Where are you staying?

For my first blog post, I chose to ask the very first question many asked me after a week of living in Singapore:

Where are you staying?

The question isn't that simple. You also need to hear the curious intonation that ends with "ah", to add a bit of drama. So I rephrased it:

Where are you staying, AH?

Ok! Now we are good to go!

If you are just arriving in Singapore or still settling in, get ready to answer this question. This has nothing to do with your visa status, whether you will live here or not or if you will be standing still on the same spot of the shopping mall, whatever! People here are curious and right after "Hello-ah", it is not followed by "nice to meet you-ah" either; they just want to know WHERE YOU LIVE.

Translation:

Where are you staying = Where do you live?

+-%*

Means how much you have $$$$$