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For a limited time, the MACCHA HOUSE cafe in Kyoto will be collaborating with Sanrio’s well-loved apathetic egg, Gudetama!
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It looks like it belongs in Japan, but it’s another Asian country that’s laid claim to the delicious-looking sweet.
This Singaporean ad shows that there’s nothing more unbearable than rubbing down beautiful ladies all day.
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Singaporeans remember David Bowie fondly, as well as his 1980s documentary in which the Southeast Asian city-state appeared.
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