why should we just accept things and deal with it. why?
Posted: June 5th, 2008 | Author: jennihsurf | Filed under: News, Rants | Tags: BN, Malaysia, petrol price hike, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Public transport, RM2.50 | 10 Comments »
I apologize for any wrong information and i don’t support any parties in particular. Im a citizen of Malaysia and i CARE for what is happening in my country and i feel that i have the RIGHT to know what is happening and WHY the subsidy of petrol have to be taken away from us in the first place. With all respect to the ministers and PM.
I was taken aback when a few friends of mine question my being angry and that there is NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT. In a few weeks time the pressure will subside and everyone elses tank will be empty and they still will go to the petrol station and pump RM2.70 for a litre and there’s nothing anyone at all can do about it.right?
WRONG.
1. Im VERY upset with the fact that MALAYSIANS have this tidak apa attitude and they take everything being told to them just like that. What the hell happened to the 5Ws. WHY WHERE WHEN WHO WHICH? Seriously.
Do all of you read the papers and just take it as it is?
DO YOU EVER THINK THE MEDIA ACTUALLY REPORT THINGS AS IT IS?
HAVENT YOU WATCH ENOUGH MOVIES TO KNOW WHAT MEDIA ACTUALLY IS?
or maybe you should ask yourself. Have you EVER read anything negative written in our NO1 national paper?
Having my fair share & experience and also working in the media before. I know every bull this people come up with and even how much they are paid just to shut the hell up when they have juicy information.
And so they are paid to make the BIG G look good all the time even when they’re losing the GE clearly. Have you ever realize that the PUBLIC’S VOICES were only heard 0.01% in the mainstream medias and it is always something good and positive about it? Have you ever question what is being told to you in the first place or you just accept it as a fact.
Just like if your parents say you are stupid and you are fine with that so just deal with it . THAT. MY DARLINGS. IS WHAT TRULY STUPID IS.
2. Last year during one of the PM’S speech, he told the nation that PETRONAS generated a 80 BILLION PROFIT. P.R.O.F.I.T. (CLEAN EARNING FOR THE COUNTRY) and that is actually before the price hike and all. What happened to the 80 BILLION? Has a balance sheet being shown to the country on what the 80billion was used for? For the RM2.70 petrol price hike, he told the nation that this is necessary for the gov. is spending 56 BILLION (56 000 000 000) per annum for the subsidize petrol and diesel for the citizen. He said the gov could not AFFORD to do that anymore due to the price hike in the market price of petrol and diesel and therefore the petrol subsidy will be reduced and WE would have to EVENTUALLY pay the market price of our petrol.
SAID THE PM.
And so… What happened to the 80 BILLION? WHO WHEN WHAT WHICH WHY WHERE did the 80 BILLION go to? To the moon for some kinda astronaut? To build some sport centre overseas for our athletes abroad? To pay for some eye of Malaysia rental and maintenance feee? Or to some few million ink that was purchased and not used during the GE? 80 BILLION. THAT’S 80 000 000 000. WHERE DID IT GO. have you ever question that my dear MALAYSIANS?
That 80 billion could have been placed to proper used like for example to COVER the 56 billion petrol subsidy for the NATION.
Before the GE, the PM promises that there will not be any HIKE on petrol prices but look what happened today.
DID YOU QUESTION THAT MALAYSIANS? DID YOU?
Is what the government doing transparent to us? Have you ever question that?
2. We are an OIL PRODUCING COUNTRY. We sell our high quality petrol to other country and purchase lower quality (petrol with higher sulphur content) to malaysians at MARKET PRICE. deal with it?

In the past 3-4 years… OUR PETROL PRICE have doubled and in a few months time, rumour has it that the whole subsidy thing will completely be abolished. Meaning paying a minimum of RM4 per litre petrol. DEAL WITH IT?
Following such a steep increase in petrol price, prices of other goods are bound to rise and hence the cost of living will rocket. More miseries are in store for the rakyat especially the middle and low income groups. How about those poor lower income citizens? Like say…. bus drivers, lorry drivers… etc. Do any of you think they can DEAL WITH IT?
Now let us compare the price of petrol in OIL PRODUCING countries
UAE– RM1.19/litre
Eygpt– RM1.03/litre
Bahrain– RM0.87/litre
Qatar– RM0.68/litre
Kuwait– RM0.67/litre
Saudi Arabia– RM0.38/litre
Iran– RM0.35/litre
Nigeria– RM0.32/litre
Turkmenistan– RM0.25/litre
Venezuela– RM0.16/litre
MALAYSIA– RM2.70/litre
MY GOSH. DEAL WITH IT???????????????????????????????
3. Ripple Effect. Chain Effect .. WHAT IS AHEAD OF US.
so now that people are asking me to deal with it..
and the PM alone say that because of this, we should pandai pandai berbelanja and ikat perut..
