Summer 2006 : A Reflection

I don't remember mid-2006 well. I had a meltdown in McDonalds (or a Burger King, don't remember which) and on my 4th birthday I crapped myself and got a Sesame Street coloring book, but that's about it.

I don't remember Mid 2006 being too eventful for me personally. One thing that does comes to mind though when I think back on the era is the 2006 World Cup. The Socceroos had qualified for the World Cup for the first time in almost 30 years, so there was a huge amount of anticipation for the World Cup. This was a big deal at the time, because football was only just starting to gain public acceptance in the country and it was still trying to overcome the hurdles that had held the sport back for the past century.

The Daily Telegraph held a competition during the tournament where you could collect medallions of each member of the squad in each issue of the newspaper. I got my own collectors case (which I still have), but I didn't go down to the newsagencies often enough to actually collect the little medallions. Australia went pretty well during the World Cup. We actually progressed to the Round of 16, but unfortunately, we were knocked out by Italy in a close-match. I had wanted to watch the match, but it was on during the early hours of the morning and I had school that day as well.

Here in Asia, this game, O2Jam, was HUGE among kids and teens. The game lasted from 2005 to 2009, but it truly became a huge fad some time in the summer of 2006.

The Philippines. Do we have a thread asking people where they're from? Perhaps we could compare experiences across geographies.

O2Jam? I don't know ha.