The A List: Things To Know This Month

01 SPY VS SPY

Is your garage looking a little bare lately? Then head down to the new Aston Martin showroom at Leng Kee Road for a gander at the DB10 (made for the latest James Bond film Spectre) and the DB9 GT Bond Edition.

02 ON LOCATION

It’s not enough to buy a private island. Now you can choose where it goes, thanks to Amillarah Private Islands. The company offers the world’s first portable isle. Each can be built to one’s exact specifications.

03 KILLER SERVES

The World’s 50 Best Bars list for 2015 has been announced and two from Singapore made the cut: 28 Hong Kong Street (No. 7) and Manhattan at Regent Singapore (No. 35).

04 MASTER PIECES

Jaquet Droz takes dial decoration to new territory on the Petite Heure Minute Mosaic Elephant, which features 2,000 hand-selected fragments of quail eggshells in a stunning scene.

05 THE NAME PLAN

Set to open next year, the new Tsukiji fish market will be renamed “Tsukiji Uogashi”, with “Uogashi” referring to a fish market located next to water, and boasting a shiny new building.

06 CRAZY WEIGHTS

The lightest metal ever has just been invented by Aerospace Boeing, and at 99.99 per cent air, it’s 100 times lighter than styrofoam. Known as microlattice, its role in reducing the weight of spaceships will help greatly reduce fuel costs.

07 MUSICAL DELIGHTS

The ’90s theatrical hit Beauty World is returning to the stage from Nov 13 to Dec 12 with an all-new cast. Experience the locally flavoured nostalgia at Victoria Theatre, as Jeanette Aw, Janice Koh and others take to the stage.

08 POSH PAGES

Local stationery purveyors Bynd Artisan has partnered photographer John Clang for its third capsule collection. The Pencil Journal comes with Clang’s favourite Palomino Blackwing 602 pencil, while the Coffee Cup Journal doubles up as a coaster.