Someone once told me, "If someone says you are rich, don't deny it, say "thank you" and be grateful for what you have." So I was in University of Malaya today, giving out my questionnaires to students there wanting to know their perception towards what motivates them.Naturally being an outsider there, people gave me a look the moment they see the Taylor's logo on my questionnaire. I can understand that they are thinking "what are you doing here?" coz some say it out loud while some gave me the what-are-you-doing-here look. Coming to the main point, there is this one guy, who I gave my questionnaire to, after collecting it from him and just about to leave, I heard him scoffing away "huh, Taylor's......all the "you qian ren" place" When I overheard him, I felt disappointed? angry? I dunno, it was a mixed feeling, but I knew I wanted to go back and give him a piece of my mind; but then again I thought what was the point, so I just smirked and went away.
I was imagining in my mind, "rehearsing the scenario" if i were to give him a piece of my mind that not all Taylorians are rich, that some of us have to work hard to sustain a scholarship and take up loans and that he should just mind his own business and play his expensive smartphone. Anyway, this post is not about hating this guy or anything, because when I come to think about it, I am privileged to be able to receive branded education from Taylor's, to be able to pursue whatever course I want in a campus that provides that campus experience and to be honest, my family is quite well off also, though not rich but enough to sustain a comfortable lifestyle. I suppose why people have a bad impression on people who are perceived rich because they are always being perceived as spoiled and pampered whether by their own experience or by the media. So I suppose, if someone calls you rich, just say "thank you" and be grateful for what you have, even if you are not rich; and as long as you know your heart that you are not the spoiled brat that other people perceive you to be then it's ok, because at the end of the day, that person is a nobody, and you live for yourself and your expectations and not what others want you to be. I'm blessed =)
