Fuel prices hikes again!

When?

Effective from Wednesday midnight.

How much?

A whopping 78 cents which totals to a whopping RM2.70 per liter and an ugly RM2.58 for diesel.



I'm sure this is a major issue for every Malaysian as this increase in petrol prices is the biggest margin we have ever had. Inflation is inevitable for this time's increase in petrol prices. What's gonna happen to us? Well, expect your regular bowl of pan mee to downsize in portion topped with an increase in price.



Someone said that petrol prices wouldn't soar until September. I'm quite sure everyone knows that old man.

Likewise, this is the time to use my Economics lecturer's ideology in which he has always been obsessed with ever since i took Economics in ICPU.



Mr.Moaz : "The government should invest in public transportations...The government should invest in public transportations...The government should invest in public transportations...The government should invest in public transportations...The government should invest in public transportations...The government should invest in public transportations...The government should invest in public transportations...The government should invest in public transportations...The government should invest in public transportations..."



Right! Thank you Mr.Moaz, we are heavily affected by the increase in petrol prices mainly because most Malaysians owns a car rather than using public transportations. More money spent on fuel means a tighter budget, a tighter budget means a need for higher wages which is really the last thing you'd get from your boss.


And it doesn't seem that Malaysia has any excess money to spend on public transportations. Thanks to subsidizing our petrol and making it almost the cheapest in the world, we have nothing left to improve our infrastructure. Subsidizing to keep the petrol prices low for Malaysians was a good idea, but we're being taken advantage of.




Who?!

Our neighboring countries, Thailand and Singapore.

But how?!

Who wouldn't drive over the border and pump our cheap petrol? Sure we had some weird policy which goes foreigners within 10km from the border are not to be allowed to pump Malaysian petrol. But hey, are the petrol station's employees going to stop a customer from committing an act of purchase? I don't think so, or at least the person with the right track of mind wouldn't stop a customer from being.... a customer.


Some ideas I've gathered to that people can live with the heightened petrol prices.

1. Drive at your car's optimum speed.

2. Use the public transportations and get ready to smell some armpits or backsides if you're short.

3. Eat less so you can pump more.

4. Change your fuel consumption to a hybrid that uses gas as the price remains intact.

5. Ride a bicycle and run on your own natural fuel which you don't need.

6. Make use of your friends as means of transportations.

7. Lose some weight as more weight means more fuel to get your ass moving, fatso.


I witnessed jokers trying to save money before the fuel price increases at midnight. So all the cars would queue up to get the cheap prices before it increases.



I was innocent, I had 1/2 tank left so I didn't need to pump, I just needed burgers for my empty stomach. Turns out I was able to leave home and not come back until after midnight thanks to those jokers that are trying to save money.