Saturday, July 29, 2006

Saw "Real Talk" just now and it kept me thinking. The episode is about teenagers. Are we overly controlled by our parents or are we too pampered? Our parents want us to go the way that they feel is good for us but one day when we disobeyed, we become rebellious.

Is money the only way to link both the parents and children together.Is money everything we talk about? We are happy when our parents satisfied our desire but we get angry when we don't get what we want. When our parents do not have time with us, they use money as a substitute. But when they are not able to do so, we get angry and even start to raise our voice with them.

We often see the things on others before the person in them. We get concern about the branded things around and start to worship them. How many teenagers nowadays do not have a single branded object or clothing? But in the past, only a hand full of the children in Singapore have branded belongings. The only difference is that we are getting more affluence. We want every thing good and think that branded is equal to good.

I do not come from a very rich family and I am happy about it. I do not feel that money is everything and I am not those that will compete with others on how rich or how many branded things we have. So what if others have everything adidas have to offer and all the latest or that they have all the LV or Gucci products. I look for comfort and style no matter what brand they are. In fact one of the brand I like best is Hang Ten and they offer almost the cheapest priced goods. But they offer many of the best design the market have to offer. Others can compare as much as they like but I will just be listening and not joining in to compete. Being rich can buy many expensive goods but being poor doesn't mean they can't. But we have to see if we can afford those products. No point spending every single cent on branded products and have to reduce the money on food and other daily needs. I rather spend my money on food which can satisfy me better.