The Year In Perspective

As always, before ushering in a new year, I love to do a recap of the past year by noting down all the movies I've watched (knowing through my collection of movie tickets), a music hits chart and highlighting some big news/events that shook our life.

HIGHLIGHTS 2006

• Mall explosion: VivoCity, Velocity@ Novena Square, Centerpoint, Raffles City Marketplace, Marina Square, Giant & Courts (Tampines)
• NYP Tammy sex video
• Where celebrities say the darnest thing: Zoe Tay's "I Swallow" & Mavis Hee's "Call Me God!"
• Where celebrities do the darnest thing: Christopher Lee's drink & drive accident; Britney Spears's divorce with K-Fed and "going commando".
• Seoul Hour: Jewel In The Palace, Princess Hours
• Football Fever: World Cup
• Superstar Fever: Singapore Idol 2, Project Superstar 2, SuperBand, Campus Superstar, The Dancefloor
• Higher cost of living: increase in bus fares, taxi fares, GST...
• Opening of the next big club - St. James Power Station.
• General Election
• Death of tyrants: Suddam Hussein, Ah-Hao (Huang Na's murderer)
• IMF World Bank meetings
• NTU Professor saga
• Bad haze
• Bad floods
• Passing away of soul legend, James Brown
• Passing away of crocodle hunter, Steve Irwin.
• Crocs shoes accidents
• Death during sleeps