Thank god, it is 2016! No need to chit-chat, let's get the 2015 reviewed!
surce: Telegraph.co.uk
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.
source: aws-dist.brta.in
#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.
source: en.wikipedia.org
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
