Rich People Problems-Kwan 2017 (WWT)

*1 Originally an area of orchards and nutmeg plantations during the colonial era, Emerald Hill was developed into a
residential neighborhood for Peranakan families in the early twentieth century. These Peranakans—or Straits Chinese,
the term that was used for them in the era—were English educated (many of them at Oxford and Cambridge) and
intensely loyal to the British colonial government. Serving as the middlemen between the British and Chinese, they
grew rich and powerful as a result, as was clearly evidenced in the opulent shop houses they built.
*2 Although the Hokkien phrase literally translates to “redhaired dog shit go to drink alcohol,” it can be interpreted as
“that street where the Eurotrash go to get drunk.”
*3 Deceptively simple, as it turns out—Astrid was wearing a perfectly constructed ribbed jersey tank from The Row over a
vintage Jasper Conran black silk skirt in a festive tiered rah-rah design.