"A joke's a very serious thing." - Charles Churchill, "The Ghost", 1762

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Malaysian girl: hey
what's up with singapore girls

so caught up with materialism and that kinda lifestyle

shopping all the time
being gorgeous n beautiful
clubbing

wth

tell them to stop having their head up in the clouds ok
i'm sure like LIFE is not all about that

wth

i don' tunderstand how can such smart girls be so stupid at the same time??

oh yah must add want to show off n pretend to be rich, buy branded bags to show off blah blah blah

Me: are you sure they're smart ;)

Malaysian girl: go to top schools etc. not smart meh?

Me: trust me
academic ability and intelligence aren't always correlated


Someone: eh
i dont think it is exclusive to singaporean girls

come on, i'm a malaysian who has lived in singapore all my life. i work in an office full of materialistic malaysian girls - girls who have come here recently, for 1 - 2 years

they are the ones with all the branded bags
when they meet up in KL they go clubbing
the vainest one went to london to carry on being a vainer pot
and to gloat over the rest of us cos she earns pounds

so who is the materialistic one?

but ok lah, they are nice people. but these materialistic characteristics are not unique to singaporeans

maybe singapore girls tend to be materialistic AND mean about it haha
the malaysian ones like to acquire the look, but they are generally more pleasant


MFM: I thought it's a universal female thing

the avg american girl is also more obsessed with looks. they aren't so materialistic though

most american college girls seem to wear makeup to class


Someone: i don't think european women are as materialistic though

actually, i really think east asians are the worst
and americans

european girls are really not materialistic

i think they see branded goods as an extension of a lifestyle, rather than a desire/want thing
well, at least most of them


MFS: singapore is pretty materialistic

no lah
most of the american girls i know
don't wear make up to class

but that's the midwest

people are just more laid back and down to earth and relaxed where i go to college
and their nice too

there are so many nice girls on campus that it puts singapore girls to shame