I've been having loads of stuff to write for the past few weeks actually, but as usual la...don't have the opportunity to post em up here.Anyways, you may find my entry title today a lil weird esp with the entry I'm about to write. But just hear me out, I have a point to make.
For the non-ignorant Malaysians out there, you will know that our fuel price had been raised 78cents from RM1.92 to RM2.70. My friends had made a lot of judgements on me for standing by government's decision.
I'm not exactly a pro or anti-gov. I'm pro justice ( and by that i don't mean im a parti keadilan fan either). I do agree that our gov had to cut down on subsidies. I mean..come on...it's not like we are in Brunei, with super rich government. We are talking about Malaysia here. We are not the richest country in the world, not even in Asia. I bet if there were any other ways for gov not to raise the fuel price, they would have exactly done that, don't you think?
The thing that annoys me most is when ppl argue on our fuel price with saudi arabia's!! GOSH! Y are you comparing to the world's largest petroleum providers?? We are not! Yes we export petroleum, but high grade quality for airplans and jets! We are the biggest palm oil provider. Not petroleum. So stop making yourself look foolish by comparing with countries where the petroleum sector dominates the economy, for example Venezuela, accounting for roughly a third of GDP, around 80% of export earnings, and more than half of government operating revenues!
Back to my title, I do also suffer from the new price. I might even be paying for petrol more than you! You may think I'm not complaining bcos you assume I have my parents paying for it. Guess what, I am! So I suffer just as much! My fuel per full tank is around RM140 now. With the pay I'm earning, I know I've gotta do some changes with ma daily spending.
For the non-ignorant Malaysians out there, you will know that our fuel price had been raised 78cents from RM1.92 to RM2.70. My friends had made a lot of judgements on me for standing by government's decision.
I'm not exactly a pro or anti-gov. I'm pro justice ( and by that i don't mean im a parti keadilan fan either). I do agree that our gov had to cut down on subsidies. I mean..come on...it's not like we are in Brunei, with super rich government. We are talking about Malaysia here. We are not the richest country in the world, not even in Asia. I bet if there were any other ways for gov not to raise the fuel price, they would have exactly done that, don't you think?
The thing that annoys me most is when ppl argue on our fuel price with saudi arabia's!! GOSH! Y are you comparing to the world's largest petroleum providers?? We are not! Yes we export petroleum, but high grade quality for airplans and jets! We are the biggest palm oil provider. Not petroleum. So stop making yourself look foolish by comparing with countries where the petroleum sector dominates the economy, for example Venezuela, accounting for roughly a third of GDP, around 80% of export earnings, and more than half of government operating revenues!
Back to my title, I do also suffer from the new price. I might even be paying for petrol more than you! You may think I'm not complaining bcos you assume I have my parents paying for it. Guess what, I am! So I suffer just as much! My fuel per full tank is around RM140 now. With the pay I'm earning, I know I've gotta do some changes with ma daily spending.
And I'm sorry for the low-income group. I bet it is even more difficult for you guys. But make the best out of the situation. There must be a solution to everything.
But like I said, if you have a lemon, make lemonade. In this case, it can be a lemon if you want it to be. Maybe this is the chance for you smokers to quit so you can budget your spending better so you won't run out of budget. This could be an opportunity for our gov to improve the public transportation way way better; like Hong Kong's maybe. There's nthing you can do now about the price. You can go on complaining (which is what most Malaysians are good at)..but you gain nothing by just doing that. What arou you going to do now with the situation?
CHANGE. ADAPT. Do something about it. Make lemonade.
Good luck!
Cheers~
But like I said, if you have a lemon, make lemonade. In this case, it can be a lemon if you want it to be. Maybe this is the chance for you smokers to quit so you can budget your spending better so you won't run out of budget. This could be an opportunity for our gov to improve the public transportation way way better; like Hong Kong's maybe. There's nthing you can do now about the price. You can go on complaining (which is what most Malaysians are good at)..but you gain nothing by just doing that. What arou you going to do now with the situation?
CHANGE. ADAPT. Do something about it. Make lemonade.
Good luck!
Cheers~
