$50 Cleaning Fee - Please Do Not Throw Up On-Premise

Clarke Quay in Singapore lives up to its name to this day as the party capital of the Lion City, as well as what comes after the after-after-after-party. But first let me introduce the (meat bone tea), a favorite among party-goers needing a quick hangover fix in the wee morning hours immediately after hard boozing. This sign was posted at a famous bak kut teh place near the famed riverside night life complex. Apparently, the hangover fix doesn't work for each and every one of its earnest clientele, and could even cost unsuspecting hurlers big bucks. (Photo by ANPJ, 2017)

Beer or Babysitter?

Chimay (pronounced CHEE-may in French) is a written variant of tsimay (pronounced chee-MY in Filipino) — a derogatory term used in the Philippines to refer to a female house help — often underpaid, and typically overworked from all the cleaning, cooking, dishwashing, laundry, grocery-shopping, even babysitting duties.