Chapter 2 of Crazy Rich Asians starts with Eleanor attending her friend, Carol’s, bible study in her private bedroom in Carol’s home on Kheam Hock Road, where you can buy a Bungalow House for about $9 million. Kheam Hock Road, Singapore, is shown in the Google map below.

It is mentioned that when they were children, Carol and Eleanor were neighbors on Serangoon Road, Singapore.

Carol has just returned from a vacation to Burma, shown in the map above. Burma was renamed to Myanmar in 1989. Ninety percent of the world’s rubies come from Myanmar, and these rubies are known for their purity and color.