What would you do if you have 10million dollars?

See, tonite someone would be made 10million dollars richer thanks to the hongbao draw.
So what would you do with all that amount of money?

On Muttons in The Morning earlier today, the muttons was posing this question to the listeners. Some of them said they’ll buy a big house and get Fiona xie to live in it with him, one person said she’ll get a big house with one room solely for shoes. Another one said he’s buy a local soccer group and manage & play in it as well. Justin the funny mutton said he’d give away 1million on radio just like that.

If I were to win 10million dollars I would first & foremost be deliriously happy of course. Happy, but silent.

Why?

Because abundant amount of money is very dangerous.

But then, after all that wiggling, jiggling, prancing, dancing & whoopediee doo dah, I would sit myself down and carefully ponder and think, how I shall go about spending my millions. Yes, me, the insatiable shopaholic who would think twice about spending 2/3 of her very meager salary on useless stuff (as what my friend has said of me on Friendster) would actually sit down and THINK of what to do with her money. Actually I don’t even need so much lah, 1million enough already but for fantasy’s sake, lets make it 2million lah. Don’t want to be too greedy right. (even though it’s just a fantasy you don’t want to get carried away…wahhhh such wise words from moi….jeepers creepers!)

I actually allowed myself this small pleasure of fantasizing about what it’ll be like to win such an amount of money. (Not that it would actually ever come true, duh!) And I found that it’s quite a nice thing to think about such things one in a while. So, Lets Start!

If I were to win or get or heaven knows, being given 2million freaking dollars! This is what some of the things I WOULD do (bear in mind, this is also with the fantasy thought that my parent and sibs each got 2million dollars each too. I’m dreaming right? Then dream, BIG lah!):

1) I would open an account with CITIBANK 1st. Yes, them folks who only allow you to open account if you have a minimum amount of $10,000. This is so my money can be safely guarded by those vaults that they have and I can sleep soundly at night knowing that my money would still be around the next day when I woke up and I won’t be robbed or something!

2) I would give (yes, GIVE) away $10,000 to my dear friend Loos. Seriously. No joke. If I were to have such an amount of money I would, honestly, seriously, without conditions give that aforesaid amount to Loos. Why? Coz’ she’s one friend I have who knows what it’s like to be strapped for cash and she is one of close friend who I sincerely think would like someone for who they are and not what they own or look like. And also, I appreciate her being my friend and this is how I know I can show my appreciation.

3) After giving the Loos the money, I would drag her with me (sick ke, dying ke, want to pengsan ke I don’t care!) and I shall bring her shopping for new clothes, picked by Moi’ of course! Ok lah, kinda an excuse for me to shop like gila also.. heee. Shall drag her to all those expensive boutiques like Gap, Marks & Spence, Topshop, Warehouse…. Oh shucks, to hell with those places! We shall attack the Haute Coutures! Valentino, Jimmy Choo, Calvin Klein! Here we come!! Oh who am I kidding, we shall just zip over to Paris, 1st class and shop there! Then maybe a stopover in US to shop and unwind and disneyland~! Heeeee..

4) I would get for myself what ever I have always wanted but have never been able to get. I would get myself a classic LV ‘speedy’ bag like what Audrey Hepburn used to have. I would get myself a few other LVs with the Dommier (I think that;s what its called) prints. I would get myself a Tag Heur ladies diamond encrusted watch. I would get myself Rolex, platinum coloured with diamonds of course, like one of those that Mary J Blige wore. (I think she wore it lah.. I could have gotten my stars confused with someone else). I would get myself an original Franck Muller watch!

5) I would shop for a beautiful but simple piece of good quality jewellery (yet again, diamond of course) to adorn my finger (only 1 pc, yes), my wrist, my neck & my ears. Oh hell, I’ll get one in diamond and white gold & another set in pure gold. Rich what… heeee

6) I would give $10,000 to my grandparents and $5000 each to ALL my little nieces and nephews. I think I’ll give another $5000 to my cousins lah. Aunts & Uncles? Erm, they all I dunno and haven’t decided yet coz’ you know lah how these old folks can be about money won the “unnatural” way. They might be apprehensive that it’s not halal lah, what lah, and mite even be High & Mighty about it all so I really can’t decide wbout them right now.

