Come 0050hrs on 4 Feb 2009, the Mountain Rat (2008 Wu Zi [戊子]) is finally slowing to a halt. In fact, the Plantation Ox (2009 Ji Chou [己丑]) had already begun ploughing its way into our collective experiences since last December, or some argued even earlier coinciding with the downfall of Lehman Brothers.
The 2008 Wu Zi energy was essentially characterized by “mountain on water”. Water being a reflective medium will naturally invert the image of the mountain, thereby implying the progression from peak to valley as the second half of the year arrived. And what trail of upheavals Wu Zi had left behind, what metaphysical potencies it had revealed, what lessons it had enunciated! Amongst its multi-faceted effectuations, one thing emerged prominently was its association with the alphabets ‘M’ & ‘A’- the peak, and ‘W’ & ‘V’ - the valley.
Indeed, some of the most widely remembered events or people in 2008 all bore uncanny resemblances by carrying these initials, eg. the avalanche of troubles caused by the all-important Money, the Chinese tragedies arising out of Melamine in Milk, the onslaught of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, Alan Greenspan being relegated from Maestro to Bubble, BOA’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch, the bombing of Marriot Hotel in Islamabad, terrorist attacks at Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, closing of Woolworth’s Superstore, stampede at Wal-Mart, Madoff Investment Securities’ fraud scandal, terror suspect Mas Selamat’s embarrassing escape, billionaire Adolf Merckle’s suicide & his company VEM’s reported loss of three-digit million euros on VW stock, etc. etc..
On a lighter note, Wu Zi also witnessed the Olympic successes of Michael Phelps & his subsequent disgrace from smoking Marijuana, Madonna the Material Girl’s long prophesized divorce, Michael Jackson aka Wacko Jacko’s perpetual legal woes, Dr M‘s (Mahathir Mohamad) political antics, Money Not Enough 2’s mockery of the ERP gantries, the timely release of W - the docudrama on George W Bush, etc. etc..
To an informed eye, perhaps the Batman movie poster revealed it all:
The 2008 Wu Zi energy was essentially characterized by “mountain on water”. Water being a reflective medium will naturally invert the image of the mountain, thereby implying the progression from peak to valley as the second half of the year arrived. And what trail of upheavals Wu Zi had left behind, what metaphysical potencies it had revealed, what lessons it had enunciated! Amongst its multi-faceted effectuations, one thing emerged prominently was its association with the alphabets ‘M’ & ‘A’- the peak, and ‘W’ & ‘V’ - the valley.
Indeed, some of the most widely remembered events or people in 2008 all bore uncanny resemblances by carrying these initials, eg. the avalanche of troubles caused by the all-important Money, the Chinese tragedies arising out of Melamine in Milk, the onslaught of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, Alan Greenspan being relegated from Maestro to Bubble, BOA’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch, the bombing of Marriot Hotel in Islamabad, terrorist attacks at Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, closing of Woolworth’s Superstore, stampede at Wal-Mart, Madoff Investment Securities’ fraud scandal, terror suspect Mas Selamat’s embarrassing escape, billionaire Adolf Merckle’s suicide & his company VEM’s reported loss of three-digit million euros on VW stock, etc. etc..
On a lighter note, Wu Zi also witnessed the Olympic successes of Michael Phelps & his subsequent disgrace from smoking Marijuana, Madonna the Material Girl’s long prophesized divorce, Michael Jackson aka Wacko Jacko’s perpetual legal woes, Dr M‘s (Mahathir Mohamad) political antics, Money Not Enough 2’s mockery of the ERP gantries, the timely release of W - the docudrama on George W Bush, etc. etc..
To an informed eye, perhaps the Batman movie poster revealed it all:
The Dark Knight, courtesy of http://www.movieposter.com/poster/MPW-34547/Dark_Knight.html, and reminicences of Wu Zi, the Mountain Rat.bmp)
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