Rich People Problems-Kwan 2017 (WWT)

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
SENTOSA ISLAND, SINGAPORE
Twice a year, the acquisitions board of the Singapore Museum of Modern Art convened to
go over potential new purchases for the permanent collection. The exclusive board was
composed of the city’s young elite collectors, mostly descended from the country’s most
powerful families. As with most entitled scions, it simply wouldn’t do for them to actually
have to perform their duties at the museum’s perfectly nice but rather ordinary offices, so
some new fabulous location with celebrity-chef-prepared cuisine was always selected for
the acquisitions board meetings.
Today, the meeting took place over breakfast at the Capella on Sentosa, the island
playground off Singapore’s southern coast. When the museum’s curator Felipe Hsu
arrived at the gorgeous reception room overlooking a beautiful tiered infinity pool, he
found the atmosphere positively buzzing among the dozen or so members that had
already assembled.
“I couldn’t believe it! Absolutely couldn’t believe it!” Lauren Lee Liang (the wife of
Roderick Liang of the Liang Finance Liangs, and a granddaughter of Mrs. Lee Yong Chien)
whispered in a corner to Sarita Singh (former Bollywood actress and daughter-in-law of
Gayatri Singh).
“How can you possibly recover from something like that?” Sarita shook her head as she
fingered the mother-of-pearl medallions on her Van Cleef and Arpels necklace as if they
were rosary beads.
“Well, the one consolation is that her tits did look great. I wonder if she’s had them
lifted?” Lauren said as she shielded her mouth with her VBH clutch.
Felipe strolled over to the buffet to help himself to two soft-boiled eggs and some toast
points. Patricia Lim (of the Lim Rubber Lims), who was standing next to him trying to
decide between eggs Benedict or eggs Norwegian, gave him a look. “What a morning,
huh?”
“Yes, it seems like everyone’s caffeinated and ready to go! Good, good, we have quite a
long agenda today.”
“Are you thinking of making any sort of announcement, or do you plan to maintain a