Money it a touchy issue. There's nothing wrong with wanting more money. After all, we all want a good life for ourselves and our loved ones. This is Spore. Standard of living is high. Competition is stiff. Its alright to be greedy once in awhile. Just make sure nobody else suffers for your own personal gain.
After reading a few blogs, i realised i'm really quite lucky. I'm not going to mention names here since my blog is still open to the public. I'm not going to pretend i understand what you guys have been thru. All i can say is well done for having lived life so well after all that has happened. My family's not exactly rich. But i suppose i am far luckier than you guys. I have to thank my parents for that. Since young they have kept on reminding me the importance of money and not to waste it on unnecessary items. I might not have followed it religiously but i can at least say that i don't throw money around.
After i enlisted, i stopped taking money from my dad. Now that i had my own income i didn't want to rely too much on my parents. And right now, after i've orded for close to 2 months, i'm happy to say that i am still surviving on my savings. I really admire those of my frens who are really thrifty. It takes a lot of willpower to tell yourself "i won't buy this cos i don't need it".
I hate rich snobs. Nothing wrong with being rich. Just don't act like u don't give a shit about how much of your parents' money you throw away. Happy to say that so far i don't know anybody like that. Hope i don't appear to be one in anybody's eyes. For all those young punks out there who flaunt your wealth, its your parents' money. You're just lucky your mum gave birth to you. For those adults, you should know that a rich person doesn't need to mention that he's rich, so grow up since i've just called you an adult.
But seriously, i think kids nowadays are spoilt. Not to generalise or anything but kids seem to get more and more expensive toys these days. I can assure you that half the students in a Pri 6 class has a better handphone than me. What happened to just being contented with playing monopoly? I remember my most expensive toy at pri sch was a remote control car which costs 50 bucks. And when 1 kid starts showing off to the rest of the class his new handphone, with in-built camera, GPS, touchscreen and a million games including snake 9, you can be sure the rest of the class is going to want it too. Why does a kid need GPS anyway?? Why do adults need GPS? Get a street directory. Its not like you're going to get lost in Singapore. People are getting lazy with increased affluence. Yep.. Me included.
Discrimination between the rich and poor is pretty obvious. Alrd in my sec sch, those using laptops are set aside from those who can't afford a laptop. Seriously, wth is Hak Boon thinking? Allowing discrimination at pri or sec sch lvl sure makes me hopeful about the future or Spore's society.
My kid is playing monopoly.
