Category: Economy

• Felt The Pinch

  08.06.08 |Economy, Myself, School| Permalink | Comments Off on Felt The Pinch

  When petrol price went up, I didn’t feel anything. When food price went up, I didn’t feel anything. When café food went up, I didn’t feel anything.

  Today, I felt the pinch. This morning I didn’t have time to go for morning breakfast at my local kopitiam. I decided that I will go to office and get something to eat. First I went to the vending machine to get my usual cup of milo. I put in 60 sen and a cuppa of hot water came out. Darn vending machine was out of order. Never mind, I scroll down to my office convenient store to buy a small pack of 3-in-1 milo powder. It cost RM1.00 (40% marked up). I also went to the café to get a piece of marble cake, it costs another RM1.00. Total spend: Rm2.60 and my tummy still growling.

  I should have gone for the local mamak store, eat 1 piece of roti canai and a glass of teh tarik ice. Total cost: RM1.80 with a happy tummy. Sigh!

  People are suffering and what does our gomen doing? They are more concern with the darn politics and internal affairs. No one taking care of the haze (people’s health), no one taking care of the poor people, no one taking care of upgrading kebangsaan schools and the children education system. I feel more than a pinch!

• Price Hikes

  04.17.08 |Economy| Permalink | Comments Off on Price Hikes

  I just received an email on the new parking rate for Penang Queensbay Mall. I always like to go there because parking was RM1 flat rate.

  Effective 21 April 2008 and 28 April 2008 for Basement and Multi Level Car Park respectively.

  Basement – LG & LM (effective April 21, 2008 onwards)
  1st Three (3) Hours is RM1.00; Subsequent Hour is RM1.00

  Multi Level – Level 3 to Level 8 Car Parks (effective April 28, onwards) 1st Five (5) Hours is RM1.00; Subsequent Hour is RM1.00

  Open Car Parks remains at RM1.00 per entry

  Oh well, now it just makes me think twice about going there unless it is less than 5 hours. No watching long movie for me in Queensbay Mall. Good for me too. Less visits mean less I will spend.

  I heard Tesco eGate will implement parking fee too. Now I am wondering does all these have anything to do with hike in petrol and rice price. Talk about food hike, now penang hawker food as gone up 20-25%. My favorite bowl of asam laksa went up from RM2 to RM2.50. Next management performance review, I must talk to my manager about matching my increment with all these hikes. 🙂