<![CDATA[Watch versus Car]]>

isetan:
It's really depending on what you think best fits you. You can wear a $20k Rolex watch but after the \"show off\" gathering, you take a mrt home.


On the contrary, you may be wearing a $100 citizen watch, but u own a car.
u r so right...

FanFanx: maybe that fella is working in some frontline sectors where appearance matters a lot? If it's just a computer engineer, he need not spend so much on a timepiece.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/69118/watch-versus-carRSS for NodeSat, 25 Apr 2026 05:55:23 GMTTue, 11 Feb 2014 16:14:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Watch versus Car on Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:14:15 GMT]]>It’s really depending on what you think best fits you. You can wear a $20k Rolex watch but after the "show off" gathering, you take a mrt home.


On the contrary, you may be wearing a $100 citizen watch, but u own a car.

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janet_lee88:
FanFanX:

Watch versus Car


Overheard a young graduate saying this: \"Since cars in Singapore are so expensive and I cannot afford one, I am buying a $2000 watch to show others that I am doing well.\"

Younger generation all think this way? I already find a $100 watch expensive.

the first thing he/she does is to buy that $2000 watch to show off?

Car ownership will show that one has made it. If cannot afford car, ownership of an expensive watch can do likewise.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1212214https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1212214Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:09:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watch versus Car on Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:06:37 GMT]]>maintaining a car is expensive for a new graduate…road tax, petrol, season parking and servicing…of course he can zip around easily but he may not have savings. not to forget, parking fees.

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janet_lee88:
starlight1968sg:

I am not keen in both items.


for a young person fresh into work life, the MRT/bus is definitely cheaper.
as for a watch, he can still buy one but not one which costs $2K.

If \"die-die\" must choose, I will select a car. :evil:

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starlight1968sg:
I am not keen in both items.

for a young person fresh into work life, the MRT/bus is definitely cheaper.
as for a watch, he can still buy one but not one which costs $2K.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1212067https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1212067Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:59:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Watch versus Car on Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:50:04 GMT]]>I am not keen in both items.

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FanFanX:
Watch versus Car


Overheard a young graduate saying this: \"Since cars in Singapore are so expensive and I cannot afford one, I am buying a $2000 watch to show others that I am doing well.\"

Younger generation all think this way? I already find a $100 watch expensive.
the first thing he/she does is to buy that $2000 watch to show off?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1212055https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1212055Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:45:10 GMT