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Teumassa

(TUE) May 13th, 2025

8:26 p.m. As i asked Gemini a few questions about the past Victoria Mile Cup in my vain attempt to save time even for a little, Gemini responded me a returning a confusing answer.

My questions were about horses that performed well to finish above third place in Victoria Mile Cup in the last 10 years, and Gemini displayed a list of horse names confidently. The list was in ascending order (well taught!) but at the end of the list that referred to 2024, there was a name I didn't recognize.

Huh? Teumessa? My waining memory tells me the top three of 2024 were Ten Happy Rose who'd unfortunately already retied from JRA, Masked Diva and someone else. It certainly wasn't Teumassa. Teumassa?? WHO???

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Pocketchange
Pocketchange - How to charge your left-over Yen to digital money

If you are ready to leave Japan but have your pocket heavy with leftover Japanese Yen, why not empty your pockets and feel light with Pocketchange?

Holidays

Holidays of May

  • May 3rd (SAT)
  • Constituion Memorial Day
  • May 4th (SUN)
  • Greenery Day
  • May 5th (MON)
  • Children's Day
  • April 6th (TUE)
  • Makeup Holiday for Children's Day

Food Catalog

Cream Anmitsu
Cream Anmitsu

Fed up with the heat? Here's a nice cold Japanse-style sweets to cheer you up! Cream Anmitsu is a delux version of Anmitsu, Kanten(Japanese gelatine) jelly and fruits with ice cream topping and Kuromitsu caramel sauce poured over it. And what's great, it's low calorie!

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Manned flight by oxyride dry-cell batteries project

The Tokyo Institute of Technology in cooperation with Panasonic, has led the project 'Manned Flight by Oxyride Dry-cell Battery' into the world's first success. On July 16th this year (2006), they made success in a trial of manned flight using commercially available oxyride batteries, in a project that they had been bringing forward together.