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Simply amazing that this gets front page news on HOME section in Straits Times! This guy is so sh***less I don't know what to say - demonstrates perfectly the "entitlement" mentality which these youths have these days!

The Straits Times
www.straitstimes.com
Published on Sep 29, 2012
Excuse me, can you buy me a sports car?

20-year-old writes to 300 Sentosa Cove residents - and gets 10 replies

By goh shi ting

CALL him sh***less or naive but a 20-year-old has sent more than 300 letters to the richest residents in Sentosa Cove asking for a "sports car sponsorship".

And as incredible as it may sound, he said 10 have responded to him within a week - though none has granted him his wish.

In a brief letter sent last Thursday, Mr Gaw  introduced himself, giving his name and age, before stating his purpose which was "the hope of finding a sponsor".

He said he likes cars and listed as his favourites Audi R8 Coupe, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and Honda CR-Z.

"May I have the courage to ask for a car as a gift from you?" he wrote.

Owners of a Sentosa Cove property, he added, "must be a person of great success" and "it will be nice to know and perhaps learn from you".

His mobile phone number, e-mail address and Facebook page were included in the letters sent to landed-property addresses he found in an online street directory.

When contacted yesterday, Mr Gaw told The Straits Times over the phone: "Call it an experiment or a request if you want."

He claimed he is the only child of parents who run a real-estate business and drive a Toyota Camry. The Malaysian, who is a permanent resident here, said he lives in a private apartment in Upper Bukit Timah.

"But I don't like to ask my parents for money. I'd rather get a sponsorship," said Mr Gaw, who has lived here for 13 years.

He also claimed he is a first-year undergraduate at Singapore Management University. But when contacted, an SMU spokesman said the school is unable to confirm that he is a student.

When pressed on why he thinks strangers would be willing to give him such an expensive gift, Mr Gaw said he was "just trying his luck".

"Anyway, I spent only five cents on a letter. And even if nobody offers a car, I can still make friends. It is important to network and have connections," he said.

"I don't expect to give anything in return. What I can offer is casual friendship."

So far, 10 Sentosa Cove residents, all Singaporeans, have contacted him, he claimed.

But they were more interested in finding out why he is doing this than buying him his dream car.

One of them, a property developer known as Victor who owns two properties at Sentosa Cove, even arranged to meet him during the F1 race last Sunday and they chatted for 30 minutes, he told The Straits Times.

Victor had asked about his background and even requested to see his identity card - but no promises were made.

"I could tell that he was not interested," said Mr Gaw, who got his F1 ticket from an uncle.

"Singaporeans will never give me a car," he said.

But he is not discouraged.

He is pinning his hopes on foreigners, who could have missed his letter because they travel frequently, he said.

"Times have changed and foreigners are the wealthy ones," he said, adding that foreigners, like those from mainland China and Indonesia, are "so rich they don't know where to spend their money on".

Yesterday, his letter was circulated on the Hardware Zone online forum, garnering 10 pages of more than 100 comments in a day, with some netizens calling him naive and sh***less.

Sentosa Cove resident Adora Ang, 22, a student, who lives in a bungalow on Ocean Drive, said he is brave to give all his contact details but silly to think it would work.

After reading the letter, she texted him: "Do you think that by sending a letter you'd get a car? Try harder."

She has yet to get a response.

stgoh@sph.com.sg
#! /bin/sh

# Mr Gaw script for Audi R8 Coupe, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and Honda CR-Z

until who | grep sponsors
do
sleep 5
done

echo -n "Buy R8, SLS AMG or CR-Z!"

#QED
I thought this guy has a higher chance to make it big compared to others. It is the dont care what other pp think and just do what you want to do traits that can make one succeed. Sales pp are also very thick skin and they are also the ones who are most successful.
He has nothing to lose anyway. And that Victor guy....I shant comment....I may know him lol
OMG...saw this case in Hardwarezone forum. I guess the reply from this rich lady sums it all up. What can he provide for these wealthy people?

"Sentosa Cove resident Adora Ang, 22, a student, who lives in a bungalow on Ocean Drive, said he is brave to give all his contact details but silly to think it would work.

After reading the letter, she texted him: "Do you think that by sending a letter you'd get a car? Try harder."
Well, he managed to get the contact number of a rich lady...ticket to more opportunities?
My view is that once aperson can reach this level of dun-wan-face shamelessness, he can survive in any adversity. Are you able to get the contract number of a well-off 22 year old lady? He can.

I decided not to comment on the newspaper that print such rubbish as front page news, being a shareholder.... Big Grin
#! /bin/sh

# Mr Gaw script for Audi R8 Coupe, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and Honda CR-Z
# Version: 2

trap 'echo "Never give up!"' 1 2 15

while true;
do
until who | egrep [sponsors | rich*]
do
sleep 5
done | awk '\
/^sponsors/ { echo "Got my car."; exit 0 }
/^rich*/ { echo "keep contact number and try to convert " $1 " to sponsor." '
done

#QED
He just wanted free and cheap publicity.
why dun he try the 80m wedding bounty to convert that tycoon's gay daughter?
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