2007: year of upheavals

as september slowly draws to a close i am rapidly coming to the conclusion that 2007 is going to end up as an unusually disruptive year for me and my friends — in more ways than i'd care to count. i'm not sure about what's going to happen in the next 3 months, but if events in the last eight and a half months are any indication, something is bound to happen soon that will jolt us out of our system — again.

a few things that appeared rock-solid and firmly entrenched only a year ago have lately revealed themselves as nothing more that frothy structures built on a pile of sand: they looked nice and strong in the distance, but were easily swept away by a surge of incoming waves.

a couple of friends have been more or less led by events to end their long-term relationships (a third one is threatening to burst from external pressure) and it's causing a lot of havoc in their lives. another friend is about to migrate after years of staunchly resisting the idea of leaving the country. several chums have switched jobs or relocated somewhere else. i know this is not necessarily a bad thing and i wish them the best, but the change in pattern takes a while to get used to.

in fact, things that seemed ludicrous or unimaginable only a few months ago are now becoming commonplace that if somebody were to inform me right now that he or she is going to undergo a sex reassignment surgery i don't think i'd even blink (although i'd probably ask "when?"). well, i'm sure you get the drift.

i don't know what it is with 2007 that provoked these changes. it could be due to some planetary mis-alignment or maybe a combination of meta-physical forces that's keeping things out of whack. you tell me. frankly, i'm running out of explanations and i can't wait until this year is over so i can see what else 2008 can throw at me.