What you read from the newspapers and see on TV nowadays are just bad news, horrid news and devastating news.

The world economy is suffering and some even allude our current situation to the Great Depression in the 1920s.
There is now a Singaporean who has become the first-ever victim of terrorism.
People in Thailand are in a political turmoil with no government, except a king who does nothing at all but just stays sick on his birthday .

So what's next?

Things are spiralling out of hand. Well, it's a cycle. When there's an economic boom, we know that soon, there will be a recession, and according to the "experts", this happens every 10 years (the last big recession was in 1997/1998 - the Asian Financial Crisis).
I wonder if this a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Despite these bad times, we know that the skies are clearest after the rain. We will see the sunshine after weathering the storm. We can also make these down times much better by holding on to an eternal hope, by holding on to our unchanging God in these changing times.

Cheer up, smile a little, live life for each day, worry less, support local products (helps to boost domestic consumption which can then spur our local economy), blog about happy times, soak up the great nature, smell the freshly-brewed coffee, breathe in the crisp morning air, sing a little song of grace to God, laugh at a good joke, trust in God's providence, surround yourself with good friends and supportive family members, and in no time, these crazy times will soon be over.

I'm confident it will :)