It's always the same feeling. Before even one can sense that a weekend has begun..it's over! Some attribute it to the TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) syndrome...characteristic of the soft class! There was never this 'weekend feeling' when in Pilani...Every day was like any other! (lol!)
The Forum was a great retreat...Somewhat similar to good old Spencer's, it definitely brought in the 'Unique Singapore' feeling! KFC proved how difficult it is to remain a vegetarian...! Frankly, we didnt spot the other good restaurant upstairs that had a 'Salem Kitchen'! The shops (or rather the price tags on all goods!!..) would make even a compulsive shopper think twice!!!
Just how people could afford to spend so much money on the goods there (some were,well..atleast acc to me...totally not worth the money!) 'No Compromise' may be a policy which a good customer adopts....but dont we need to make sure that the thing bought is actually worth the money paid?!...This is simple logic! Simplicity needs to be the order of the day! Not extravagance ! Well...there is really nothing we achieve by an ostentatious show of wealth...(well-acquired or not!)
Sunday rambled away at the Commercial Street...THE place to be...I was told! A greater number of shops, more number of people, in comparison to the Forum,...and the some haggling , though in a milder form, at some shops!! Came up with a good optimization problem....With a constraint on the money you can actually spend...how would you end up buying more items that actually are useful(!) and those that look a lot costlier (!!!) than they are...On further analysis, the second constraint doesnt seem very logical...What's the point..as long as it is useful to you...albeit for a shorter duration,Why would we worry about it 'looking costly'?....Moreover, the flaunting part comes into play...Why would we want something to 'look costly'..unless, of course. we are just showing- off...
This requires more analysis though! Solving the problem with just one constraint is difficult enough...as there always seem to be more 'optimal' solutions...Are we looking out for a heuristic approach here ?(lol!) Well...depends...(Isnt that the BEST answer you could give when you have little idea about the thing in question??!!) Another thing...next time I buy a toothpaste, do I need to solve the 'complicated' problem!?? This means, the type, importance and role of the item we intend buying needs to be accounted for....somehow..!
The optimal solution....is still a dream!
2 comments:
Well homes...
I agree you have a point here...Extravagant and useful are relative terms...when you consider an example such as that...But consider this case...I give 10k to 3 ppl...all from the slums...Say,one person saves it for his daughter's education...and another pays his mother's medical expenses with that...while the third buys a new sofa set for his hut....! Does it make sense when I talk of extravagance here?!!
Am sure these kind of examples arent hard to come by! There may be a good number of these types from each of the classes you mentioned!
That being the case,I dont see why I shouldnt be 'judgemental about people being show-offs when it
comes to money'.
By the way, I am glad you gave it a thought and decided to make a point! Great going!!
Well homes...
I agree you have a point here...Extravagant and useful are relative terms...when you consider an example such as that...But consider this case...I give 10k to 3 ppl...all from the slums...Say,one person saves it for his daughter's education...and another pays his mother's medical expenses with that...while the third buys a new sofa set for his hut....! Does it make sense when I talk of extravagance here?!!
Am sure these kind of examples arent hard to come by! There may be a good number of these types from each of the classes you mentioned!
That being the case,I dont see why I shouldnt be 'judgemental about people being show-offs when it
comes to money'.
By the way, I am glad you gave it a thought and decided to make a point! Great going!!
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