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This post service volition alone construct feel if you:
a) Have read The Luminaries, 832 pg (who's counting?) Man Booker Prize past times Eleanor Catton,
b) lived at roughly indicate inwards Singapore,
c) convey been to New Zealand (preferably the W coast of the South Island);
d) none of the above, but convey a twisted feel of humor.
So hither goes,
If "The Luminaries" was gear upward inwards Singapore:
1) Instead of beingness called prospectors, people seeking fortune would hold upward called expats.
2) Instead of looking for gilded inwards the Otago fields, those people would hold upward working inwards the information technology industry.
3) Instead of drinking brandy at the Dust & Nugget discussing weather condition forecasts, they'd hold upward drinking espresso at Suntec City discussing sales forecasts.
4) Instead of arriving on a send called Godspeed, they would become far on Singapore Airlines.
5) Instead of placing ads inwards the West Coast Times for barmaids together with missing trunks, they would scan ads inwards The Straits Times for chinese tutors together with double-decker trips to Legoland.
6) Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 nighttime out wouldn't hold upward a seance inwards the Gridiron Hotel, but a musical at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.
7) Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 dissolute nighttime out, wouldn't hold upward an opium den inwards Chinatown, but a karaoke bar inwards Orchard Towers.
8) Instead of hiding gilded inwards the hemlines of her dress, Anna Wetherall. would hold upward hiding frozen rib oculus steaks at the bottom of her valise.
9) Instead of settling downward inwards Hokitika, they'd hold upward looking for a cluster household on Chancery Lane.
10) Instead of misunderstanding Maori slang, they'd hold upward misunderstanding Hokkien slang.
11) And finally, instead of hoarding gold, they'd hold upward hoarding cheese.
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