ST Reporter Turns Girl Into SG's Most Hated Spoilt Brat
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This reporter (Nur Dianah Suhaimi) obviously needed to find a young super rich spoilt brat for her story. It appears that she ended up asking her sister if she had any rich friends (maybe “any of your friends carry LV bag or not?”), interviewed her sister's friend Agnes Lin, and then proceeded to write the story below, essentially turning her into Singapore’s most hated and famous “rich spoilt brat” overnight.
In her personal blog (and also TOC), Agnes gives her side of the story.
Who do you believe?
ST Reporter
"Rich spoilt brat"-----
(From http://www.asiaone.com/Business/News/My%2BMoney/Story
Nur Dianah Suhaimi
Tue, Oct 28, 2008
The Straits Times
Mum & Dad will provide
For 20-year-old undergraduate Agnes Lin, the recession could just be academic.
The Nanyang Technological University first-year student has never been in need: She carries a $2,000 Louis Vuitton handbag to school and uses only Shiseido cosmetic and skincare products.
She carries around the latest mobile phone and goes on overseas vacations with her friends where she would bust $1,000 on shopping alone.
Twice monthly, she shops at her favourite stores - Topshop, Zara and Forever21.
Mum, a private tutor, and Dad, a businessman selling polythene bags, pay for her expenses.
Miss Lin is aware that Singapore faces a recession but the news does not bother her.
She said: 'I think it is okay for me to maintain my current lifestyle. I may be spending a little bit more than my friends but I don't think I'm overspending.'
At the moment, she has her eyes on the latest mobile phone in the market, the HTC Touch Pro, which costs about $700.
Although her mother has said 'no' to her buying yet another mobile phone, Ms Lin has an inkling she will still get it.
'I think my mum will still buy it for me. My birthday is coming up!' she said with a giggle. She confessed that since young, she has never run out of cash. Her parents give her money whenever she asks.
Since she was 16, her monthly pocket money has been $500.
She has an older brother, also an undergraduate. The family live in a four-room flat in Marine Parade.
She thinks a friend of hers, who is left with $20 to last until the end of the month, is silly to consider taking up a part-time job to earn some extra cash.
'I don't understand why she cannot just ask her parents for money,' sighed Miss Lin.
She will enter the working world only after three years but she is already planning ahead.
With her first pay packet, she will buy a $4,000 Chanel bag. 'After that, I will probably get more bags and watches,' she added.
This article was first published in The Straits Times on October 26, 2008.--------
(From http://twinkletooes.livejournal.com/76598.html)
break my silence.
/edit edit edit edit (lol)
by the way, I did not screen those negative comments.
everything you see is everything that is posted by people
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
things are beginning to look up, I know there are some people who still think that I'm doing this for damage control.
Hmmm, but if so, how come I did it on Monday, instead of Sunday itself when I had it the worse.
Oh well, people can think whatever they want of me, I've done nothing wrong, am not afraid.
I just wanna thank TOC for standing up for me and refuting ST.
the link is here in case you guys wanna read.
http://theonlinecitizen.com/2008/10/toc-exclusive-agnes-lin-a-victim-of-the-st/
Thank you to everyone and anyone who pops by.
It really means the world to me.
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till now (130pm) there is still no reply from ST's side.
Well, we can all see why.....
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Thank you to everyone out there who sent me encouraging messages, trusting in me and believing me.
I love you all.
:)
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now the whole damn world (except my friends and some strangers who left me very encouraging messages on FB) hates me for something i didn't do.
and there's nothing I can do about it because I was a dumb shit to have accepted that interview.
sigh, good life to me then.
ok, i think its time for me to speak up, especially since i did nothing wrong.
Firstly, no i did not call my friend SILLY for wanting to work part time and i did not, for one, said that i do not understand why she cannot just ask her parents.
What the reporter asked me was " Do you have any friends you know facing financial difficulties or are in need to money?"
I said " Yes, I've got a friend who has only 20 dollars left for the month. I told her to ask her parents but she said no because she want to be independent because she is already 20 and should not be asking for her parents for money so often already.. So she asked me whats the fastest way to earn money."
WHICH PART STATED THAT I SAID SHE WAS SILLY? HELLO, STUPID REPORTER OBVIOUSLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.
And oh, guess what? She is avoiding my calls like a coward. Sorry Adilah, but this time your sister got me into deepfried shit.
