Fads in December 06

1. Singapore played China in the women's table tennis final at the Asian Games held in Doha. It was basically China: Quitters vs Stayers.

2. Goldenballs is still the top earning footballer. No longer an England international and playing occasionally at Real Madrid... he still nets 87 million pounds.

3. In fashion, we got Hugo Boss. In Venezuala, they got Boss Hugo.

4. Genting won the Sentosa IR.

5. Shevchenko is not one of Mourinho's Untouchables.. and this guy costs more then S$90 millions.

6. Augusto Pinochet, Saddam Hussein and James Brown died. Sorry to bundle the Godfather of Soul together with those tyrants.

7. Days of Being Wild is not just a cult HK movie... it's also a book about the Opposition in GE2006.

8. There is a football wonderkid. He's only 17, plays for Internacional, and he's known as... the Duck! His name just brought memories of the song, Disco Duck by Rick Dees.

9. Henry and Wenger had an alleged bust-up. Not long after, the club announced that Arsenal is not a one-man team...later, Henry admitted that, sometimes, he can be a "pig".

10. There is a serial killer in Ipswich. It not only evokes thoughts of Jack the Ripper, it also made me think fondly of footballers like Terry Butcher, Russell Osman, Arnold Muhren, John Wark under the astute management of Sir Bobby Robson. They were kings, then.

11. Fabio Cannavaro won the FIFA Player for 2006. What a joke. I think Thierry Henry deserves better.

12. Bono Vox, the lead singer of U2 is gonna be Sir Bono. Fantastic contribution towards music and humanitarian work.

13. There were mayhems of rainfall this month. We got floods, landslides, fallen trees and Japanese carps.