2007: A Recap

The year when...

Eco-friendly shopping bags for BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) Day, "I'm Not A Plastic Bag" tote bags, and Little Miss series tees were a fashion fad.

Rihanna made us chant (ella, ella, eh, eh, eh) to her "Umbrella" song; British invasion hit us with Mika and Amy Winehouse; and comeback careers for Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, the Spice Girls and Take That.

Celebrities in trouble: Christopher Lee was jailed. Benedict Goh was jailed. Paris Hilton was jailed, released and jailed. And Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse and Lindsay Lohan were in and out of rehab for god knows how many times.

Movie screens were hit with glam, glitter, feathers, camp, and kitsch (881, Hairspray, Dream Girls, Poltergay); Childhood cartoons were brought up to the screen (The Simpsons, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Chipmunks); Sequels never end (Spiderman, Pirates of the Carribean, Harry Potter, Fantastic 4, Shrek 3, Saw 4); and 'sex appeal' continues to sell (300, Lust, Caution).

China imports were banned; from toys to luncheon meat.

Back in our sunny island we were struck with tragic news like the passing of the five national dragonboaters, cases of Salmonella food poisoning, and rising cost of living (GST, ERP, taxi, food); Nevertheless, there's still the welcoming of good news like the smoking ban in nightspots, the arrival of the A380 Airbus, and the opening of Terminal 3.

Other talks of the town: Repeal 377A, bullied trishaw rider, enbloc projects, full-time national serviceman caught in Orchard Cineleisure after smuggling rifle out of camp.