the worst shrinkage this year and threatening most animals there.

13. Psy’s Gangnam Style influenced the world by its phenomenal dance. Its video recently had been the most-viewed-video in Youtube with more than 1 billion viewers.

14. Palestine finally got their new status, that is a non-observer country in the United Nations (UN). In a voting held in UN headquarter, New York, only 9 countries said no including Israel.

15. Marvel’s The Avenger was the most successful movie this year followed by The Dark Knight Rises.

16. Walt Disney bought “Lucasfilm”. As we knew, Lucasfilm was known for its Star Wars.

17. “Innocence of Moslem”, a film by a Jewish, rose moslem’s rage over the world. This film was supposed to insult Prophet Mohammed.

18. Rohingya conflict in Myanmar made a number of moslem evicted from there.

19. US “Fiscal Cliff” had been the most popular economic issue this end of the year.

Well, I hope this 2013 everything will be better. I have some plans this year and I hope I can make them happen. Last, I wish the world would be more peaceful and I wish there would be more people aware of environment issue.

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