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By all means, you may disagree with me because who am i but a middle class working adult.

This is taken from Tun Dr Mahathir’s blog.

Can the Government subsidise? I am the “adviser” to Petronas but I know very little about it beyond what is published in its accounts. What I do know may not be very accurate but should be sufficient for me to draw certain conclusions.

Roughly Malaysia produces 650,000 barrels of crude per day. We consume 400,000 barrels leaving 250,000 barrels to be exported.

Three years ago the selling price of crude was about USD30 per barrel. Today it is USD130 – an increase of USD100. There is hardly any increase in the production cost so that the extra USD100 can be considered as pure profit.

Our 250,000 barrels of export should earn us 250,000 x 100 x 365 x 3 = RM27,375,000,000 (twenty seven billion Ringgit).

But Petronas made a profit of well over RM70 billion, all of which belong to the Government.

By all accounts the Government is flushed with money.

More HERE

Yes i am still feeling the pinch.

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Initially i had plans for a lot of travelling but looks like its all flushed to the drain now. :(

Looks like the Roxy ~ seventeen summer splash @ lagoon tomorrow  will be my comeback. Yesterday and the day before that i have resolved to staying at home and not going out altho i had plans to go places, i simply just had to cancel them. If you bump into me tomorrow, camwhore!~ 

The school holiday’s going to end this week and this means that by next week… the traffic is back or maybe not idk. but i have decided to just take the LRT for all its worth. Driving is still affordable. But Parking isn’t. Sometimes i had to pay RM30 per day for parking alone and season parking is RM450 MINIMUM so go figure. I earn a lot but i REFUSE to let it all away just for parking or fuel or food even. as typical a girl i am.. i rather spend it on clothes :) . Or at least something more tangible and long lasting.. 

:( sigh. i still feel sad. 

The price of food at my place has already increased yesterday. That’s too soon for me to even think that it will happen. 

tgif but le sigh.

-J

why should we just accept things and deal with it. why?

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

petrol price hike 78 cents

*EDIT*

IM NOT DONE RAGING. THE MORE I THINK OF IT. THE MORE PISSSSED I AM ABOUT IT.

78 FUCKEN CENTSSSSSS

RM 652 Cash rebate? MY ASSS!!!!!

LET me do a simple calculation just to JUSTIFY WHY 78CENTS MEANS A LOT TO A COMMON JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE GIRL LIKE ME

My 1.6A NEO’S 45L tank

Before price hike :: RM1.92 x 45 = RM86.40 for Full tank. But sometimes i got RM96++ fuck
After price hike :: RM2.70 X 45 =  RM121.50

THAT’S AN INCREASE OF RM35.10 OKAY.

I pump my petrol full tank weekly and sometimes even twice a week.

If i just pump it once a week… That means and increase of RM140.10 PER MONTH

AND RM1684.80 PER YEAR OKAY.

WHAT CAN RM 652 DO FOR ME I WONDER. 

And what if i go for long distance travelling? like for example.. BACK TO MY HOME AT IPOH?

AND WONT THIS STUPID PRICE HIKE CAUSE A MAJOR HIKE IN EVERYTHING ELSE?

like say.. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION?

Bus fares raising?

Taxi fares sky rocketing?

TOLL INCREASING??

what can be worse?

crime rates increasing? inflation? 

ITS FUCKING CRAZY K.

WE ARE AN OIL PRODUCING COUNTRY FOR HEAVENS SAKE. WHY ARE WE PAYING PRICE OF OIL FROM THE WORLD MARKET PRICE? SAVING 56BILLION RINGGIT?

WHY DONT WE JUST STOP SENDING PPL UP TO THE MOON AND BUY SOME STUPID EYE OF SOMETHING AND BUILD A SPORT CENTRE OVERSEA. WHAT FUCKING HAPPENED THERE? 

i’m so pissed and i’m getting more pissed because it doesn’t make ANY sense at all.

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earlier at 7pm…

WHAT THE FUCK

WHAT THE FUCK IS OUR BELOVED PM THINKING.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Wednesday announced price hikes for petrol, diesel and electricity.

He said the new price for petrol is RM2.70 a litre, effective midnight tonight. The price goes up by 78sen from the current RM1.92, a hike of 40%.

Abdullah also announced that the price of diesel would be increased by RM1 from RM1.58 to RM2.58.

He also said that Tenaga Nasional Bhd would be raising electricity rates by 18% for homes and 26% for business users.

The announcements are part of the new fuel subsidy plan.

Abdullah also announced a RM625 annual cash rebate per vehicle, for owners of private vehicles with engine capacities of up to 2,000cc, as well as pickup trucks and jeeps with engine capacities of up to 2,500cc.

Owners of private motorcycles with engine capacities of up to 250cc will receive RM150.

Payment will be made via Money Order upon renewal of road tax, from July 1.

For owners of private vehicles with engine capacities exceeding 2000cc, road tax will be reduced by RM200.

Owners of private motorcycles with engine capacities above 250 cc will get RM50 reduction in road tax.

From The Star

seriously.

It’s bad enough that our SERIOUSLY low quality NATIONAL CAR’s interest rate is HIGHER FUCK than imported cars and young working adults like me who lives my life spending what i earn mostly every month just to be able to afford simple little luxuries in life like a CAR.

and my BELOVED government JUST HAD TO TAKE AWAY my joy of driving by increasing the petrol price by 78 FUCKING CENTS making it RM2.70 PER LITRE OF FUCKEN PETROL.

On my way home… i pass by FOUR petrol stations.. at 7PM.. this is what i saw

Esso Mobil

Shell ~ where i join the other malaysians trying to fill up our tanks full just to save a few cents ringgit

Petronas

BHP

*SUCH A COINCIDENCE that all credit card payment mechanism crashed and only CASH is accepted at all petrol stations. dammit those petrol company are earning big bucks tonight. roar*

Seriously. I don’t know what to feel anymore. Imagine the price of diesel is actually CHEAPER than petrol. RM 2.58 on diesel price (RM1 hike) and my fucken CAMPRO takes ron95 at least so 

WHAT THE FUCK

Now not only i have to pay expensive parking but also pay for expensive petrol.

THANK YOU FOR NOTHING. 

Its so OBVIOUS who’s going to get my vote on the next election.