Blinged out and bungling, he represents Singapore on reality show Super Rich In Korea. Oh dear.
SINGAPORE – In clothes that look like he mugged an elderly socialite and with a habit of naming the price of things he owns, David Yong at first feels a little unreal.his black American Express card on a kind of spring-loaded holster worthy of Batman, allowing him to whip it out in a flash at waiters, realtors or anyone at all to make a conversational point.
If there is one thing we have learnt about reality shows, it is that they lie – producers create good guys and bad. The show creators prefer participants who can provoke, instigate and, as this column is showing, spark conversation. Yong is doubtless an awkward man, but his awkwardness is that thing that makes him endearing. In the blind date scene, he is clearly struggling. His businessman friend Teo, the embodiment of Italian smoothness, is in his element – the two women at the table are melting under his Tuscan sun as Yong looks on helplessly, like a tourist watching locals having a lovely chat in a language he does not understand.
At that moment, with the tragic Yong looking at Teo dancing circles around him in manners and deportment, I am Yong, and Yong is me.
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