2009 - a difficult year

the year of ox just started, and there are already so many bad news among my friends..

1. a friend's car got a flat tire on the first day of the year of ox, and then after she fixed it, on the next day, the window of her car got smashed by someone...

2. a bunch of friends got laid off last month.

3. a friend's house just got broken into less than 2 hours ago...

4. a friend's father's car was stolen this morning, and his own car was stolen last month.

5. a friend's immigration application is in trouble and may have to leave the country soon.

6. a friend is being bugged by relationship issue now.

7. a friend of my brother got mugged a couple of weeks ago.

8. not to mention the awful trouble i am having with my current project...

this is 2009, the year of ox..