26 April 2025
The last supper
Raffles and Suntec City
There are just too many malls, it does not make sense. Just one street over from where I wandered on a previous night with the supreme court mall, is not only the Raffles club but about 10 inter-joined malls around a discount shopping wishing fountain.
Tomorrow I will fly home, my flight is not until about 11am, so there is no rush, especially since Singapore airport just waves you through check in.. at a shopping mall.
Nothing much more to report, probably no updates tomorrow... final update will be Monday morning unless something cool happens with the flight.
As per numerous repeated requests, here is the Raffles Hotel.
Over the road from the Raffles Hotel, The um, Raffles Hotel... and mall.
The 1980's called, they want their city skyline back. The structure on the left is a theatre.
Next on my agenda, Suntec City, advertised as a convention centre, but really, it is a mall.
Apparently, not a joke. A bitcoin blockchain face recognition AI digital ID wallet and cube gleamer that uses your own personal orb to help you kiss the ring. The wikipedia article about them is a trainwreck, whatever it is, it is banned in many countries, and owned by among others, OpenAI's Sam Altman.
Inside the convention centre mall, an expo for Taiwan tourism.
Google told me about the wealth fountain. So I tried to go see it, and ended up jaywalking across many lanes of traffic to see... this. I was confused.
But then I noticed the underground malls everywhere, and a circular food court surrounds the below ground wealth fountain experience. You have to walk a lap and get your hand wet and make a wish, and you get exclusive shopping coupons. Compare this to the previous photo, where there is nothing to see from surface level - this is often the case in Singapore.
And finally, for my dinner I played a game of what have I not had yet? And by a process of elimination, Hainan chicken rice, which is a Singapore speciality, from Hainan.