{"id":10985,"date":"2016-10-21T22:35:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/?p=10985"},"modified":"2016-10-21T22:35:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:35:04","slug":"2016-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/archives\/2016\/10\/21\/2016-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>WIP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I want to make it a point to do annual reviews. Next year I&#8217;ll update it every month. But this is retroactive.<\/p>\n<h3>Written<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/my-education-journey\/\">My education journey<\/a>\u00a0(discussion on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/4g2ang\/my_journey_from_underachieving_student_to\/\">reddit<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/heat-death\/\">Pondering the heat death of the universe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/sisyphus\/\">One must imagine Sisyphus LOL-ing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/baby-abandonment\/\">On baby abandonment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/blog\/realizations\/\">Realizations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visakanv.com\/sg\/sexinsmallspaces\/\">#SexInSmallSpaces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/referralcandy.com\/blog\/tshirt-marketing-case-study\">Statement origin story<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Experiences<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Postmodern Jukebox \u2013 recommend<\/li>\n<li>Muse \u2013 recommend<\/li>\n<li>India Trip \u2013 Madurai<\/li>\n<li>Sadhguru @ MBS<\/li>\n<li>Statement\u00a0showcase @ beach road<\/li>\n<li>Reservist<\/li>\n<li>started cooking (salmon, spaghetti, steak)<\/li>\n<li>August man photoshoot<\/li>\n<li>Borderlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Home improvement<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>drilled up kitchen paintings<\/li>\n<li>threw away bookshelf<\/li>\n<li>added night lights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Peopling<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>D Yap Yakun<\/li>\n<li>Poached @ Vanns<\/li>\n<li>Pool w\/ colleagues<\/li>\n<li>Coffee w\/ Prakash<\/li>\n<li>Parveen Starbucks<\/li>\n<li>Nasi padang w\/ Swe<\/li>\n<li>Jamming w\/ musos<\/li>\n<li>Breakfast at yachts with Dames\/Timmy\/bf<\/li>\n<li>post-sadghguru w\/ sis<\/li>\n<li>bro housewarming<\/li>\n<li>lunch @ frans<\/li>\n<li>t-ware dude si quan<\/li>\n<li>boss wedding!<\/li>\n<li>MIL&#8217;s graduation<\/li>\n<li>met lil&#8217; 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