21
May

Sex More Valuable Than Money

   Posted by: Emily   in Malaysian News



This morning, while reading the online papers, a news article with the word SEX caught my eye. Heh, don’t they always?

So there’s this bunch of robbers who broke into a house, tied up all the family members, went to the back of the house where their maid’s room is, and searched out the Indonesian maid with the intention of raping her.

Fortunately for her, her looks or style does not match up to their standards and they did not assault her sexually but beat her up with the handle of their parangs. Well, sometimes, being born not-so-beautiful could be a saving grace too, you know!

But it’s ironic that even when they went and broke into a house to rob for sex and then money, they still were that picky on WHO to rape and HOW the rape victim looks like!

So after beating the maid up, they continued with their next action plan that is to rob the house. They did it and left and at this point of writing the police here in Malaysia are still clueless as to which gang of robbers did this crime.

I would have linked to this news report except that I know that the report will be moved to the archives after a week and I would be left with a broken link. So yeah, you’ll just have to take my word for it that this is a true crime that happened somewhere in Malaysia.

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I was reading the online papers this morning when I came across an article on The New York Times reporting on the successful auction of Triptych, a 1976 art by Francis Bacon. if you have read my other blog, you would know that I am interested in auctions but I just don’t understand how some people could spend so much money on a piece of art….. especially an art piece like this!


Triptych, 1976
Image from The New York Times

You can say that I am not knowledgeable in fine arts but no matter how I look at this, this piece of art surely does not worth US$86 million??? Granted, the nett sale price is “ONLY” US$77 million while the balance is commission paid to auction house, Sotheby’s. Still, some people will think that a fine piece of art like this would be worth investing in.

For me, if I have $86 million, I certainly would not buy a piece of art. Even if I would, maybe after a long fever or something, I would buy something that looks more pleasant to the eye!

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