IS IT GOING TO EFFECT US?
hell. are we still debating this topic. It’s so frustrating just KNOWING and thinking that inflation is going to hit us hard this time since everything is increasing.
My mum told me the price of rice has increased. The electricity price has increased. Petrol price increased. Food? I heard MCD already have a new pricing and yes. it has increased. so are we suppose to just DEAL with it since our income is still the same?
How about increase in public transportation prices since the fuel is going to hike up now. Toll prices.
Heck.. i don’t think i will get my dose of teh tarik and roti canai at RM1 ANYMORE.
Having increased the price of petrol by such a hefty amount (40%), the government should WASTE NO TIME in opening more routes for buses and trains and increasing their frequency of service so as to alleviate the hardship of the middle and low income groups of the Malaysian society.
Just thinking that the GOV make rulings using a vehicle’s CC and paying rebates based on is really as doubtful as it gets.
ANd why is it are we paying twice or at least 50% more on our car prices than other countries? a freaking 1.6CC PROTON GEN 2 cost at 60K now. Dollar to dollar wise, 60K can be paid for other bigger SUVS like TOYOTA and HONDA in other countries.
so are we suppose to still deal with it?
4. WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
A lot of people question me about this. So why am i being so angry and irrational and make such a big hu ha out of this when i spent a lot on shopping and other things but shout on a RM2.70 per litre petrol.
why?
Because it WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Raising the cost of petrol will eventually raise the cost of living and everything else for it matters.
So i am making a noise out of this but then what? what am i going to do? My petrol will still run out and i will still go and filll it up at the end of the day? Not like im going to buy a bicycle or something.
NO.
I’m afraid its not that simple when we say things like that or say that we just have to deal with it because there is always something we can do about EVERYTHING.
Like say…
DEMAND FOR A MORE TRANSPARENT GOV. Make profits earn by our oil exporting companies visible to the public.
VOTE. or ELECT your GOVERNMENT WISELY. and not just mere SAYING IT. DO IT.
QUESTION EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS AROUND YOU. AND NOT JUST ACCEPTING FACT AS IT IS.
DEMAND. FOR A BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
DEMAND FOR PRICE INCREASES TO NOT HAPPEN.
LIVE ON A BUDGET. KNOW THE 5WS WHEN SPENDING. SPEND WISELY.
It is much easier said than done. But i believe at least there is something we can do about. and not just deal with it.
-J
























hi! i read ur blog for da past 2 months and i really love reading it. u r cool! and im here to tell u that im wif u. i almost give up hope and seriously thank you for sharing da same point of view!
Hey jen! This is a really good post! I totally agree with you. Badawi really screwed up this time.
ure right. u said everything that we’ve been talking about. they have been talk that it’s all propaganda cos BN lost quite a few states to the other parties. Sort of like saying, “who ask you to vote for them? see wut happens now? are u going to vote for us now?” and everyone like dogs will concede.
everyone here in EM is really pissed especially since we’re the ones producing the oil for the country. and we get practically ZERO back for what we do for the country. everyone thinks that we’re rich because we are the ones producing the oil but all the money is spent in the west. you think that’s fair??
not to say that we’re completely poor that we live on trees lah. dun understand why the west malaysians think that way about us. such ignorance.
Good post!
We shall not deal with it, and just forget bout this matter and continue living while a big bully stand on our head.
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jen!! you really made me all fired up now! haih, sememangnya avoided talking abt this with my colleagues also because everyone is so resigned abt it. and no need talk about the rm however-much-rebate la… wtf, can barely cover two months worth of petrol. :(
supaaa good post!!
i love itttt!! ish the gov. ish the pm. is the… nvm!
hugs.
You produce oil, yet you failed to calculate the consume rate and the production rate.
Malaysia’s not even in the OPEC and no matter what, oil will never go down.
What can you do? Unless you can produce enough oils to satisfy the consumers, there’ll be no deduction. RM 2.7 is too few for a country taht cant satiate it’s own hunger for oil.
I shant say much as there seems to be difference in our economical view.
i think that the petrol subsidy is the only thing that’s comes back to me through the tax paid.
as i’m gonna be working in the private sector soon, i certainly will NOT be entitled to whatever salary increases in the public sector (the increase comes from taxpayer’s money).
and the gov says the money will be better used for education and scholarship purposes. my foot ! i’m still effing pissed for not getting a scholarship with my spm results. so heck, which part of my tax payable came back to me ?
argghh. i’m frustrated !
RM2.7 is still controllable. The gov still subsidies the petrol… If there is no subsidy the petrol should be around RM4++.
“LIVE ON A BUDGET. KNOW THE 5WS WHEN SPENDING. SPEND WISELY.”…Yes! U said the right thing… thats what it is all about…Malaysian like to waste…so learn how to save for now on!
Gov and public transportation sector can be blame too for the inefficient services. So I really hope after this its gonna be improve after the phenomena occurrence. :D