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Monday, April 02, 2007
PREACHY PREACHY
There was a fine piece of advice from the country’s Number 2 carried by the local dailies last week.
You know, about how Malay entrepreneurs should remain focused even when they had made profits, and not succumb to what he termed as the “4Bs” – bungalow, boat, Benz and Beemer (that’s BMW for you).
Some entrepreneurs, he said, “stepped on the brakes” after they had obtained these status symbols, or they started paying more attention to their wives, even though they could go on to become the country’s next billionaire.
I insist that the sermon also be addressed to another group of audience closer to Number 2 -- the Malay politicians (although the line of distinction between the politicians and enterpreneurs is really blurry).
I'd say the Malay politicians should also not succumb to the 4Bs, which seem to be the first on their agenda after gaining office.
And their wives should not attract too much attention by altering their appearance, or by imposing to constantly be in the eyes of the public, dressed in all their finery.
The wives themselves should not be tempted by the 4Bs as well – Bvlgari, Birkin, Blahnik and Botox.
And the politicians, they should also avoid the other under-rated B.
Bullshit.
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4Bs+ 2 = the extra 2Bs being "Bini Baru.."
and I beg to differ on the description that the line between entrepreneurs and politicians are blurry.. politicians in so-called businesses just ain't entrepreneurs... they're just good "chanel-ers"...
Interesting note on their wives/or them for the matter: they have to parade the 4Bs to show their "status"..
I see my friends' mums and dads, the "established" people of the past (70s, 80s) - the aunties and uncles, don't need the 4Bs.. they just ooze with finesse.. even if you "catch" aunty at her home in her "baju butterfly", or uncle just having coffee, whilst peering over the newspapers..
pakai lah 4B or thousands of B's - you just can't buy such finesse, such flair.. such decorum..
Crabby Ashburn (Temasek-born Malaysian) said...
1:18 PM
Hey, that's what I missed out. "Bini Baru!!!" I don't mind so much kalau entrepreneurs yang nak tayang the 4Bs ke, 4Gs ke. Perhaps they deserve to do so, after their hard work. Yang saya tak suka ialah bila politicians yng buat gitu...Shameless.
wetbenang said...
4:50 PM