At the 1885 house of spice merchant Tan Yeok Nee, newly restored and open to the public in Singapore. This carp serves as a gutter on a rainy day.

National Orchid Garden, Singapore

What, you may ask, is in Annex 1? Here are the key sections:

Here is the key provision (translation by ChatGPT).

Not qualified to say much about the Beijing parade, but if you ask clarinets that have been out in the heat for hours to do a high C to D trill with RH key, you’re asking for intonation problems. And that’s what they got. Also noteworthy that they didn’t standardize the ligatures.

Taipei metro goes 100 times farther than NY subway before a breakdown, on average.
(Source: Singapore Land Transit Authority cited in Straits Times)

Burger King Japan collaborating with the Sumo Association on this burger. (1,876 calories, per Nikkei)

I bought the magazine Ikkojin 一個人for the first time last month for its feature on Japan’s ancient history and they did a fine job. Sad to see that its final issue has come out today.

Nine of 65 — if you count Shigeru Yoshida four times. I wonder if Economist will fix this statement, which is likely based on confusion from expressions such as 第100代総理大臣. This refers to the number of times the Diet has selected a new PM, not the number of separate individuals to hold the post.

When I last visited Vietnam many years ago, I can assure you it didn't look anything like this. Stu Woo and Jon Emont tell how the nation has prospered on trade, and why it's all at risk owing to you-know-what. Free link: www.wsj.com/world/asia/i...

Plumeria プルメリア