Rich People Problems-Kwan 2017 (WWT)

“Oui, madame.” As he headed back into the main showroom, Georgina took him by the
arm. “Tell me, Luka, do you live on the second floor?”
Without missing a beat, Luka replied with a grin, “Yes, mademoiselle, I think you’ve
seen me before.”
Wandi and Tatiana stood by the doorway watching as Kitty lingered for a moment
longer by the dress. As she turned to leave, she grabbed the back of the precious Klimtinspired
skirt and gave it one quick, forceful tug—ripping it clear down the middle.
*1 See Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster. I much prefer Wong’s In the Mood for Love to this film, but the set design
was amazing.
*2 Or third or fourth or seventh richest, depending on which financial tabloid you trust.
*3 Kitty has only lived part-time in Singapore for two years, but like so many other immigrants from Mainland China
has taken to referring to it as home.
*4 Mandarin for “second-generation rich,” this label is akin to “trust-fund kids” and carries all the scorn and envy it
implies.
*5 Actually, Keanu Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to an English mother and a father of Hawaiian, Chinese, and
English ancestry.