It’s the end of the road for 2008. Goodbye Samurai Girl, Edison Chen and your photos, and of course goodbye to George W. Bush. Special thanks to Beijing Olympics, the cast of Hana Yori Dango, and Barrack Obama. You’ve been great!

If this year was good to you, then you’ll probably look back on it with fond memories. If this was a rough year for you, I’m talking to you American economy, then it’s a good thing 2008 is just about over. As a wise turtle once said, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.” (5 points to the first person who correctly guess where that’s from.)

Anyway, starting today, Ningin will be doing a 5-Day End of the Year Review special. We’ll look at the top artists, movies, tv shows, music videos, photos, songs, websites, and more from 2008. We’ll also look at who’s been naughty and who’s been nice because we like to label and categorized people. As usual, we create a special page for all this stuff:

I would have to say Ningin did pretty good this year. Our social news section was finished in January, blogs in March, forums in May. If you told me in May that we would get to do video interviews with Wonder Girls and BoA, I would’ve of told you thanks for being wildly optimistic. Somehow, that became true. We also covered some big events like New York Anime Festivals, Chuseok Festival, and even put together our own big event, Rebuilding the Bridge. Out of all the cool things we did, I’m kinda most happy about our blog staff. We went from 0 to 18 bloggers and contributors, each adding their own diverse writing style, personality, and experience. And it’s always fun to make friends, something we’re fortunate to do a lot of this year, having fun and making friends. It seems like Ningin is becoming a community for Asian Media after all.

As for 2009, let’s just say expect more video interviews, more big events, and more cool features.

Thanks again to all those that help Ningin grow this year, bloggers, users, and even the people who read Ningin but don’t want to register.