• Read 7 issues of the New Yorker (highlights)
• Attended 6 events:
  • TEDx NTU 8 Oct 2016 (highlights)
  • 3 SheSaysSG
    • 26 Jan 2016 ‘Make it happen’
    • 23 Mar 2016 ‘The Best Piece of Advice Ever’
    • 20 April 2016 ‘SXSW2016 recap’
  • 28 July 2016 Adobe Symposium in SG (highlights)
  • 17 Nov 2016 FinTech week at Visa innovation lab
• 8 concerts & shows:
  • 5 March 2016 Singapore Jazz Festival (pictures)
  • 19 March 2016 Garden Beats at Fort Canning (pictures)
  • 11 May 2016 Shakespeare in the Park (pictures)
  • 24 May 2016 Comedy Masala at Hero’s
  • 28 May 2016 French animation festival (Moomins on the Riviera)
  • 16 Sep 2016 Singapore F1 GP with Kylie (pictures)
  • 29 Oct 2016 WTA Finals Singapore (pictures)
  • 11 Dec 2016 Nutcracker at Esplanade (pictures)

• saw/visited 3 exhibitions/museums:
  • 23 April 2016 Art Happy – lovely discoveries that make me want to buy Art! (pictures)
  • 24 April 2016 – Gaumont: 120 years of cinema at the National Design Centre http://voilah.sg/gaumont-120/ crap exhibition without English transation for Singaporean 😦 (pictures)
  • 29 April 2016 – After Hours at National Gallery (pictures)
• discovered 3 podcasts
  • Millennial by American-Singaporean Megan Tan about coming of age and navigating your 20s. Awesome insights into understanding the generation most coveted by marketers
  • Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell. Revisionist History goes back and reinterprets something from the past: an event, a person, an idea. Something overlooked. Something misunderstood
  • 99% invisible by Roman Mars. 99% Invisible is about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world
• Tried 15 restaurants in 7 days at Singapore restaurant week(s) 19-26 March and 22-30 October 2016. No suspense, the clear winner is still OCF
  • 19-26 March 2016 
    • 33 Cuppage Terrace Trattoria on Orchard – don’t bother
    • Lewin Terrace, Japanese french fusion, colonial house Fort Canning park – good but a bit snob
    • OCF (Olivia Cassivelaun Fancour): FAVORITE, FAVORITE, FAVORITE
    • Prive Grill on Keppel island – nice change of scenery for ending the weekend
  • 22-30 October 2016
    • La Brezza (at St Regis) Italian prosecco brunch
    • OCF (Olivia Cassivelaun Fancour) never disappoints
    • La Nonna, Italian in Bukit Timah
    • Il Lido (Sofitel Sentosa)
    • Wooloomooloo
    • Kuvo on Orchard – nice hidden gem for pre-movie dinner
    • Osteria Art in Raffles Place – deserve another try for the Art Deco atmosphere and happy hour
    • Caffe B at MBS
    • Tarata bistro – must go back destination
    • The Disgruntled Brasserie
    • Vineyard at HortPark (Keppel) – nice for ending the weekend in greenery
• Discovered
  • 21 Feb 2016 – a walk through Tiong Bahru (pictures) + Foodie Market Place on 225 Outram Rd, Singapore 169038
  • 28 Feb 2016 – social market at Open Farm Community (pictures)
  • 14 Aug 2016 – Bollywood Veggies (pictures)
  • 21 August 2016 – Discovering Pasar Bella at Grand Stand during the Pokemon Go weekend
  • Black Swan on Cecil Street (after talking about it for 3 years!) – Love the Art Deco ambiance and great selection of food & wine
  • Sunday brunch at the Ritz Carlton – super indulging in the freshly restored Colony
  • France in Singapore:
    • Café gourmand at Paul (3 mini deserts to go with your coffee when you’re too full for a full-size desert but want to end on the sweet side) 
    • Your age at the bottom of Duralex glasses (at Elements on Cecil Street)
      

      
• Traveled to 11 countries:
  • started 2016 in Melbourne (discovering the great ocean road, Yarra Valley, spa area)
  • Malaysia (CNY in Cameron Highlands, Easter in paradisiac Perhentian Islands, Labour day in Malacca)
  • India (Mumbai for work twice)
  • Indonesia (Jakarta for work)
  • France (home twice)
  • Fiji for my big birthday
  • Cambodia (getting the hubby to discover the magic of Angkor wat)
  • Myanmar (Yangoon and Bagan temples)
  • Korea (Seoul for work)
  • Hong Kong (for work)
  • Lao to finish the year in peace and calm (Vientiane, Pakse and Vat Phou Khmer temple, Luang Prabang)

Finally understood how blockchain works in this great TED talk