THAT was the week that was.

To say it was not exactly a propitious one for women is to put it mildly.

Women behaving badly and wildly. And without the excuse of being caught unawares either. (In one case, woman was caught with pants down, see below.)

Caught Unawares

I was out of town in April and missed the unravelling of the Aware saga.

Coming in from the cold, if you'd read just a single report on it, you'd facetiously conclude we're peopled by gays and evangelicals, which is, of course, so totally erroneous.

If I may weigh in with my two cents' worth on the subject: Girls, when you feel the urge to shout 'shut up and sit down' in a hall full of people, do just that. Shut up and sit down yourself. Never make a spectacle, leave that toRay-Ban.

A word to the wise men in NGOs: Take this as a wake-up call, be very wary, the vipers in your bosom may just rise and strike you in the wazoo when you least expect it.

The World According To Oops

Chew on it, who to feel sorrier for?

The secretary or her husband or her lover, part of whose organ she accidentally bit off while they were engaged in sex in a car in a park in Singapore. All witnessed by a PI set on the couple by the suspecting husband.

How the scene - literally off the pages of The World According To Garp - occurred, the car was hit by a reversing van.

What I want to know is, who's the hot couple in the van that caused it to gostan (colloquialism for reverse) like that?

Forza Italia

We were in Rome in the time of Veronica vSilvio, Italy's billionaire media mogul turned politician.

Prime Minister Berlusconi's second wife, former actress Veronica Lario, is suing for divorce because he prefers younger women. He went to an 18-year-old's birthday party - he's always choosing bimbos for his political party.

Now Silvio wants Veronica to apologise for saying all that. When your nation's banks are intact, your scooter industry still running, and your football teams... Well, you can afford a silly season.

More Mud-slinging

More than 40 women took part in an international women's contest in Wuhan, the first of its kind in China. The women had to get down and dirty in a mud-wrestling contest, which the organisers claim is good for the skin. (SK-II, where are you?)

What I cannot fathom is, more than a billion in population, and only 40 women took part?

Aware members, where are you?

Incidentally, Quote Of The Week

'It's hellish being a woman!'

Veteran actor Yao Wenlong on cross-dressing for his new television drama series.

This article was first published in The New Paper