Sunday times - undergrad concept of $

[matrix0405]

ZacK:

I forgot which day's New Paper article from last week... It was something to do with leaving inheritances for the


I do not have a legacy to pass down to my son but even if I do... I wouldn't want to see him being a \"Paris Hilton\" number 2 :roll:

Paris Hilton made about $200M last year. I don't see anything wrong with that.

[sashimi]

Actually one of the key issues here is that THIS world we live in is built by, built for and ruled by capitalism.


How bad is it? It's so bad that nowadays, the media measures natural disasters, terrorist incidents, contamination scandals, etc, not just in terms of the final death toll - but by *how the stock market reacts*! I don't know whether to laugh or cry!

And what better examples than.... Singapore. Our parents and leaders built a materialistic society that we now work for, so can we blame the children for valuing what we value?

I think a 4K Chanel bag is ridiculous for a teenager; but then I've heard many stories about how many 2K, 3K LV, etc. bags office ladies in town own.

Think about this:

A 20-yr-old with a $4k bag; a 30-yr-old with a 10k entertainment system; a 40-yr-old with a 200k car - and what about the 14-yr-olds with $800 mobile phones? Where did it start and where does it end?

How ironic that we think so little of the hundreds of thousands we spend on home and family.

I tried for years in my youth to resist the idea that money is everything. The greatest irony is that PARENTHOOD taught me that money IS important. The best I can do today is to say, \"Money is only valuable when worthily spent\".

[tanlengleng]

sashimi:

\"Money is only valuable when worthily spent\".

Agree totally...