So tomorrow, I will pick up my AWESOME phone, which i told her is currently a lousy phone because my HTC is spoilt (she did not include that), and dial 63196319 to ST.
I will clarify to them that i was misquoted.
I want justice done.
Secondly, what happened to the part where I said I paid for my own air fare and hotel plus my own telephone bills?
WHERE ARE THERE?
I asked Adilah (reporter's sister) and you know what crap she said?
She said " I can't write that down because She (meaning me) did not want me to write that she is bonded, and if i write that she is paying her own bills, it will show because this means that she is drawing a salary"
HELLO ASSWIPE!
drawing a salary means bonded meh?
I cannot work part time meh?
Drawing a salary does not necessarily mean that what!
pls la, pls....
don't give me crap like this just to cover your own shit.
This whole shit is twisted to the point because she wants to compare between teens who are spoilt fucks and do not need to worry for shit and others who are more concerned.
ISN'T IT OBVIOUS NOW THAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT?
i was misquoted and i want my justice done.
MARK MY WORDS, TOMORROW WE WILL SEEEEEE
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first!!!
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first post.
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sudden jason do hate threads?
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Fwah, very messy.
I think can tidy the post up abit?
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Originally posted by kenn3th:
first post.
see properly lar
havent finish Os already phd issit?
i tink the reporter jealous of the girl's wealth.
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i dun think her case is anywhere near rich, spoilt or brat yet.......
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It's ST, what do you expect?
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i still on the reporter's side
of cos, usually when a human is pushed to a corner, she will try all ways to defend herself
reporters usually blow the whole matter up, but the spoilt is still there
败家å� is still a 败家å�
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looking at the ST report alone
rich yes, spoilt..maybe...brat??
alamak, the reporter social circle sibei small
she know the meaning of spoilt brat or notch???
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hmmmm... she stepped on someone`s toes?? why sticked as announcement sia??
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She neh go interview the "get out of my elite uncaring face." ger?
Wee Shu Min her name. Father is MP
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honestly, i guess jason`s just wanna show how unprofessional the ST ppl are.. afterall, they are 100+ ranking in this world, wat cant happen?? feels sorry for the gal here.. shouldnt her pic be sensored or wat? give her a break..
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It is plainly obvious that the person who wrote this article has one motive in mind and one only; and that is to score points with the readers.
The article is as badly written as a TCS chinese drama script, the intentions are so obvious, character with no depth, out to spread propaganda.
Do u tink a stranger will reveal all those information to a reporter? even if she is a spoilt brat? Come on, no one will be so stupid to reveal all that to a reporter.
She may be a brat. But it is the authors fault for sensationalizing the stories based on twisted truths. No integrity. LAZY! -
we need MR BROWN!
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Okay, now we know that stories from this reporter have a 9/10 probability that it is fake
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First of all.. why the reporter so kaypo? Kpkb so much for what? Envy people rich?
They can afford to spend larget amount of money, that's their problem, you need to step in and make things big meh?
2nd, I choose not to believe in the news for such personal news. They're always blown up big.
Super obvious the story is exaggerated. Who will be that stupid to admit to all those stuff to a reporter? Dumb phark
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Am I missing something, or have four-room flats in Marine Parade suddenly become Bukit Timah mansions while I wasn't looking?
The ST article smells like sensationalist bullshit to me. Perhaps this Suhaimi character should seek employment at The New Paper or whatever ragsheet happens to be in town.
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Not too surprising that such an issue will crop up sooner or later.
The media always has an incentive to sensationalize news in order to increase viewership. Heck, thats where their revenue come from!
Yet another compelling reason why no one should fully believe what they read but should fully question the sources instead.
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Why do you think companies need a Corporate Communications Dept or a PR Director to handle the media???
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wah lau da start thread. mus pong chang...
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Aiyahhh.. Agnes Lin, report to TNP if u wanna get a free phone since your HTC is in unstable condition. FREE HANDPHONE LEHH....
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Originally posted by FireIce:
i dun think her case is anywhere near rich, spoilt or brat yet.......
like that call rich? spoilt or brat??? wah.... then all those children of our elite how??? no name to call already leh like that -
Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
like that call rich? spoilt or brat??? wah.... then all those children of our elite how??? no name to call already leh like thatyr english comprehension super fail...
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the power of twisting words. so i guess all those statistics in ST are fake too?