Last night, while i was trying to study for my Stats test(which is tmr..yikes!), my younger sis and i started talking.. about money,the stuff that she wants to get, saving money,etc etc..
the point is,i realised something very very scary about her. i realised that she's like the rest of the kids her age,but of course,because she's my sis(hehe!), she's not as bad! but still, its scary! anyways, kids nowadays are materialistic and money-minded. everything revolves about money. its the in thing now to own all the newest electronic gadgets. to be cool and accepted,you must own branded stuff like LV and Gucci and Converse and Nike,have really cool electronic devices like PSP and O2 phones and the Nokia N-series. girls wanna have rich boyfriends or husbands. girlfriends make boyfriends buy branded bags and clothes for them. people buy things for its brand and not because having it will benefit them in some other ways besides 'Ohh my gosh i have an LV bag leh!'. people spend more than they earn. the moment they get their salary,they spend it all. and they leave none as savings or as emergency cash. its ridiculous!
kids or people in general seem to think that money falls from the sky. they seem to think that its soooo easy to get money. well, of course, they stick they're hands out and ask their parents for it. that's why. they don't seem to realise how hard it is to get money and the importance of saving and controlling money outflow. so they spend and spend and spend like water. coz they're not the one who're working so damn tog et money. they don't realise that they can run out of money. a common phrase for teens 'Nevermind what. i can go home and get (money) from my parents.' Jeeeeez!! ur parents are not your fucking ATM! they're not there for you to take money from,period. they did not go through all that hardship of making money so that their kids can spend it all. one perfect example is about a 'brilliant' boy called William, who stays at the same block as me. i've heard that he spends money like its free and he's extremelly unfillial to his parents. there's alot more to him,which is another story for another day. anyways,its people like him who can go kiss their own ass and be dumb enough to drown themselves. one less person like him can save people like me from alot of anger and hatred.
when me and my elder sis was young,the most 'branded' things we ever owned was Baby-G and Bata! we bought clothes from Giodano and we still do! we've never heard of Nike clothes and bags or Gucci or Louis Vuitton. and all we wanted as tenagers was to hang out in school with friends. and the most go for a movie once in a long while. or like go to the playground and play or just stay home and chill. but now, everyone's going for movies and they're going on shopping sprees and they're clubbing and going to really high class restaurants to dine. spending all the money that's probably not their own. i mean,i totally understand if you want to go and celebrate some occasion at a restaurant, but some people really go restaurants to eat everytime they go out! whatever happened to going to the hawker center to have really yummy food?! like yesterday,i went to kallang to have kway chap and this huge mango ice kachang! and i was really happy after that! coz it was really really yummy and my parents didnt have to spend much! ohh the mango ice kachang!! sooooo nice!!! :)
anyway,and its not only the kids my younger sis's age. its everyone! everyone's so materialistic and they all seem to have the idea that Money = Happiness. werent we all taught a long time ago that money is DOES NOT give us happiness? i honestly do not understand how the society became like that in such a short time? how did it turn into a surrounding filled with people i detest? how come people are so shallow?
i have to admit that at one point in time,my goal in life was to have a high paying job. but then i realised... SCREW money! i don't care anymore. i don't care about being able to earn tens and thousands of dollars. as long as im the happiest god-damn person,im contented. i don't need expensvce stuff like clothes and all that to feel good about myself. im doing fine, if not great with what i have! and that will be so for as long as im going to live.. and SCREW all the money-minded,materialistic and shallow people!!!!!
