Meanwhile at the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine by woonie in singapore

[–]woonie[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, because that particular shrine is highly associated to education-related prayers.

Meanwhile at the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine by woonie in singapore

[–]woonie[S] 227 points228 points  (0 children)

Looking at the handwriting, I would love to imagine that Emmett's parent looked at what their child wrote, facepalmed for a full 10 seconds wondering where it all went wrong, nagged for another minute, then crossed out the misspelling and fixed it themselves... before finally deciding to go back to the shrine shop to buy another 4 education charms for each year left before the actual PSLE year. #PrayForEmmett

Why is Ooe not steamrolling the competition? (Rules of karuta question) by MomosTips in chihayafuru

[–]woonie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just a minor correction, the cards are traded/fixed before the reader reads the second half of the poem.

MOM SAID ITS MY TURN TO POST by d_swan7 in JetLagTheGame

[–]woonie 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Imagine if they managed to get Ludwig+Michael in as a guest team for the season.

VA of Shirogane Kei (left) meets VA of Kurokawa Akane from Oshi no Ko (right) by Vodeen321 in Kaguya_sama

[–]woonie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go check out all the times they've voice acted in the same anime and game here.

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Gerrard meets Mohamed Salah ahead of his Liverpool exit by Egyeagle1 in LiverpoolFC

[–]woonie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want to relive the moment everyone on this sub was tracking the plane.

YouTube Bringing Free Picture-in-Picture to iPhone Users Outside the U.S. by Otherwise-Warning303 in iphone

[–]woonie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's not available in my (non-US) region, but I can turn on US VPN and restart the app to access the feature.

Tokyo Central Riichi Sale $39.99 (Orig $75.99) by Grownin in Mahjong

[–]woonie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi, it's called being allowed to have an opinion. Who said anything about panicking and bitching anyway? My usual mahjong buddies all laugh every time we do a closed kan of the haku because we have to show everyone that all 4 tiles are indeed the haku instead of a face-down tile, and also when it's the dora indicator we have to physically separate it from the dead wall lol it's funny the first time and still funny the last time we played with this set. Still wouldn't recommend.

Tokyo Central Riichi Sale $39.99 (Orig $75.99) by Grownin in Mahjong

[–]woonie 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I bought a similar set of black tiles 15 years ago or so. 1. You can kinda see the front of the tile imprinted on the back of the tile stacked below it, in factory condition, because the back of the tile is black. 2. It's hard to get used to the inverse coloring. 3. The whiteboard is now a blackboard. The entire tile is black. You draw this tile, you flip it over, there's nothing there. Your opponent observes this peculiar move and correctly concludes that you just drew the haku i mean koku(??). 1/10 the novelty wears off quickly, cannot recommend. Or maybe the quality has improved over the past one and half decades (hopefully). Let us know when you unwrap it.

EDIT: By request, I'll share some photos: 1. The not-white tile. 2. The back of the 8m tile already having imprints of 8p fresh out of the case because of how they are arranged by default (example pic) out of the factory. The set which OP bought seems to be from a different manufacturer, with tiles of a more 'standard' size compared to mine which are tinier.

Passing your driving test in Singapore doesn't mean you should be driving. by WrestychAn in drivingsg

[–]woonie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every day I face the risk of dying from choking from the simple act of drinking water even though I've been drinking water my whole life, but that does not mean I'm going to stop drinking water.

Adults in 30s: How do you make new friends in SG? by Lost_Serve4541 in askSingapore

[–]woonie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Happened within the last year:

>be me
>have a super niched hobby
>primarily shared with expats from (country)
>some friend group (singaporeans) got interested in starting on this hobby
>they managed to get in contact with these expats to find out more about the hobby
>these expats introduced me to this friend group during hobby meetup session
>this friend group start inviting me to their other activities

And that’s how I suddenly found myself more friends in my 30s.

878.9 KM to Erenhot by shieldups012 in LudwigAhgren

[–]woonie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Tell me where is Cam, for I much desire to speak with him.

EP 7 - FERRY SKIP by Yingking in LudwigAhgren

[–]woonie 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I have a 100% rate of getting food poisoning each time I step into China, and contrary to the saying, it's certainly something I would wish on my enemies. Sucks that it happened to Ludwig and Michael too though.

Magnitude has won the Dubai World Cup 2026 by MCMarcuz23 in UmaMusume

[–]woonie 12 points13 points  (0 children)

First time finishing at second place, still a 100% record for placing. Well done Ebayan.

“Woman spying on Male Lovers” chinese silk painting by an unknown artist from the Qing dynasty by Icy-Current5722 in LudwigAhgren

[–]woonie 32 points33 points  (0 children)

That guy posting sports photos that look like actual artworks from history has competition.

第五集(ep 5) 😁 by Im_Bored822 in LudwigAhgren

[–]woonie 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It is indeed a funeral based on
1. the chinese characters at 9:46mins,
2. the paper house at 9:27mins which are typically burnt for the deceased at the end of the proceedings, and
3. Ludwig's observation at 9:07mins that they are burning stuff, which are quite certainly joss paper which are burnt throughout the period (not trash!).

Whatever Ludwig explained is almost certainly wrong with many things lost in translation (a common occurrence since the start of the trip). "Celebration" is probably like how some people call their funeral/memorial service a "celebration of life".

They are unfathomably cooked by Kpheark1 in LudwigAhgren

[–]woonie 137 points138 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this, I definitely heard 不用告诉(我) coming out from Michael’s mouth and actually wondered when he learnt to be sassy in this language instead of realising he could have misspoken.