Tales of the Onion III
Onion came to my room and exclaimed whether I read the ST some days back. I thought something major happened in Singapore, like Fann Wong got married or Fiona Xie was caught shoplifting toilet seats.
Instead Onion was shocked that the ST reported that only 20% of Singapore families have a monthly income of S$8000+. He thought there must be a mistake in the reporting because he believed that almost everyone in Singapore is rich. I patiently explained that most people in Singapore are like me i.e. dumbass earning a salary to keep their heads above water. Like a duck paddling furiously while quacking serenely at breadtossers. It is common for a husband and wife to pull in S$3000 each so it is tough for the family to hit the S$8000 benchmark. Onion looked at me in disbelief.
Onion then went on to describe the rich crowd of doctors and lawyers he hangs out with. Apparently, they like to hang out at some arty French restaurant Les Amis and that Bali place.
Also, the in-thing nowadays for birthday gifts is to give US$100,000 to a publisher and the publisher will interview all your friends and family and then comes up with a autobiography of your life. Onion thinks that it will be an awesome birthday gift for his girlfriend - to present her with a book of her life for her birthday.
Did I tell you I hate rich elites in Singapore?
PS : That said, Onion has been doing ok recently by toning down his elitist attitude. A few more days of peeling his elitist outlook should do the trick.
Instead Onion was shocked that the ST reported that only 20% of Singapore families have a monthly income of S$8000+. He thought there must be a mistake in the reporting because he believed that almost everyone in Singapore is rich. I patiently explained that most people in Singapore are like me i.e. dumbass earning a salary to keep their heads above water. Like a duck paddling furiously while quacking serenely at breadtossers. It is common for a husband and wife to pull in S$3000 each so it is tough for the family to hit the S$8000 benchmark. Onion looked at me in disbelief.
Onion then went on to describe the rich crowd of doctors and lawyers he hangs out with. Apparently, they like to hang out at some arty French restaurant Les Amis and that Bali place.
Also, the in-thing nowadays for birthday gifts is to give US$100,000 to a publisher and the publisher will interview all your friends and family and then comes up with a autobiography of your life. Onion thinks that it will be an awesome birthday gift for his girlfriend - to present her with a book of her life for her birthday.
Did I tell you I hate rich elites in Singapore?
PS : That said, Onion has been doing ok recently by toning down his elitist attitude. A few more days of peeling his elitist outlook should do the trick.
posted by Captain Obvious at 3:35 AM
4 Comments:
Maybe you can teach him Maths too.
We have about 4 million people in Singapore. Assuming each family unit is made up of 5 people, we would have 800 000 families.
20% of these families are about 160 000 families with income above $8000. Actually this figure is not that small hor...
Or you can put it this way: there are 2 families earning $8000 for every 10 household.
And not forgetting hawkers, fishmonger, taxi driver and other small and not so glamous businesses would under declare their actual income.
Why would I want to read about myself written by someone else?
Save it.
I would like an LV.
My autobiography would just be one page because the number of friends I have can be counted on one hand.
Not so bad la... but I do realised that the no. of necessary acquantices far exceed friends.
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