The year finally ends in two days, and while we can't wait to be done with it, we feel it's only right to give it a proper send-off. Let us take a moment to remember all the appalling quotes, passing food fads and other head-shaking moments before we say so long to 2016 in Singapore.

1. We got a self-driving taxi you could order on Grab. Then lost it.

 

2. Two gritty Singaporean films had their premiere at Cannes.

 

3. Les Miserables lost a same-sex kiss. So did Rent.

 

4. Amos Yee went to jail again, then filed for asylum in the US.

 

5. Singapore became home to the world’s first Michelin-starred hawker stall—which promptly re-fashioned itself as an air-conditioned restaurant.

 

6. Manhattan became Asia’s best bar.

 

7. Thanks to Team Lab, everyone and their mom’s Facebook profile picture looked something like this.

 

8. Block parties jumped the shark from indie to mainstream.

 

9. After documentaries, hashtags, memory crowdsourcing, last-party-this and last-party-that, a running event, a market and dozens of other money-making campaigns, Zouk finally moved homes.

 

10. We lost a brain cell or two in the themed cafe bonanza.

 

Photo credit: Mothership

11. We got a long overdue crash course in why black/brownface is racist.

 

Photo credit: Mothership

12. And why trashing people’s food is whack.

 

13. Pokemon Go fever revealed our true national priorities.

 

14. Scalpers ruined Coldplay.

 

15. SIFA opened with a heavily censored photo exhibition.

 

16. Someone put salted egg yolk in a croissant, and the world came to a screeching halt.

17. PM Lee took some selfies in Washington DC.

 

18. And fainted back at home.

 

19. An MP told us we’ve been having sex all wrong.

 

20. The government cracked down on international companies “meddling in local politics” after the biggest Pink Dot ever.

 

21. We were warned against “walking time bombs”.

 

22. This guy named Schooling won some type of thing.

 

23. Facebook philistines ruined M1 Fringe Festival.

 

24. Amoy Street won Singapore nightlife with a new craft beer bar, Employees Only, a block party and more.

 

25. Uniqlo fans died and went to heaven.

 

26. This became the most coveted fashion accessory in Singapore.

 

27. Singapore got a visit from Zika.