Small Mirror 小镜子

Singapore - Public toilet

新加坡 — 公共厕所

Recently noticed a small mirror in the cubical in the public toilet!

最近注意到公共厕所的隔间里有一个小镜子！

Thought the mall was so considerate that it installed small mirror in the cubical so that the toilet users could touch up their appearance after doing big business.

还以为商场那么贴心，隔间里安装了小镜子，方便上厕所的人做完大事后可以修饰一下自己的尊容。

A closer look revealed that it was installed by the Singapore Police Force.

仔细一看，发现是新加坡警察部队安装的。

The purpose is to prevent peeping toms.

目的是为了防止偷窥狂。

Since when men are also targeted by peeping toms.

曾几何时，男人也被偷窥狂盯上。

Missed the Vesak Day Ceremony 爽约卫塞节仪式

Singapore

新加坡

It is the annual three-step-one-bow day again.

又是一年一度的三步一拜的日子。

I missed the three-step-one-bow ceremony this year because I felt unwell, had a cold, and had body aches!

我因为身体不适、感冒、全身酸痛而爽约了今年的三步一拜的仪式！

Namo Amitabha.

南无阿弥陀佛。

4G 第四代

Singapore

新加坡

On May 15, 2024, the government completed the handover from the third generation to the fourth generation leadership team.

2024年5月15日，政府完成了从第三代至第四代领导团队的交接。

Witnessed by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, Lawrence Wong was sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of Singapore.

在总统尚达曼和大法官梅达顺的见证下，黄循财宣誓就任新加坡第四任总理。

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and the Prime Minister’s wife Loo Tze Liu.

总理黄循财与总理夫人吕子蕊。

Two deputy prime ministers, Gan Kim Yong and Heng Swee Keat.

两位副总理颜金勇、王瑞杰。

Not so new cabinet members.

不是那么新的内阁成员。

Many countries and regions are paying close attention to this handover ceremony in Singapore.

很多国家和地区都很关注新加坡的这场交接仪式。

M? W?

Thailand - Bangkok (Siam Paragon)

泰国 — 曼谷（暹罗百乐宫）

Blurry vision?

视力模糊？

Isn't this McDonald's?

这不是麦当劳吗？

But why is the M become W?

但为什么M变成了W呢？

Since when McDonald's become WcDonald's?

麦当劳什么时候变成维当劳了？

WcDonald's is a fictional popular fast food restaurant chain.

维当劳是一家虚构的受欢迎的快餐连锁店。

It originates from the 1981 manga and anime franchise Cat's Eye.

它源自1981年的漫画和动画系列《猫眼》。

WcDonald's first appeared in the 1983 anime adaptation's 48th episode "A Mystery for a Winter Night".

维当劳首次登场于1983年改编的动画第48集《冬夜之谜》。

On February 21, 2024, official anime and manga adaptations revolving around WcDonald's were announced by McDonald's with animation by Studio Pierrot.

2024年2月21日，麦当劳宣布将围绕维当劳进行官方动画和漫画改编，动画由 Studio Pierrot 制作。

Both the anime and manga were released on February 26, with both being an anthology miniseries made up of 4 shorts and 4 manga chapters.

动画和漫画均于2月26日发行，均为由4个短片和4个漫画章节组成的选集迷你剧。

Dragon Year, Dragon Month, Dragon Day, Dragon Hour 龙年龙月龙日龙时

Today is the third and final Dragon Year, Dragon Month, Dragon Day, Dragon Hour in 2024.

今天是2024年第三个也是最后一个的龙年龙月龙日龙时。

The first two were April 10th and April 22nd.

前面的两个是四月十日与四月廿二。

Ancient China adopted the "Gan-Zhi Calendar".

中国古代采用“干支历”。

It consists of 60 different groups of names consisting of 10 celestial stems and 12 earthly branches, used to represent the order of year, month and day, and are used cyclically in this way.

即10个天干与12个地支相配而成的60组不同名称，用来表示年、月、日的次序，如此循环使用。

Such a day must be particularly auspicious, right?

这样的日子一定特别吉祥吧？

It has no special meaning.

它没有什么特殊的意义。

This is just an interesting phenomenon of the Chinese Lunar Calendar using the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches for timing.

这只是中国农历中的一个有趣现象，农历利用天干地支来记录时间。

According to such calculation, the Year of the Rabbit has Rabbit Year, Rabbit Month, Rabbit Day, Rabbit Hour which occurred on March 10 last year; the Year of the Snake has the Snake Year, Snake Month, Snake Day, Snake Hour, and May 12 next year will be such a day.

按照这样的算法，兔年有兔年兔月兔日兔时，去年出现在3月10日；蛇年有蛇年蛇月蛇日蛇时，明年的5月12日就是这样的一天。

P/S: Forgot to tell everyone that Dragon Hour is from 7am to 9am.

注：忘了告诉大家龙时为早上7时至9时。

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Singapore - Health Sciences Authority (HSA)

新加坡 — 卫生科学局

Ten weeks have passed, it is time to donate blood again!

十周过去了，又是捐血时！

Anyone who has donated blood knows that the interval between blood donations is three months, and the earliest can only be ten weeks later.

有捐过血的人都知道捐血的间隔期是三个月，最早也只能在十周后。

Regular blood donors all have one thing in common: they automatically donate blood when the time comes.

定期捐血者都有个共同点：那就是时间一到就会像着魔般的自动去捐血。

I would jokingly call myself a blood cow, just like the dairy cow on the farm.

我会开玩笑地称自己为血牛，就像农场里的奶牛一样。

In addition to saving lives, donating blood also does more good than harm to the donor's body.

除了拯救生命之外，捐血对捐献者的身体也利大于弊。

This time Burger King is also offering discounted meal packages to blood donors.

这次汉堡王还为捐血者提供了优惠餐配套。

Green 青

Singapore

新加坡

As we all know, Singapore is a multiracial country.

众所周知，新加坡是个多元种族的国家。

Because of this, many religious beliefs have emerged.

正因如此，也衍生出多种宗教信仰。

For example, some Buddhists and Hindus do not eat beef, some Christians do not eat meat on a certain day, and Muslims do not eat pork.

例如，有些佛教徒和兴都教徒是不吃牛肉、有些基督徒在某一天是不吃肉、还有穆斯林是不吃猪肉。

Because of this, hawker centres or food courts in Singapore use colour trays to differentiate between foods.

正因如此，新加坡的熟食中心或食阁会用颜色托盘来区别食物。

There are two main colours of trays: green and brown.

托盘颜色主要分为两种：青色和褐色。

Muslims admire green colour, so the utensils and trays used for halal food are mainly green.

穆斯林崇尚青色，所以清真食物的器皿和托盘是以青色为主。

When Singapore was founded, it experienced racial riots, so the ancestors of all races cherished peace.

新加坡在开国时，曾经历过种族暴乱，所以各族祖辈们都很珍惜和平。

Respect for each other's religious beliefs is passed down from ancestors to the next generation, so Singaporeans are more disciplined when dining and do not put pork on halal utensils and trays.

尊重彼此的宗教信仰是从先辈们传承给下一代的，因此新加坡人在用餐时比较自律，不会将猪肉放在清真器皿或托盘上。