To answer some of the burning questions presented through international travel, one can go to Singapore's Asian Civilizations museum. Here are some of the things you can learn. 
Chinese gods are both colourful and scary.
Older Asian Civilizations (tribal Philipines, I think) were shorter than newer ones (Eurasian shown).
Finally, I learned an important thing about the blasted Indian musical instruments that wake me up every morning. They are called Nadaswaram, see below.
