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I was out the whole Sunday. I left home at 9am to meet a friend for breakfast. Then, I went to the gym before meeting another friend for lunch. After that, I went shopping before taking a break at UOB, reading all the periodicals I bought the night before.
In the evening, I went to Vivo City where I had dinner at the food court before doing a bit more shopping. I hardly do any shopping usually but I was looking for some things. Well, I found the stuff I was looking for in MUJI and Franc Franc. Yup, they were household items.
It is good to spend a whole day outside once in a while because I spend too much time cooped up at home. My Taiwanese friends call me a å®…ç”· which is not a compliment as I discovered. Anyway, being me, I couldn't help observing people and overhearing the kind of things they said.
While walking past the front of Hilton Hotel, a youngish couple drove into the driveway and parked their car alongside the Jaguars, Mercedes Benzs and BMWs. They were driving a bright red Ferrari with three exhaust pipes. Very impressive looking.
A little boy and his dad saw this too and as they walked past me, I heard the boy saying something about the car being nice. The dad told the boy, "They are just showing off."
Although I think that a Ferrari is not a very practical car for Singapore's roads, there are people who have lots of money and which car they drive is a matter of personal choice. I don't think it was appropriate for the dad to say what he said to the boy. In fact, it sounded a bit sour to me.
Perhaps, he could have responded by saying that it was indeed a nice car but it wasn't very practical to have cars like that in Singapore. He could go on to explain why.
Would not such a response be more educational?
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