I hurried pull myself together and rise on my own feet, I can’t drown in the past, definitely not the right time to do so, I need to find my way to the bank, so I turn back to the stairs and head down.

The bank floor is totally different from the 6th and 7th floor, I did see security on both floor but not as much as this floor has. There are a lot of people here, after taking a short stroll, I figured it out that the bank has three entrances, the left one is for Exchange, the middle one is loan and the right one is property. I go to the left one, the left and right entrance is pretty much empty, but the middle one is full of people, they are queuing to enter. Thankfully I brought a debit card, though this one doesn’t have much in it.

One of the guards ask me what did I came for; “I need to exchange my money.” I replied.

They allow me to enter and let me know I should just keep following this path. I could see the building at the end of the path, it’s a medium size building, the middle building is much bigger than this one. The glass are made of blue but not a transparent one, it’s the mirror type of glass. Probably it’s a 2 to 3 story building. I went in the automatic door and there are six customers service desk with two guards guarding the door, I punched the button to get my queuing number. I got 37, which is the next number to be called. I don’t bother to find a seat.

“Customer Number 37, please head to counter 2.”

I sit on counter 2 like what the announcement instructed, a woman with her business smiles welcome me, “Good morning.” “How can I help you?” She asked, I’m glad that every single person here use English, otherwise I might get into trouble if I can’t communicate with them.

“I need to exchange my money.” I took out my card.

“With pleasure, one moment.” She took the card from the table and slide it to the debit machine,

“How much do you want to exchange?”

“200 million please.” I replied. I can’t believe I’m spending my 200 million dollar on this place. I probably only have around 400 to 500 million left, I should have brought the other card, I might be rich here.

“One moment.” The woman who is around his thirty, wearing a formal light brown suit, I think she has western people blood in her, she looks very charming, tall and elegant.

She handed me a silver card, “Here is your card, and it has S$400. You can check your balance at bank, or at any payment machine.”

I thank her and leave after talking my new silver card along with my debit card. She warned me that if I lose this card, it means I will lose all my money along with it, because it works like money here, it can’t be claimed back nor refund.

Before I leave the 5th floor, I went to the right side to ask for the property price, because I need to know how much a home worth here. Heading to the other side, nothing seems a miss, everything look pretty similar, from the path to the building design.

There are also guards guarding the door, again I punched the queuing button to get my number, its 98, though there are lots of people here right now, but I hope my turn will come soon. After half hour of wait,

“Customer Number 98 please head to counter 1.”

As I reached the counter, the worker stand up and greeted me with a handshake,

“Welcome, I’m Richard, pleasure to meet you, are you looking for a room?” He asked, he looks younger than me, maybe 24 or 25, western, blonde hair and blue eyes, very young and handsome. He is the nicest salesman I have met so far since I got here.

“Oh, yes, may I know the price first?” I asked.

“Of course, do you want to rent or purchase?”

“Can you give me all the prices if possible? I’m pretty new here.” I take a deep breath feeling frustrated of knowing nothing about this new environment.

“That would be my pleasure.” His dazzling smiles sure just made my day. I even smiles back at him.

He printed a paper for me, and shows me while he tries to explain to me,

Rent (2nd Floor) – S$5/month

Rent (6th floor) – S$30/month

House (6th floor) - S$3,500,-

House (8th Floor) – S$25,000,-

“The 2nd floor, it’s a public place to sleep, there are no private room.” “For the 6th floor, the houses there are 2 story houses, so for rent or purchase, we sell and rent them per story.”

“For owning a complete house, you can go for the 8th floor houses, they are build amazingly gorgeous, everything is prepared inside, so you can move in directly, there are also one security guard place on each house. It’s very secure and comfortable place to live in.” He explained.

I scratched my head, “Wow, that’s certainly is expensive.” Ah, again, that word slip from my mouth, I can’t help it, its just so expensive, I just spend 200 million dollar and I can’t even get a house, I could get lots of houses in the real world out there with that amount of money.

Scanning his reaction, I wonder if he is going to kick me out for saying the word ‘expensive’ that makes me sounds broke?