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Am preparing for my US trip in Nov...

will be heading to SF, Vegas, california, arizona...

so am making a list of things to get...

1. kate / jack spade
2. coach leather accessories
3. nike tee
4. oakley shade
5. the new ipad mini

pls contribute/ share any shopping ideas if any.

thanks!
 

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Until coming to Singapore I even did not know that a handbag with price tag of $5K and above existed. In States if you are an ordinary person and spend that amount on handbag people will think that a) you are stupid, b) you have really bad taste and manners.

Yeah, this is true.

America - most of it, anyway - has a very different view of ostentatious displays of wealth. In Singapore it seems like one woman in two carries a Louis Vuitton bag; in America, any woman carrying an LV-monogrammed bag is either a spendthrift, tasteless, or a sugar baby. (And any man carrying one is just an asshole.)

Nobody cares over here that your watch is a Hublot or Patek, or that your bag is a Coach or Kate Spade. (At least, nobody outside Manhattan, or Beverly Hills, or the flashier parts of Miami.)

And if I'm being honest, I like it this way. America judges you by who you are, not who you wear.
 

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Am preparing for my US trip in Nov...

will be heading to SF, Vegas, california, arizona...

so am making a list of things to get...

1. kate / jack spade
2. coach leather accessories
3. nike tee
4. oakley shade
5. the new ipad mini

pls contribute/ share any shopping ideas if any.

thanks!

Hey, if you're heading to SF, don't go for Kate or Jack Spade (fun fact, Jack Spade tried to open an SF boutique a couple of months ago and got hounded out of town because they're not local enough). Go for a local leathergoods maker instead - I hear good things about Mulholland on Market Street. And that way you won't have exactly the same bag as everyone else in Singapore.

Ditto Nike tees. In the immortal words of Macklemore, "fifty dollars for a t-shirt? I call that getting swindled and pimped". Get your t-shirts from Uniqlo instead, and pick up some cool locally-made threads from Unionmade to wear over the top of them.

And if you're going to Las Vegas and Arizona, do a loop up through Utah as well. Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park are absolutely unmissable, and they're easy to get to if you go around the back side of the Grand Canyon like this map.
 

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You mean handbags? What kind of?

Until coming to Singapore I even did not know that a handbag with price tag of $5K and above existed. In States if you are an ordinary person and spend that amount on handbag people will think that a) you are stupid, b) you have really bad taste and manners.

Where are u from b4 coming to sg?
Ladies bag, purses etc... Kate spade, coach etc

States? Asian Jap/Korean/Taiwanese communities just like sg at times can be far worst! Ang mo no one really gives a damn. Jews do care, drive lux car, rolex etc not uncommon.
African American those very wealthy ones not too diff from us
 

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America - most of it, anyway - has a very different view of ostentatious displays of wealth. In Singapore it seems like one woman in two carries a Louis Vuitton bag; in America, any woman carrying an LV-monogrammed bag is either a spendthrift, tasteless, or a sugar baby. (And any man carrying one is just an asshole.)

Nobody cares over here that your watch is a Hublot or Patek, or that your bag is a Coach or Kate Spade. (At least, nobody outside Manhattan, or Beverly Hills, or the flashier parts of Miami.).

Wow, living here close to 2 decades and this is news to me. Lol

Have to agree most ppl don't care.
 

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Avoiding snow... Ta-da!

las vegas to death valley
Death valley to san simeon for seal watching
San simeon to big sur
Big sur to monterey for whale watching
Monterey to mariposa to take yarts bus to yosemite (We will park and ride, so no need snow chain!)
Mariposa to san Francisco


On the note of americans not wearing flashy brandy, i think most americans dont, but the city people do... the New Yorkers i guess.
NYC is not exactly my fav city, had many bad experience there. haha

i hate branded.... think its really waste of money.
 

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My friends (who are into watches) told me these watches are very much cheaper in USA than singapore...

I dont buy branded nor watch, if i buy, its just to resell to reduce my wedding costs.... :D :s13:

then start an import business lor :eek:
 

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Where are u from b4 coming to sg?
California. For 15 years. Before that - 10 years on 4 other countries on three continents.

Ladies bag, purses etc... Kate spade, coach etc
A am a male - I am not supposed to know that. :)

OK, jokes aside - my wife makes her own handbags. When she came in her office here in Singapore with her creations her department girls thought that each bug should cost at least $3-4K

States? Asian Jap/Korean/Taiwanese communities just like sg at times can be far worst!

Only in case if they live in ghetto and do not go 'in America', like somalis in Michigan or russians in Brighton Beach.

Ang mo no one really gives a damn.
I still from time to time need to tell the story how Sergei Brin standing behind me in line and buying coffee at Starbucks at Rengstorff...

Jews do care, drive lux car, rolex etc not uncommon.
If you are in diamond trade - of course.

African American those very wealthy ones not too diff from us
Do you know what expression '****** rich' means?
 
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California. For 15 years. Before that - 10 years on 4 other countries on three continents.

A am a male - I am not supposed to know that. :)

OK, jokes aside - my wife makes her own handbags. When she came in her office here in Singapore with her creations her department girls thought that each bug should cost at least $3-4K

I still from time to time need to tell the story how Sergei Brin standing behind me in line and buying coffee at Starbucks at Rengstorff...

If you are in diamond trade - of course.

Do you know what expression '****** rich' means?

hahaha what work brings u to so many countries?
i fell in love with america since i student exchange there... but sadly, i didnt manage to get any job that allows me to work there.
trying my best though to look-see and see if there are opportunities.

lol! tell the Sergei Brin story! :D

haha ****** rich... not to be racist or anything, but their culture is really loud, flunk it if u got it.....

