| On a personal front, 2006 is the year that |
- my love of reading (and hence purchasing of books) had been ultimately rekindled beyond the point of no return;
- anime DVDs started to make an appearance in my stack of precious DVDs and VCDs;
- I seriously under-rate myself and am not as invisible as I think I am at times;
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tormented tested me mentally; - I finally took a long break from the working world;
- I kissed goodbye to an amount of cash that was enough to pay for a tour to Europe since I was careless enough to lose a credit card and not notice it gone until almost 4 days later;
- I also lost my dear Sony Erisson T610 along with a hefty amount of contacts with it... but managed to get a free replacement in the form of a Sony Ericsson K510i since dad decided to coin it as a Christmas present... and besides, he got it cheap during his working trip to the US of A *muchos gracias dad*; and
- some of my closest friends got married and a few became (or will be becoming) parents.
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| In the world of sports, 2006 is the year that |
- the World Cup took place in Germany, the Italians won the coveted cup despite the high-profile Serie A corruption scandal taking center-stage back home, while Zinedine Zizou Zidane (in his retirement year and match) did the most unfathomable thing by butting Materazzi with his head during the finals match;
- Andre Agassi took a bow out from the world of tennis;
- the legendary Michael Schumacher, seven-time winner of the F1 GP driver's championship, announced his decision to retire from racing... while Alonso proved his mettle by winning the driver's championship for the second year in a row.
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| And as for other things in general, 2006 is the year that witnessed |
- a continued occurence of suicide bombings in various places around the world, as the fight against terrorism rallies on;
- the ousting of Thaksin Sinawatra as Prime Minister from our neighbouring country of Thailand;
- the worst flooding in a century in the southern regions of West Malaysia;
- Asia being literally cut out from the rest of the Internet world when two major cables in the sea (linking Asia to US and hence the world since there is no major direct link going through Europe) were damaged due to a post-Christmas earthquake in Taiwan;
- a circus of a court trial against Saddam Hussein in Iraq which resulted in his hanging *it was a matter of time, a highly inevitable event* on the eve of Aidiladha (Dec 30)... bringing about the divided reactions from leaders and civilians around the world.
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