Luxury

"You are carrying Gucci's bag, wearing Tiffany&Co's ring and Cartier's diamond watch, applying Channel no.5 and in a Prada dress.
I only feel pathetic to you because you are not the one who earn money."

Or in another word, I will respect you, if you do earn the money by yourself and spend on these luxury goods. If you are not, why showing off? You might gain respect from others who see you in the branded image, but how about others who know where your money come from? If wearing MONEY on you makes you feel respected, why don't just make yourself a dress with all USD notes?

Here comes the debate : How do you classify luxury goods?
Well, different people has different perception.
My friend thinks that other than necessity goods, it's luxury goods. For me, those big brands whose marginal cost is super high and carrying social status are luxury goods. And you? I am sure it will be a different answer.

In Hong Kong, it is the fact that luxury goods show your identity. It is materialistic and realistic, I know. It is not surprise if you see a middle age woman carrying LV bag but wearing plain color clothes, walking on one of the busiest street in Central. It is so sarcastic, people will tag you by seeing you with a LV bag, no matter what you are wearing--"WOW, LV Bag!" And you gained social status.


I couldn't remember who told me about this statement "Rich people will not show what the brands they are wearing." Proof? Well, one of my senior whose father is one of the directors from a big company do not show off how rich he is by wearing Ralph Lauren, or wearing a Rolex. However, he is REALLY RICH.

I am not saying that buying branded goods are pathetic, it's just that if the money you spend on it is not your own money, then forget about it, you are wasting your money to gain fake respects.
If you do gain them yourself, you are Brilliant, give you all the respects.

However, the purpose of buying branded goods shouldn't be showing off, it should be fulfilling your "self-esteem" or even "self actualization"needs. Gaining respects or not is no longer the focus point, you are wearing it, you are the one who feel happy, then it's enough, isn't it?

Thus, branded goods' marketing strategies are the "prime criminal" of this phenomenon. Social status, reference groups, peer pressure etc.
So cool, I am studying Marketing, a future marketer. I am the one who will be doing this. And what? I don't like this phenomenon. But this is so true, this is the fact, this is a technique to attract consumers. (Somehow I feel sad to myself that I am so sensitive to the marketing strategies that different brands use in order to attract consumers, till I couldn't really enjoy the promotions.)

And maybe someday I will be carrying Prada, applying Dior perfume. Hopefully those luxury brands I bought are to entertain myself instead of others. Hopefully.

Main point of this article? NAHHHHH...just forget about it. It's just something that a very sick and blur and tired person wrote.

久违

好久不曾 大家一起很期待同一个晚上

放学  惊喜   装扮

住在同一个套房的好处

就是你可以从厕所大喊  问女孩们穿什么衣服

可以问你的头发这样好看吗

可以问室友帮你拉拉链

然后一起打扮 出门

食物似乎不再是重点

用餐的地点也只是配角

重点在 人都齐了  欢乐也到了

几杯下肚  没醉但不是最清醒

随着音乐摇摆  烦恼统统都丢掉

什么压力 什么情绪 全部都变不见

只剩下音乐 舞步 朋友

最近走红的gangnam style 全场的人都疯狂

一直到 音乐减弱 才发现警察查牌

无丝毫畏惧  只是觉得很新奇

平时在电视里看到的查牌 现在自己遇上了

没有电视里的装腔作势

警察也没有红可怕 

当然也不是电视里的便装警察  都是军装的

警察走了  音乐继续

继续未完的ganggam style

一个birthday shot

祝你生日快乐

一张照片  几个笑容

我爱这样的我们

也提醒着

这个久违的欢乐与爱

散

每每压力大 就会失眠
于是我昨晚 失眠了

依然  还是  仍旧  很多东西做
Level 4的科目果然不是盖的
所有的research资料都要钱  我们穷学生
哪里来的900或2000美金买一份市场调查报告

今天跟Programme Leader聊了一个小时
确定了方向  做出了决定
先工作 再念书

只能够说  跟自己背景相似的长辈聊天感觉很好
因为他们懂你  了解你的顾虑  知道你要什么
就好象一到房间 他问我 Want to speak Malaysian English ar?
我微笑  整个过程中尽量不配合他的Singaporean English
不然习惯了会很麻烦

怎知因为一些事情我回到学校再遇到她
她问我They owe you money ar
我说 no lar
oops 破功

于是心情很愉快  如释重负
回家跟J一起做Kuih Batik
成功

可是功课呢
唉  别提了

久 乱

继上一篇 已经是两个月前的事情
这两个月  完成了Internship 去了台湾 充了电
然后又回到这个我又爱又很的地方

这个学期也会很忙
才week 4 已经感受到那种莫名的压力
都不知道自己在紧张什么  100分里的4分 我紧张成它是100分
都不知道这种是追求完美性格的前奏 还是紧张在作怪

转季
10月中还能够穿短裤短袖  是一件很开心的事
但身体没办法抵御细菌还是病毒还是流感 whatever
反正就是咳嗽伤风肚子痛
全部一次过来报到

一年前的现在  我在上海
享受自由自在的生活
一年前的以后  我在那里
又过着什么样的生活
而那样的生活又是我要的吗

不知道
又开始迷失在这样的十字路口
又开始很容易受别人的影响
又开始什么东西都很想吞下去
可是为什么 烦恼 忧愁却吞不下去

写到这里其实也不知道要表达什么
只是打开blogger 看到大家都说很久没上来这里
所以我也按了进来  随便写些什么 又好像什么都没写

不知道
我还有很多公司没研究
H&M Somersby TsingTao OralB Oreo................

2/3

终于  Internship来到了最后的一个月
只能说时间真的过得很快  眨眼间   工作生活就只剩下三分之一

是真的很迫不及待的要回到上课的生活
但是不知道怎么这几天突然很舍不得
不是舍不得没有金钱来源   而是那边的同事

于是发现   留恋一个地方 最开始的因素 是 人

就好象当初爱上香港这个地方  是因为在这里的朋友
然后才慢慢地爱上它的全部
爱上了它冷冷的天气  爱上它忙碌的生活  爱上它方便的交通

所以我开始爱上这个工作的环境
爱上每天都要爬很高的阶梯才到公司
爱上每个星期五都可以跟同事一起吃大餐
爱上每天都在办公室冻的变雪条
走了之后   我真的会很怀念

同事们很可爱

酒量很好的Mandy每次Happy Hour都介绍我喝什么样的Cocktail
好好先生的Michael每次都毫无保留的出手相助
大腹便便的Becky每次都转过来问我  还好吗
非常可爱的Nicole每次都走过来问我  可以帮他讲普通话吗

真的很可爱
所以在相处的时间里  不知不觉大家感情越来越厚

昨天Michael还说   阿Yan你一个月前都不会这样笑我
只因为我说了他Fat 跟Fit只差一个字
连他都知道  我的表现手法

大家都问我 毕业以后要不要回来
我说  不知道
可是不管到什么地方  他们都会被我牢牢记在心里
就好象Mandy问我的   走了以后会不会把他们的照片放在我的墙上
我说  当然


剩下的1/3 珍惜