:s13:
 

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hahaha what work brings u to so many countries?
Not work - willingness to go, see and explore. First I go, then I get a job, however in case of SG it was other way around - I am not that adventurous any more.

i fell in love with america since i student exchange there... but sadly, i didnt manage to get any job that allows me to work there.
I came there on a temp visitor visa and the second day I burnt my return ticket, so for me was no way back. Had to go thru a lot of $hit but eventually everything worked well.

trying my best though to look-see and see if there are opportunities.
Carry on and don't give up - whoever tries and is determined will be successful.

lol! tell the Sergei Brin story! :D
It is either 2003 or 2004 - right after they went public. So I am at the *$ counter, deciding what to pick up and see the barista smiles to someone behind me who just entered the store and asks: 'Sergei, the usual'?

I speak Russian fluently so turn back to see who this russian is, and here he is - Sergei Brin, right behind me. Dressed just an ordinary software engineer - t-shirt, jeans, sneakers. Nobody would recognize him unless pointed or known.

After two seconds I ask: 'may I pay for your drink'? He looks at me and says: 'I can afford it'. I: 'dude, I know that you can. However if you allow me to do it, I rest of my life can tell the story how I once paid for Sergei Brin's coffee.'

So he did. And here is the story.

haha ****** rich... :s13:
Do google for definition.
 
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Not work - willingness to go, see and explore. First I go, then I get a job, however in case of SG it was other way around - I am not that adventurous any more.

I came there on a temp visitor visa and the second day I burnt my return ticket, so for me was no way back. Had to go thru a lot of $hit but eventually everything worked well.

Whooo. In work, I used to know a malaysia who, in slang, "jump aeroplane" (sorry if the direct translation is off), he went and stayed illegally in Britain and USA. Right now, he is working in singapore and banned in both britain usa. haha. I must say, u r really brave to go for it! Glad that everything worked well... must be hell lot of $hit.

i actually tot of doing that a decade ago. too bad i didnt have the guts to do so.
now that im marrying, i think even less chance... :(

Carry on and don't give up - whoever tries and is determined will be successful.

It is either 2003 or 2004 - right after they went public. So I am at the *$ counter, deciding what to pick up and see the barista smiles to someone behind me who just entered the store and asks: 'Sergei, the usual'?

I speak Russian fluently so turn back to see who this russian is, and here he is - Sergei Brin, right behind me. Dressed just an ordinary software engineer - t-shirt, jeans, sneakers. Nobody would recognize him unless pointed or known.

After two seconds I ask: 'may I pay for your drink'? He looks at me and says: 'I can afford it'. I: 'dude, I know that you can. However if you allow me to do it, I rest of my life can tell the story how I once paid for Sergei Brin's coffee.'

So he did. And here is the story.

haha great story! he probably can buy up a starbucks branch
:D

Do google for definition.

yah... buying unnecessarily. i think i took it out of content and tot it refer to blacks only.

counting down to my honeymoon in USA!! :D seriously no mood for work today.. too tied up with usa trips :s13:
 

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My friends (who are into watches) told me these watches are very much cheaper in USA than singapore...

I dont buy branded nor watch, if i buy, its just to resell to reduce my wedding costs.... :D :s13:

wa all like out of my budget haha , thx anyway :o
 

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Only in case if they live in ghetto and do not go 'in America', like somalis in Michigan or russians in Brighton Beach.

If you are in diamond trade - of course.

Do you know what expression '****** rich' means?

Lol not sure living in Cali will get your facts right about the above. Somalians plenty in Minnesota, yrs both starts with M maybe confuse u. Michigan u get a lot of middle eastern ppl.

Jews don't have to so diamond trade to be that rich, my pals accounting and dentist family also damn well. Others resturant biz etc.

Hey u are entitled to your opinions.
 

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And if I'm being honest, I like it this way. America judges you by who you are, not who you wear.

To add on to this.

I studied in New York University for my undergraduate program - some people walk around wearing top hats and canes, some with transparent T-shirts (they are guys), people wear purple, green, pink hair dye, you can smell weed smoke from the guy next to you and gays make out on the street. There was once I was walking down a road in busy downtown Manhattan and I saw this Caucasian girl walking out of the gym. She was wearing a cap, a bag and FBTs and that was it. No bra, too.

It's a freer society - people don't judge or care the way they do in Singapore. I wouldn't say it is a greater place than SG or vice versa, but if you're a liberal, it is a great place to be in.
 

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Michigan is not a ghetto. More than 200 Singapores would fit there and there would be room left over. The few ghettos, and there are very few are in Detroit. That city is in bankruptcy proceedings after too many years of giving city workers benefits it can no longer afford and the result of corrupt govt. paying millions to crony partners.

Outside of Detroit, Michigan offers 4 of the five Great Lakes, the worlds largsest supply of fresh water. Michigan is also a 4 season state, with snowy and sometimes cold winters, plenty of winter sports, a lovely and moderate spring when nature comes back to life, a short and not often hot summer, (30C is hot in that part of the world, people will wear shorts when it's 10C outside), fall is the season before winter where temperaturs slowly fall from the hot of summer to the cold of winter, nature puts on her annual explosion of colours as millions of trees offer thier leaves to all to see turning bright reds, yellow, oranges, purples and a few other colours for all to enjoy for a few weeks. Autum winds and rains eventually push and pull the leafs off and the first snow of winter singals the return of short days, cold nights and warm coats.

Tired of winter, one can drive to warmer places, Florida for example in two days of driving. In a hurry? One can fly to warm and sunny Florida in a 3 hour flight.

Come on over anytime!!
 
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