For those threads asking is money/look important?? here is your answer



The Story of Terence and Amanda

When I first got to know of Terence, he was at the peak of his life. Soon to be the heir of a very large public listed company in Malaysia, he had his life cut out for him.

Whether he was going to work or not, he was going to live a comfortable life.

He drove the flashiest BMWs, frequented the VIP areas of the coolest clubs and being a guy, spent money on every gadget his heart desired. Terence knew how to enjoy money.Guys like that appear on the radar quite quickly for some of the hottest girls in the night life circuit.

One girl took notice, her name was Amanda and she was by any means one of the hottest girls that any guy would ever lay their eyes on.

She could walk from the South Court to the North Court of MidValley and at least 10 guys to turn their heads and look at her... she was as hot as this.
Amanda was ambitious.

She knew exactly what she wanted in life and it wasn't a flourishing career up the corporate ladder, it was security... financial security to be exact and she saw that in Terence.

Terence wasn't perfect and as a person had his own set of flaws like any other man, but it didn't matter... the bank account that his family came with was enough to make up for it and to be fair... there's no cry no foul for Amanda liking that part of him.

Donald Trump's beautiful wife was one asked if she would have fallen for Donald Trump if he wasn't rich.

She replied
"Do you think Donald would fall for me if I weren't beautiful?"Which hit the point exactly.

Amanda whether with her beauty or charm or personality managed to eventually hook Terence.

Months into the relationship, Amanda got pregnant.

Terence's high profile family struggled to deal with the problem.

They at one point considered having an abortion but Amanda would refuse anything less than a marriage so that the baby had a proper home to stay with.

Tied with Terence's mistake, Terence decided to go ahead with the marriage and eventually got the support of his parents. Some people wonder whether it was Amanda's plan all along to get Terence to marry her to tie him down.... but that is a question nobody but Amanda will know how to answer.

A few years later into the marriage, a crisis hit Terence's family business.... the 1997 financial crisis to be exact. Just before 1997, many Malaysian companies were on an expansion path with the KLSE being one of the highest traded markets in the world in terms of volume.

To expand, you need money and when you're a huge public listed company, getting banks to lend you money isn't too much of a problem.Now once you've decided that you want to borrow money to grow your business, the next question lies on the Cost of Borrowing or simply... the interest rate.

The interest rate in Malaysia is relatively higher than the interest rate from the many developed countries overseas so many local companies borrowed in USD from overseas banks, Terence's family business was no different.

When the financial crisis hit, the ringgit depreciated from RM2.5 to USD1.00 to something like RM5-6 to USD1.00.

That means if you borrowed RM100,000,000 before the crisis, that figure inflated to RM200,000,000 after the crisis. Terence's family business tanked overnight and his father was declared a bankrupt.Terence's life was quick to change. He no longer spent as much as he did and he went out to find a job. Amanda too had to find one.

Fortunately for Terence, he was smart and he went to a good university so finding a job wasn't too much of a problem for him. Amanda too had graduated with a degree but working wasn't really quite her thing, she found herself in a bit of a fix.

Just two years later, Terence caught Amanda cheating on him with an older man. He was dumbfounded and depressed.

What the hell was going on that this woman he had a baby boy with had to be cheating on him with an older man.

Some say... it was because of the financial security that wealthier older man had... some say... love is blind.

They eventually filed for divorce. Terence kept the only child they had and Amanda went on to marry the older man to live the life of a socialite.

The story of Terence and Amanda got me thinking about one thing... about the ups and downs of life.

It is inevitable that in anyone's life, especially where business is involved, there will be ups, there will be downs. Richard Branson's successful Virgin Atlantic airlines had almost failed once but today stands tall with a fleet of aircraft and a brand name to die for.

Closer to home, I have met many rich businessmen with wealth in the millions. Many of which have told me how they had succeeded, then failed... then picked themselves up to succeed again.

People will always have their ups and downs (and don't get me wrong.. ups and downs need not be measured simply with dollar signs).

I feel that right now I may perhaps on a small scale be experiencing my 'UP' or at least on the way "UP". One day... I may very well face my down. Things can and will go wrong.

Hence, the girl I will eventually end up with need not be really pretty.

