You Wish

My heart goes to all the mourning Reds fans out there. But without the halo effect of the Vato Theorem to back them up like in '05, did you actually think they had a chance?

Random Pattern

Apparently, the divine powers somehow decided that the going rate for Indonesian air travel accidents (as mentioned in Step 5) should also be applicable for the national airline (so much for their on-going “double-checked safety” campaign on TV), not just low cost carriers. Hence the unfortunate crash landing in Yogyakarta's airport on a pristine Wednesday morning which inexplicably stretches this strange convention well into the third month of 2007. Deepest condolences all around, here’s wishing the streak to end immediately.

Anyhow, someone pointed out this pattern in the randomness of local incidents so far this year. Something about the numbers. Eerie, huh.

01.01 AdamAir disappearance into thin air.
02.02 Jakarta’s worst flood ever recorded.
02.22 Levina ferry burned at sea.
03.03 Nusa Tenggara Timur’s landslide.

07.03.07 Garuda’s Boeing 737 crashed and burned.

Any idea what’s in store for April 4th?

Another Sign The World is Coming to An End

Observe the above results carefully please.

Cream of Soul Menace as Best DJ? And Jazzy Jeff over Joachim Garraud and Trentemoeller? OMG, RnB is actually taking over the world?! Just when we thought we've had enough blings, it is still out to get you like a rabid Dubya did Saddam. House is as good as dead, and so is civilization as we know it. (I believe am speaking on behalf of everyone when I say this) will someone bring back The Savior? Ravers assemble!

Pattern in Cannes?

It’s that time of the year again, when ads need to be published ASAP to meet the deadline even though Cannes Lions is still 6 months away. Quite interestingly, Lego has kind of started a winning pattern beginning in 2005.

Cannes Lions 2005 Outdoor Grand Prix - Ogilvy & Mather Chile

Cannes Lions 2006 Press Grand Prix - FCB Johannesburg, South Africa

(What are the chances for this one in 2007?)

3 days left people, plenty of time to execute some more Lego!

Vato Theorem, My Favorite Example

Of all the facts supporting the Vato Theorem and 2004 AD as the Midpoint of Time, this particular one is simply too mind-bending.

2002 AD
- Leo Burnett Indonesia won Best of Show at local award Citra Pariwara, but the honor was recalled due to an alleged scam scandal. Therefore, no Best of Show for the year
- Bali bombing incident, exactly one day after Citra Pariwara

2003 AD
- Leo Burnett Indonesia was banned from participating in this year's Citra Pariwara. Best of Show won by Ogilvy Indonesia

2004 AD
- Leo Burnett Indonesia is back in Citra Pariwara. Somehow the Judging Committee decided there would be no Best of Show for the year
- Australian Embassy bombing incident, exactly one day before Citra Pariwara

Coincidence? If it was, why 2004 AD then.

Vato Theorem, an Introduction

Actually, this has been long time coming. Therefore this particular post will be quite long, so please bear with me or type another URL and move on with your day.

Some said that if you discover something, the sooner you publish it the better. Otherwise, someone else will stake a claim to it first, and you'll end up cursing yourself for the "loss of potential gain" for the rest of your life. And now, with this thing called blogging, obviously anyone anywhere can publicly declare anything they want, anytime. Let's see whether this medium will stand the test of time and be our testament to where thoughts can be cast in stone, erm, pixels? It has arguably proven the founder of the ":)" symbol (first recorded back in 1982, with the solid proof defined in 2002), you know.

I should have posted this sometime in 2005 though. Procrastination got the better of me, as always.

Am I loony enough to predict that the human civilization as we know it shall end sometime in the year 4008 AD? Maybe I am. Forget 2012 AD declared by the Mayans, it is 4008 AD (Note to clients/employers: you're entitled to worry about this twisted side of me :D) .

4008 AD, a simple number derived from loosely identifying pattern in chaos, mostly from highly unpredictable sports statistics (to back this sh*t up, am lucky enough to have a Biff Tannen-esque human sports almanac as a best friend). Indeed, am taking a huge risk with this theory, going against an opinion by Helen Joyce on the dangers of spotting patterns in random things.

Why 4008 AD?

Because 2004 AD is what the Vato Theorem shall define as The Midpoint of Time. The year when everything comes full circle and curses/streaks are broken. Everything returned to where it all started. Few major examples from 2004 AD in sports,

Summer Olympics returns to Athens, site of the first modern Summer Olympics in 1896

Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time since 1918, breaking the Curse of the Bambino

Detroit Pistons win NBA Finals, a rematch from 1989 when they also beat the Los Angeles Lakers for the title

New England Patriots win the Super Bowl again, after winning it for the first time in 2002

Greece beat host nation Portugal to win UEFA Euro 2004 with a 1 – 0 score, a rematch of the opening game of this tournament when they also beat Portugal with the exact same score

Also,

Michael Schumacher wins the last of his 7 F-1 titles in a row

Vijay Singh replaces Tiger Woods at the top of the world rankings, ending Woods' reign of five years and four weeks

In another note, 2004 AD was also the year another president named George Bush lead a nation at war. Deja vu?

Locally, Golkar returns to win General Election (yeah, whatever).

Coincidence, you say? Given this many examples, it's pretty doubtful. Why did all the above occurences pick 2004 AD as the moment for them to return to their original state? No other year in recorded history has this many "coincidences", I believe.

More examples to come, on this twisted prophecy.

Hereby I boldly declare that year 2004 AD was arguably the peak of humanity, hence everything has been going downhill from that moment onward. The growth of acceleration declining to zero, returning to innocence.

If am lucky enough to be cryogenically frozen sometime in the future (and this blog still exists, or in someone's back-up tape), will someone unfreeze me should we safely reach Jan 1st, 4009?