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There are 3 types of malls in Singapore. The first is the Orchard Mall, filled with Tai-tais, TWGs, and price-tags which can blind you. The second is the Strata Mall; a little shabby, a little eclectic, with the forlorn air of an impending en-bloc. The last is the Capitaland Mall, designed for mass appeal and precision-engineered for profit. They are, by far, the most ubiquitous, but also the most formulaic. So which category does the brand new Funan Mall fall under?

School-taught 'Social Studies' is a fairly sanitised affair. We learn about Britain, Lee Kuan Yew, and the paramount importance of free trade. We also learn about food and the origins of Chicken Rice. However, what comes out is just as important as what goes in, because Singapore's history is also a fecal history—of dysentery, nightsoil, quacks and more. In short, it's a story of shit.

Muhammad Amir Ali Bin Idris Ali and his wife Raiha Binte Tahir have been teaching a course on Islamic funeral rites for about seven years. They also run Pengurusan Jenazah NUR, or NUR Muslim Casket. What does it take to be a jurumandi, whose job is to wash and shroud the bodies of deceased Muslim women, preparing them for burial, or a pengurus jenazah (or funeral director)?

Hotel 81 is commonly thought of by Singaporeans as a cheap love-hotel chain in Geylang, frequented by horny, old men with their "girlfriends". But though that might've been the case a long time ago, up until today, it's less-than-stellar reputation remains difficult to shake off. Take a peek at the hotel's esteemed clientele through the eyes of Rice Media.

A few years ago, a picture of a cow entering a HDB lift in Yishun went viral. Many Singaporeans didn't understand that this was a Hindu ritual. Even fewer understood what the ritual was for. Rice Media's quest to find out for themselves led them to Durga and Rani, just 2 of the 60 cows that belong to the Viknesh Dairy Farm.

At just 10-years-old, Maya was raped by a stranger. At 18, her grandmother passed away, leaving her alone with her step-grandfather who then kicked her out of the house after an incident. Since she had already begun doing sex work at around 16 or 17 years of age, she then moved into one of the brothels in Geylang... Here she tells us what goes on in a typical night of work in Geylang.