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There are great artists in this world and there are great IT brains too.

I am really slow when it comes to IT stuff and I know bloggers like Drizzt (InvestmentMoats) and LP (Bully the Bear) who have kindly tried to influence me to become more IT savvy at one time or another have probably given up on me. Friends and colleagues too have found out what a dinosaur I am.

Which one is AK?

Blogging is something I do for fun and I don't want to feel any pressure to learn new stuff. Otherwise, blogging becomes stressful and when something becomes stressful, it is no longer fun.

Anyway, I think I might have moved up the IT ladder today as I have included a "Follow AK on Facebook" button in my blog's left sidebar. This is after receiving questions from readers on whether I have a Facebook account.

I do have a Facebook account. I started one a few years ago at a friend's recommendation to build up readership numbers for my blog but I didn't do much to it or with it. I still don't.

Anyway, try the button and let me know if it works:

If it doesn't work, I will need to seek help.

They were just showing off their wealth!

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 宅男 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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