7) I would invest at least $100,000 (that’s 1hundred thousand dollars) on those investment plans that my friend Mansor has been talking bout’. That way, my money can churn and that ensures that I would have some stability in my old age when the millions are gone.

I would get myself a big jumbo, FLAT. Yes, flats. Those big houses all nice but mostly scary & tedious to upkeep lah. Anyways, I don’t think I can tahan those pompous, snub nosed potential neigbours. Hmph! Anyways, if I stay in flat then can still receive those government funds & subsidies and all that. Just make sure all my conservancy charges are paid up fully lah!

9) Go for Umrah (small pilgrimage). I don’t think I’ll be sufficiently prepared for the Big Haj, so go for the small pilgrimage 1st. I’ve always wanted to go for Umrah anyways so this is the chance. Plus it is also to thank Allah for his abundant grace no matter how “unconventional” it comes in. Oh yeah, and also to ask him to grant me a good husband who wouldn’t marry me only to squander my money away and divorce me later. (remember Datuk K anyone..??)

10) After getting home from Umrah, I would start planning to open a business of my own. I would not haphazardly start opening a new business, NO! I would plan it right. I would still keep my day job but of course. I would use salary from the day job to pay for utilities and bills. Now the business: I’ve always wanted to open a clothes business that caters to plus size ladies & also, mostly, the muslimahs. No, it’s not only gonna be for muslimahs alone, it is also for normal un-muslim ladies of plus sizes. I’m gonna design the clothes and get a great tailor person company thingey to mass produce it and sell it at my Boutique. I would also source for great plus size clothings from other sites & country & sell it at the boutique. I would rope in Suwathi to work with me on the PR and management side. I think I would also get Loos to work with me (if she has not been pilfered by NIE yet!) I’m gonna make it into a successful business that enables me to also have branches in middle east and maybe even US & Europe. I would also want internet online shop capabilities. My shop/boutiques would not only sell plus size clothings but also accessories with some of them being designed by yours truly of course. I’ve also thought of what kind of things I want my shop/boutique to have. It would have a juice bar where you can get juice of any mix for only $2 or $2.50 per tall glass. This is to advocate the message of healthy living you see. No one wants to be told they are big and no size fits them but, they can be influenced to feel good about themselves & that is what my business would be about. There would also be a massage & facial theraphy corner where all women can get pampered without being seen by any men. Yes, NO MEN. I would want the muslimahs to be able to have something at an affordable price that might have been hard for them to enjoy previously. Probably we’d do a tie up with Body Shop for the spa thingey eh? I love Body Shop so why not use them & their products..? Great idea huh? Yups, this is THE BUSINESS that I’ve always dreamt about having and running. One thing more about the boutique of mine is that the salesgirls would not hover around you once you step in. They would not give snide remarks about “no size” because they themselves would be of a plus sized nature too. They would greet customers with a smile that is not too fakely enthused yet pleasant and they would be ever willing to help you with anything you might need, all you need to do is call out nicely for them and they would be ever willing to assist. Still got a lot of other ideas in me that I’ve yet to pen down but here are all the basics that I want for my business. Yeah, big ambitions I have and an even bigger amount of money it needs to get it running. But, in the long run the satisfaction is priceless (hopefully)…plus the headache also gonna get bigger which is why I need the best team to help me manage it.

11) After all is said and done, I shall go for a looooooong holiday. I wanna go on a European Tour. I wanna go to Switzerland, then Austria and go see how it is really like in Salzburg & the beautiful clean mountains, then I’ll go to Morocco and go to it’s famous bazaars, Dubai to shop like crazy for it is duty free & the gold is beautiful, then Japan for all its sashimis, sushis & hot baths, then maybe Hawaii for a nice tan and off to Mauritius for its beautiful beaches & crystal clear waters. I wanna ride that train service that they have, I think it’s called the Orient Express..?? I dunno what’s its called and where it was at but am gonna find out of course and I’m gonna take a train ride tour on it and enjoy myself living the life of a lady of leisure..

But alas, they are all just dreams that would dissipate as quickly as it was dreamt of for there is no such things as winning millions of dollars in the lottery or toto draw in this world for me. It’s all just too far fetched and incomprehensible to ever come true. Sighs.. Oh well, back to work on Monday it is for me..toil, toil, toil… Bahhh…!