A milk tea so milky it’s called Tea Milk.

Milk teas are incredibly popular in Japan, but now there’s one so milky it’s causing a stir online, with Japanese social media lighting up with praise for it. Exclusive to Japanese-born fast food chain Mos Burger, this new drink goes by the name “Tea Milk“, because the dairy component is so strong – the ratio of tea to milk is said to be 1:9 – that it’s more like having tea with your milk, rather than milk with your tea.

With so many glowing reviews online, we were keen to try it for ourselves, and from the minute we laid eyes on it, we knew this was no ordinary tea… and no ordinary milk either.

According to Mos Burger, the tea used in the beverage is “Kandy tea“, so called as it hails from the ancient city of Kandy, a World Heritage site in Sri Lanka. Characterised by its low bitterness, Kandy teas produce a full-bodied brew particularly suited to milk, and a little can go a long way to adding a robust flavour.

With only a small amount of tea in the bottom of the cup, we figured the brew would have to be significantly robust to make its presence felt on the palate. Giving it a slight stir and taking a cautious sip, we braced ourselves for a mouthful of milk, but ended up pleasantly surprised as the tea was aromatic and delicious, standing strong with the milk to deliver a harmonious coupling of flavours.

According to Mos Burger, a little lemon is added to every serving, but it was indistinguishable on the palate. Only upon searching for a hint of citrus were we able to find it on the nose, but it was very subtle, almost as if it was part of the tea.

While the flavour of the tea was pronounced, we detected no bitterness in the blend, which just goes to show how well the tea-to-milk ratio works. The eye-popping amount of milk in the drink isn’t just for show, and unless you like your brew super strong, like a so-called “builder’s tea”, you’ll appreciate the nuanced dance between milk and tea that plays out in every mouthful.

With a clean and refreshing aftertaste, the Tea Milk also pairs surprisingly well with the chain’s burgers and fries, and it’ll be on the menu, priced at 420 yen (US$2.62), for a limited time until early November.

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SINGAPORE: Scrolling through LinkedIn, the online professional networking and career development platform, can feel like attending a never-ending awards night. One of your friends becomes a vice-president, while another buys a condominium.

Then, someone else posts a business-class work trip and celebrates a promotion with a polished photo and hundreds of congratulatory comments. For many working adults in Singapore, this type of stream of updates can create an uncomfortable thought: Am I falling behind?

According to Channel NewsAsia (CNA), career experts say feeling this way has become harder to avoid because career milestones are now more visible online, more frequent and easier to compare. It’s the very pressure that 27-year-old Shania Tsing is currently experiencing.

After leaving her previous role as a sales engineer in 2025 to work in events management, she accepted a lower salary in exchange for work she enjoyed more. Even though she feels happier in her current role, comments from people around her and constant exposure to friends reaching life milestones sometimes make her question whether she made the right call.

Workers compare others’ progress instead of deciding what progress means for themselves

Career comparison is not new, but what has changed is its speed and visibility. Career counsellors said that people compare themselves with those of similar age and background because they feel like the easiest measuring stick.

Over time, people may start using public signs of success to judge how well they are doing, rather than deciding what progress means for themselves.

Clinical counsellor Stella Ong said many people aren’t chasing someone else’s success. They are trying to answer a silent question: Am I progressing at the right pace?

Platforms like LinkedIn make that question harder to avoid, as career updates now appear alongside daily browsing.

Promotions, job changes, and achievements arrive continuously, creating the impression that everyone else is accelerating while you remain still. Impressions like this can slowly reset what people consider normal.

The career race online is usually edited, polished and idealised from what actually is

Experts interviewed pointed out something many people already suspect but rarely say aloud: online career updates are selective.

Recruitment and leadership coach Connie Low explained that professional announcements are frequently shaped to present someone in the best possible light. Job titles also differ across firms and industries, making direct comparisons unreliable.

On top of that, there is another career wrinkle: job title inflation. Global talent consultancy Robert Walters reported that Singapore saw growth in senior-sounding job titles in recent years, including roles labelled “manager” and “director” for people with relatively limited experience. Those titles don’t always align with their actual salary, authority, or scope of work.

Low also noted that promotion rates are lower than many assume. Based on industry benchmarks she referenced, only a small portion of employees receive promotions in a typical year. Most careers move more slowly than social media, such as LinkedIn, suggests.

