A year of learning and lessons

I still recall ushering in 2016. I was in Kuala Lumpur with friends and after a night of merriment punctuated by the burst of fireworks I remember telling myself that 2015 had passed really fast and I hope 2016 will go slower. But 2016 was even more brisk.??????

This last one was indeed a momentous year for Malaysia and the world. And we've witnessed a lot, including a slowing global economy, Brexit, the election of Donald Trump as United States President, a failed military coup in Turkey, terrorist attacks in Brussels, Paris and Berlin and the demonetisation of 84% of India’s currency in circulation.