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Kevin Kwan

Rich People Problems

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  • Nastya Zhiboedovahas quoted5 years ago
    I don’t think people ever realize what they’ve lost until it’s too late,” Rachel said.
  • Anna Chasovikovahas quoted4 years ago
    Felicity chimed in. “Jesus said, ‘To grow rich is glorious.’ ”
    “Actually, Deng Xiaoping, the late Communist leader of China, said that!”
  • Anna Chasovikovahas quoted4 years ago
    In 2016, Gucci sent out warning letters about trademark infringement to several mom-and-pop shops in Hong Kong that were selling paper Gucci tomb offerings. After a backlash from Chinese shoppers and an avalanche of bad publicity, Gucci issued an apology
  • Anna Chasovikovahas quoted4 years ago
    “Not just any arowana. This is Valentino, Mrs. Wu’s prized super red arowana. It was worth at least $175,000 and now it will be worth $250,000, minimum.”
    “Why’s that?”
    “I just took Valentino to his plastic surgeon. He was beginning to develop a droopy eye, so we gave him an eye lift. And he even got a very slight chin job. See how handsome he looks now?”
    “There’s a plastic surgeon for fish?” Astrid asked incredulously
  • Anna Chasovikovahas quoted4 years ago
    Do you know what that snob said to me? When I asked him what he did, he actually dared to say, ‘I’m a millionaire!’ ”
    Araminta clutched Kitty’s arm and doubled over in laughter. Trying to catch her breath, she said, “No, no, you’re mistaken!”
    Kitty continued her tirade, “So I said to him, ‘Well, I’m a billionaire!’ ”
    Wiping the tears of laughter away from her eyes, Araminta explained. “Kitty, that man is Philip Treacy. He’s not a millionaire, he’s a milliner—a hat designer. I’m sure that’s what he told you.
  • Anna Chasovikovahas quoted4 years ago
    Cathleen Kah Leong, the wife of Harry and Felicity Leong’s eldest son, Henry, takes great pride in her thrift. A partner at Singapore’s most esteemed law firm, she takes the public bus to work every day. A granddaughter of the late banking tycoon Kah Chin Kee, she uses a plastic bag from the local neighborhood gourmet grocers to transport her legal briefs when she could well afford to buy Goyard. (Not a nice Goyard leather tote bag—I mean Goyard, the company.)
  • Anna Chasovikovahas quoted4 years ago
    “No, if you have a baby with a Caucasian man, you’re almost guaranteed it will be attractive. There’s a ninety-nine percent chance it will look like Keanu Reeves. That’s why so many Asian women are desperate to find white husbands.”
  • Anna Chasovikovahas quoted4 years ago
    The literal meaning in Hokkien is “red hair,” but it’s a derogatory colloquial term used to describe anything of Western origin, since to many of Singapore’s older-generation Chinese, all Western people are considered ang mor kow sai—“redhaired dog shit.”
  • Anna Chasovikovahas quoted4 years ago
    He glanced at his sleeve cuff, expecting to see a Patek, Vacheron, or Breguet, but was horrified to see an Apple Watch strapped to his wrist. Dear God, how the mighty had fallen!
  • Anna Chasovikovahas quoted4 years ago
    “What do you mean ‘homeless’? There is no such thing as a homeless person in Singapore!”
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