She need not be cute. She need not be hot. She need not be sexy.

The one thing she needs to be though is strong and committed.

Strong enough to give me her strength when I am down... and committed enough to sit with me through the storm.

This post has been edited by Drifter: Apr 3 2008, 09:35 PM

Keep on dreaming.

Your reality so hopeless? so kesian

i met 1 b4, jz i never appreciate her. now is payback time

Yes.

Dai 9 sei.

ya man, serve me right

how hard did reality kick u? did it hurt?

as hurt as ur avatar

tl; dr

broken grammar did not help

yawnz~

oh come on, you can't be more hurt or hopeless than me.

try me...............

lu apa cerita? kasi share

story time..

i wan to listen oso...

thats the reality if u met girls with $$$$ mind but ............

"Soon to be the heir of a very large public listed company in Malaysia"
"Terence's family business tanked overnight and his father was declared a bankrupt"

public listed to go bankrupt with overnight? if public listed, company bankrupt, not the people. they only made loss money

cant recall what large public listed comp bankrupt during 1997

Nah, doesn't matter.

What done is done.

yes..

money (financial security) is important for girls..
look (appearance security) is important for guys..

the next time u guys going to ask : Why girls all like money ??

Please look at the mirror and ask yourselves : Why u like pretty girls ??

Exceptional ? Yes, there is, but the word exceptional itself already defines it is a small probability case, seldom or even rare cases..


This post has been edited by mindkiller6610: Apr 4 2008, 02:45 AM

is reproduction so important?

A woman is a fool when she is poor, while man is a fool when he is rich

This post has been edited by Avex: Apr 4 2008, 03:48 AM

she marrys for the money, he marrys for the baby... money gone she gone, at least he got to keep the baby

y do men b!tch about women who go after their money when they r going after their beauty?even if she isnt drop dead gorgeous , at least there was something thr which made you stick with her.

to be honest, which woman doesnt wan financial security. like how man wan all the pretty young things.

we are all the same thing seeking for something which is different.

Siowgal.. good one....

So, what u finding ???

alot of them as stock exchange drop dramatically on 1997

Maybe its because their money isn't them? In terms of looks, girls want good looking guys as well. We all want pretty things, but if your purpose of being with someone is just money, that's an incredibly shaky foundation. The same could be said with looks too, but at least looks are personal and it is something that gets you attracted to the person. Money, isn't that subjective.

In this story, the guy "sui ham sap". If he didn't poke his thingy in and release millions of baby making products all these wouldn't happen.

Wow, interesting story here.

huh? this is his "moral" of this story? he could be right tho...

while reading this too long story i had a scene on a beach in my mind...the tide is coming in *boum*... *kkksssssyyyy* and ... *boum*...*kkksssssyyyy*
now the tide is going out...

anyone else did NOT have a picture of the A hooking herself around the rich Older man?

Nice story. Just another story to accompany your lack of trust in some modern women.

What is it with girls and oggling over 'old men who are matured' ? Maturity has no limit when it comes to age. I find that most Western teens act and think better than some 30 year old Asian men. Is it 'security' they seek for or just their preference for wrinkled balls? Being financially stable is more like a requirement to be married but running for another man just because yours was compromised of his financial position . . . That's an act of cowardice and adultary. It's the Commissars pistol to the head for her in my books.

OT: kean89 you don't happen to read Imperial Guard novels do you?

Girls want rich and handsome guys, guys want sexy and good in bed girls. Fair trade!

not as simple as that, everyone has their own unique demands... it is fact that i know some pretty girls with ugly and poor guy as their bf

if you can't bear my poorest how are you going to bear my richest

hah, talak cerita 1 ah

Half my head's filled with the realm of Warhammer 40k. If it did exist, i would put myself in the service of the God-Emperor.

About what you said, it's more or less true. We're bloody animals.

it doesnt matter. I wan hot chicks. with S

As long as you know what you want, there's no harm in it.

