The Money, The Power and The Ego

I have met obnoxious people in my life before. You know the kind who got lucky in life, getting rich by luck and a little effort. These people appear everywhere in social medias and in and out of our daily lives. The thing is, most people are subtle about these things. They tend to be very careful in hiding their real agenda between captions and background images. You have to be very observant to realize that their Instagrams are always about the "brands" instead of the product.

a little introduction...

Last night's class should be named after the professor. It was 90% about his life than it was about the course. And trust me, he wasn't even trying to be subtle, as he talked about 'depreciation' of value.

"Let me give you an example. I bought my Mercedes E series for 407k. In 5 years the value changed to 100k..."

Okay so, this is nothing, right? It continues..

"So while waiting to buy a new E-series car, I decided to sell the one I have... Oh by the way this is just me. I like changing cars, only Class A cars by the way... because it's the ONE thing I can do..." (apparently golf, fishing and other hobbies don't exist in the world of the rich and fabulous)

You get it now? No?

"Now let's talk about 'appreciation' of value. I give myself as an example. 10 years ago I bought a land in a nearby area for 1.7million. After changing it from agriculture to commercial, the value of my land is now 10million..."

Okay we get it. You're rich.

"The last time I went to Europe on a private tour package..."

And he kept rubbing it in our faces all night long, in between politic talks about how Najib and Dr M got screwed over by some guy named Jo Low (however you spell it). Something that shouldn't be discussed in a class full of foreigners. Sigh, professor. Where is your professionalism? I realized I only admired his success in life for the first 5 minutes of the class. At first I was like whoaaa... a rich ass professor. I like this guy. But after 10 examples (revolving around himself), the class appeared as a joke.

It got worse when he started to say he could recognize the rich people and poor people in the class. While shamelessly pointing out examples. That's cruel, man.

And if you spend the first class criticizing the lecturer, you know you're gonna have a hard time all semester long. So the solution is to come back to this class next semester with a positive mind. At least I'd know what's coming.

Time to burst that balloon, Professor Trump.