So people rarely post their ordinary or not-so-good years. No one, in the general sense, uploads a status saying they stayed in the same role, did solid work and just went home.

Does your own current career path really match your values, interests and goals?

The career experts added that the answer isn’t to stop comparing entirely. Comparison can still motivate people if it ignites the fire of learning within, rather than self-doubt. The problem starts when it becomes constant and begins to shape how people see themselves.

One helpful change is to change the question. Instead of asking whether someone else is ahead, ask whether your current path matches your values, interests and goals.

Counsellors also suggested getting reality checks from managers, mentors, recruiters or experienced colleagues instead of relying on what appears online. Keeping a record of personal achievements can help, too, because it provides a defined view of progress over time.

Tsing said she has now started placing more weight on enjoying her work and on fostering a healthy workplace culture than on chasing visible milestones. A mindset switch that has helped her reduce comparisons.

Career progress doesn’t always arrive in neat age brackets. Some people move fast. Others change direction. Most are doing better than their feeds suggest. So use LinkedIn as a noticeboard, not a scoreboard. A job title can impress strangers for five seconds, but building work you can live with lasts much longer.

This article (Career experts: Singapore workers aren’t as far ahead in their jobs as their LinkedIn work update suggests) first appeared on The Independent Singapore News.

Seasonal fruit gets a Japanese makeover, but only for a very limited time.

When it comes to high-value, affordable sweets, Japanese chain Chateraise is one of the true champions of the dessert world. Known for low prices and a wide range of goods, covering everything from Western sweets, to Japanese confections, ice cream, bread, and even alcohol, Chateraise represents great value for money, and is incredibly popular throughout the country.

Right now the chain has become even more popular, thanks to a limited-time June-only treat called “Sakuranbo Mochi” (“Cherry Mochi”). After Chateraise announced the release on Twitter, the post received over 2,000 likes in around two days, which is a far greater response than other product announcements, which generally garner around 700 likes.

▼ It’s since received over 23,000 likes and around 3.7 million views, as of this writing.

今年も登場！さくらんぼ餅
旬のさくらんぼを求肥で包みました。
果肉のはじける食感と甘酸っぱさをお楽しみください
byりこ#シャトレーゼ pic.twitter.com/ie9TYDR8oT

— シャトレーゼ【公式】 (@chateraise_jp) June 9, 2026

After running a search on the product it turns out that, unbeknownst to us, Chateraise’s Cherry Mochi is a seasonal item that comes out every year, and this time it will be in stores from 3-23 June. Priced at 518 yen (US$3.23) for a pack of four, this is slightly on the premium side for Chateraise, but when we saw it in store we knew the cost would be worth it, because…

▼ …look how pretty they are!

As soon as we took them home and opened the lid of the tub they came in, we couldn’t help but gasp in surprise. With four perfectly round, neatly arranged sweets inside, and shimmery, powdered starch dusted over the pale pink gyuhi coating, the sweets sparkled like jewels in a jewellery box, catching the light in ways that created a mesmerising beauty.

The way the cherry appearance is kept intact with the stems still attached gave these an added air of beauty – so much so that we had a strange urge to display them rather than eat them.

Still, with only a two-day shelf life, these freshly made sweets are too good not to be eaten, especially as the combination of fresh cherry and plump gyuhi is such a rare find.

▼ Despite being called “Cherry Mochi”, there’s no actual mochi here, as the term is often used colloquially to describe chewy, rice-based sweets.

Like mochi, gyuhi is also made from glutinous rice, but it’s a softer, sweeter version with a more melt-in-the-mouth texture, making it ideal for wrapping Japanese confectionery. The gyuhi layer here looked delightfully plump, and as we gazed at it, the sweet and tangy aroma of the cherry overtook our senses, drawing us in for a bite.

The gyuhi was the first element to meet our taste buds, nudging them awake with a gentle sweetness and a soft, chewy texture, before giving way to a burst of cherry, followed by a rush of juice across the palate. The generously sized domestically grown cherry was clearly high-quality, displaying a fragrance and sweet-tart flavour that was strong enough to stand up to the sweetness of the gyuhi. Though the fruit would have tasted delicious on its own, the gyuhi wrap elevated it into something much more refined, allowing us to enjoy the seasonal fruit in an elegant way.

