Singapore, an island country in Southeast Asia, in the nineties of the last century, together with "Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea", was known as the Asian Tigers, is the most developed country in Southeast Asia. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 InfoChinese make up three-quarters of the total population. Like many other countries in Southeast Asia, Singapore is a country where Buddhism is prevalent, with one-third of the population believing in Buddhism, followed by Christianity and then Taoism.

Since there are no direct flights from the province to Singapore, we can only fly to the capital and from there to Singapore. Along the way, the staff in charge of leading the way gave us a detailed introduction to Singapore's customs and customs, and emphasized that when we arrived in Singapore, we represented the country. We must not do anything that will disgrace the Chinese people.

If there is a word, it will be long and short, and we will come to the hotel where we stay. The game will also be held in the hotel, and as soon as I entered my room, my phone rang.

Looking at the *** number displayed on the phone, I have some doubts, how is it a hidden number? I picked up the phone, only to hear Brother Jiu's voice: "Hey, Eleven." ”

"Brother Jiu? Why don't you use your own phone? I asked.

Brother Jiu smiled and said, "I just finished my mission, and I know that you are going abroad to participate in the competition, so I will give you a call." As you know, this international long-distance is expensive, and I'm looking for someone to borrow a satellite phone. ”

Obviously, what Brother Jiu said about borrowing is probably taking. I was silent for a while, and then habitually asked, "Brother Jiu, are you okay?" ”

Brother Jiu said a little mysteriously: "Hehe, it's good." But I won't say much about this international call. I'll tell you when you get back. By the way, I heard the big bull say, you had a fight a few days ago? ”

I replied, "Well, someone in the school was going to beat me up, so I fought back and slapped him a few times." He still has a bit of background at home, so I solved it with Brother Ming. ”

Brother Jiu didn't care too much, so he said, "Well, general things can be solved by Xiao Huang." You have to compete hard, if you come back with the first place, Brother Jiu will wait to be on TV. ”

I smiled and said, "Brother Jiu, this time there are such masters, and I am here to make up the numbers." It's nice to be able to get a noun. 1st place... It's a bit difficult. ”

The ninth brother said: "I don't care, if you don't come back with the first place, I will punish you with the door rules." ”

I smiled and said, "Brother Jiu? I heard that Spielberg recently made a movie about Jaws, I don't know if my ancestor has seen it. ”

Brother Jiu laughed a few times and said, "Okay, I won't say anything more." When you come back, remember to buy me some cigarettes and alcohol, Singapore is an international shopping mall, where XO and Marlboro are very famous, and tax-free. ”

After a few more small talks, Brother Jiu hung up the phone. I packed my bags, changed into a set of clothes, and planned to wander around the neighborhood for a while. As early as when checking into the hotel, the tour guide introduced that this is a business district, surrounded by many large shopping malls, although the official language of Singapore is English, but Chinese is also spoken in Singapore. Sure enough, when I arrived at the door of the hotel, I found a driver who could listen to Chinese and got into the car.

As soon as he got into the car, the driver asked in a somewhat rusty Mandarin: "Young man, are you here to participate in the memory contest?" ”

I listened to the driver's accent, a bit like a southerner, and asked, "yes, listen to your accent, like a southerner?" ”

The driver laughed, "Yes, I came to Singapore with my parents when I was five years old, and it has been more than 40 years now. What about you? Where are you from? ”

I replied, "I'm from Sancai City, Province G." ”

The driver said: "Oh, then we are half a fellow countryman, I am also from G Province, but I am Gangneung City." ”

When I think about it, Jiangling City is indeed a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in G Province, and since the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, many residents of Jiangling City have gone to Southeast Asia to make a living. Some of them returned to Gangneung City after making money, and more of them stayed all the time.

It seems that all taxi drivers have a common problem, which is that they are particularly talkative. Along the way, the driver kept introducing me to the customs of Singapore. When he was about to get out of the car, the driver instructed: "Young man, don't litter in Singapore, and don't run red lights, these are all fines here." ”

I smiled and said, "Thank you for your advice." ”

The driver smiled and said: "You are smiling, it's not that you look down on the people of the motherland, it's just that each place has its own living norms, and there is a bank not far ahead." ”

After getting out of the car, I came to the bank. When I came this time, I didn't bring much cash, mainly because of the customs regulations. When I followed the group, it was inconvenient for me to exchange foreign currency. I had to exchange foreign exchange by myself.

As soon as I entered the bank, I instantly felt like I was back in China. There were still long queues in the bank, and only two of the four windows were open. Obviously, the bank, except for the security guard, who is a local, the other main staff are all domestic.

I came to the VIP window, and a middle-aged woman was sitting bored. I asked, "Hello, is this a VIP window?" ”

The middle-aged woman looked at me, obviously, because she thought I was too young, so she nodded and said, "Yes, if you need to handle business, please go to the front desk to get a number and queue up." ”

I have long been accustomed to this kind of service attitude, I handed her my work card of the special service officer of the Miscellaneous Affairs Section of the National Security Bureau through the window, and then said, "I need to handle special business." ”

The middle-aged woman picked up her work card, looked at it, and looked at me again, a little puzzled.

I nodded and said, "Is it okay now?" ”

The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Okay, you wait, I'll let you take you to the VIP business room." ”

This is what Brother Jiu told me just now, and I originally planned to go to the queue. But there are too many people in line. I had to use the privilege.

Came to the VIP business room, sat for a while, and thought that the man with the vice president's name tag came in and said politely: "This gentleman is here, I don't know if there is anything you need help with?" ”

I was also a little cramped, thought about it and said, "I want some money." ”

The vice president looked at me and asked, "Do you have any documents?" Or is it an authorization code? Within the quota, we can provide you with USD and local currency. ”

As soon as I heard it, I knew that it was a misunderstanding, so I smiled and said, "I don't want to take money, I want to exchange some foreign exchange." ”

The vice president was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, such a trivial matter, you can just call our bank in advance." After that, he changed his work card to me.

I took out my bank card and said, "There are 300,000 in this, can you exchange them all for Singapore dollars?" ”

The deputy governor turned out the bank card and said: "In this case, I will get you a local bank card, and the money will be transferred directly to that card for you." If you don't use it up, you just need to go to our bank to go through the procedures when you return to China. ”

I thought it would be better than walking around with a pile of cash. I nodded yes.

… When I finished my bank card, it was still a golden card with the word VIP written on it. The Vice President said, "With this card, there are discounts in many shopping malls, and I wish you a pleasant experience. ”