Everyone has their own preference. If you want/look for a gold digger then you end up with his/her gold digging traits and "benefits". If you want/look for someone whose not so hard up for money (let's face it, money is important though materialism is another matter), you'll enjoy a pretty darn good relationship (also depends on both your character and personality of cos...)

mmoo's advice is so good. like never advice

but now that guy is rich and succesful again

The problem is if you end up with a not so hot-sexy-beautiful woman, you'll never know how commited she is until you hit a crisis. What happen if say you did hit a crisis and she still bailed out? then you end up being fu-cked by an ugly girl?????

ons? somebody to sponsor my foodie section

incredibly shaky foundation? then you think looks can last you forever? one day, the boobs will sag, the face will wrinkle. at least with money, it'll last a longer time with the right care.
like they say, diamonds are forever. looks? sure, u can maintain them with botox, surgeries. but those require moolah too.

QFT

then mayb u should report him for giving useless/pointless post

WHAT IF

There's the type of girl you want and she looks good? No not the super sexy hot type like the one you mentioned but looks good, pretty enough and damn committed?

Still not enough?

from TS's post it's clear why he was attracted to her in the first place. it's the look and maybe the idea of having a head turning gf boosted his ego. the only reason he got married to her was also because of the baby, in which she REFUSE to had an abortion to get rid of. and it had to involve her parents. so you say she don't love him for "him".. neither did he loved her for "her".

wonders why these guys never heard of safe sex

what made you think that if his family have maintain it's wealth he wouldn't go running after other women once she starts showing signs of aging? heck, many man i know go around hunting for others while they have a sweet pretty wife waiting faithfully at home. so what are you going to do those?

good idea

hei guys, i think i found one d. girl tat stay vf me thro up and down of my life and still love me no matter how bad i am.

ur mum?...Lolz

more

http://timothytiah.blogspot.com/2008/04/ni...inish-last.html

how true.

you can never go wrong with this. a too nice guy and the girls will just run away. u add in a bit of spices here and there and they will stick to you like nothing.

btw. are they still mr nice guys around? i dont think so.

u shd open ur eyes bigger

It is very true that financial securities is one of the woman interest in a man, but do you really believe man wants 'all' pretty young things? I still see guys hanging out with 'ugly' young things and pretty 'old' things. whether you want to believe or not is up2u. But to me no point stereotyping man want 'all' the pretty young things. The only 'ham sip lau 'ppl , is the one who desperately wants to lay chicks as they tot the younger the fresher. Am a guy, and i noticed this trend too from men. Not to disrespect you, one of your point is correct and absolutely, which is woman sees financial securities as their interest in their man or the man they want but saying how man want 'all' the pretty young things? No girl, thats way too far. In other words you dont really understand the nature of guys and men and how they also should be appreciated just like you woman, right? but hey that doesn't mean that i really understand wholly about woman, you know. Its just that as a good guy i am representing all those really who took a lots of effort in understanding the difference between genders, i don't think what you say about how man wan is true. Like i say, not to disrespect.. but its just my 2 cents.

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Added on April 29, 2008, 4:53 amI wish i could live in the world of yours but do you really believe that relationship should be a fair trade? Sweet alabama and amen if i could live in those kind of world or environment. So if girls wants rich and handsome guys, guys want sexy and good in bed girls, then tell me how on earth there are guys who are ugly and not that good looking and not loaded still can get the girls of their dreams and make their girl satisfies on the bed till she begs for more c*m on her face or how do some really handsome and rich guys got ugly girls as their gf but still cant moan or satisfies man on the bed and still guys still love them so much? Do you really believe this is fair? I wish i could say its not fair....but the reality is, when you look out there, you will see the real thing.. which is girls doesn't necessarily want rich and handsome guys, only those desperate girls who wants to get attention are the one who wants the rich and famous, and only bast*rds want sexy and 'kama sutra' sluts in their bed so those slut could ride them cowgirl style all night long. So please do yourself a favor, don't say girls want rich and handsome guys cos you are not representing those girls out there, and as for me, i hell no not going to represent those guys or man out there. I'm sorry if i criticize your judgement but all i want to do is make a point and not to start an argument. The only thing i know, different people, regardless of their gender, have different needs but both genders too have their unique common traits as we all knew women are from venus and men are from mars isnt it? The thread starter felt bad for his past, you know what thread starter, take that as an experience and don't look back. Enjoy your life now and live all the best and you are lucky to live in an 'unfair trade' world.

This post has been edited by peinsama: Apr 29 2008, 04:53 AM