▼ A sweet that deserves all the viral attention it’s been getting.

The sweets were so good we couldn’t quite believe they hadn’t reached a worldwide level of fame, but that’s likely only because social media influencers don’t know about them yet. That’s definitely a good thing, though, because otherwise we wouldn’t be able to enjoy them, and these are sweets that definitely need to be enjoyed by as many people as possible during their too-short three-week run.

Related: Sakuranbo Mochi, Chateraise store locations
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Sources say hardline measures will also prevent young users from being able to talk to strangers on gaming apps

• Why is the UK launching an ‘Australia plus’ social media ban and how will it work?

Keir Starmer is to ban under-16s from major social media apps such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions described as “Australia plus”, the Guardian understands.

In a major policy shift far tougher than previously briefed, the prime minister will announce that teenagers will be banned from all the main social platforms. Online products that are not covered by the ban – such as gaming apps – will face new restrictions such as having the option to chat to strangers removed.

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Emma Reynolds, the environment secretary has objected to a £10bn rescue proposal for Thames Water because it would place an “undue burden” on consumers, pushing the troubled utilities firm closer towards public ownership. Julia Kollewe has the story.

Elon Musk, the pro-far right trillionaire X owner, has been using his platform to attack the UK government’s plan for a social media ban for under-16s.

JUST IN: UK Government clarifies adults will still be able to use social media by verifying their identities with digital IDs, facial recognition, passports and credit cards.

the purpose is not to remove young people from the internet. the purpose is to remove anonymity from the internet in a country where the government routinely punishes dissent with jail. the british caliphate is no longer free.

My 17-year-old daughter: “I’m confused. We’ve always been taught not to share personal information or anything that identifies us online because it isn’t safe. Now they want us to do exactly that to access social media.”

Images of Merlin, a two-year-old duck, parading on the streets of Mexico City celebrated by fans on social media

Julián Quiñones and Raúl Jiménez may have scored the goals, but a duck stole the show.

As Mexico celebrated its World Cup-opening victory over South Africa on Thursday, Merlin, a two-year-old duck dressed in the national team’s colors, became an unlikely internet sensation and the tournament’s first unofficial mascot.

Any official reprimand will come from regulator Ofcom, but not for at least two months

• UK politics live – latest updates

Elon Musk’s X will face no action to remove a mass of posts inciting violence in Northern Ireland for at least two months, despite widespread condemnation of the platform and its billionaire owner.

Concern over the role social media played in spreading disturbing images and fuelling anger continued to grow on Wednesday as police and community leaders urged calm.

Exclusive: Former minister calls for urgent action against companies such as X that allow incitement to violence

Wes Streeting has called for Keir Starmer to take urgent action against X and other online platforms that have helped whip up social tensions, suggesting they should be forced to contribute to rebuilding costs after the riots in Belfast.

The intervention by the former health secretary, who is seen as a likely challenger to Keir Starmer in any leadership contest, comes after Downing Street said any response would be left to Ofcom, the media regulator, meaning no action is likely for at least two months.

Government wants to back parents against tech companies though some feel the process has been rushed

Keir Starmer is expected to announce sweeping “Australia-plus” restrictions on under-16s accessing harmful social media apps, a move the government has framed as taking the side of parents against the big technology companies.

A consultation on online safety closed on 26 May, giving ministers just weeks to come up with policies after receiving more than 116,000 responses. Industry sources and child safety advocates have described the process as “rushed” and driven by a political timeline. It is not clear when the ban could come into force.

GEORGE TOWN, June 7 — An elderly woman accidentally stepped on the accelerator, causing the Porsche she was driving to crash into the lobby area of a hotel at Persiaran Gurney here today, an incident that has also gone viral on social media.

Northeast District Police Chief ACP Abdul Rozak Muhammad said that the police received a report regarding the incident from the 61-year-old local woman at 12:05 pm and investigations revealed that the accident occurred at around 11:15 am.

“The incident happened as the senior citizen was preparing to head home after visiting family members. No casualties were reported, and the estimated losses are still under investigation,” he said in a statement today.

He added that the case is being investigated under Section 43 of the Road Transport Act 1987.

Earlier, several photos went viral showing a grey Porsche inside a hotel lobby, believed to have lost control before crashing into the area. — Bernama