Sunday, July 18, 2010

Fuel price increase by 5 sen, what will impact to our life?

Thursday, 15 July 2010, I went to fill up petrol at Petronas I was surprised to note that the fuel price has increased by 5 sen from RM1.80 per liter to RM1.85 per liter.  So, I loaded 40 liters into the tank and I paid additional RM2.  So it means that it will cost me extra RM10 per month for the fuel.  Then, I read newspaper which I had neglected for last couple days because busy with my work, I surprised to find out that the prices of sugar and LPG gas have also increased.  The highest is the sugar price where it increased by 25 sen from RM1.65 per kilo to RM1.90 per kilo.

The current subsidy to cover the different between world market price and the selling price of the commodity is not benefit to certain community.  The poor people would not get the benefit because they only own a motorcycle or a bicycle especially to those who lives in urban areas as compared to wealthy people who owns more than 2 vehicles, as per said by one of the ministers.  In addition, he said that by increase these prices, the government can save billions and can use these money to help the poor people.

It cannot make sense because if you are saying that by increase the fuel price, you can save money, definitely the money you save from the hike in fuel price can subsidize the subsidy for the sugar.  So it will go back to the purpose to help the 'rakyat'.   I still cannot get it,  I think maybe the rich people consume more sugar than the poor people.  By the way, sugar is used by everybody in their daily life.

The truth is that these manufacturers of sugar do not have this 'social responsibility' to the 'rakyat' because they are willing to sell all their stocks to international market because they can make more profit as compare to sell the sugar in the local market.  If they sell overseas, they do not need to pack and transport the sugar to wholesalers and retailers, they only dump tans of sugar inside the containers and ship them out to the oversea buyers.   Why the authority bodies do not realize this?  Do they not aware that the oversea buyers are willing to buy the sugar from our local manufacturers because the price is very very cheap.

I learnt the economy subject during my university time, I am a little bit aware of the price fluctuation based on demand and supply, price tax is bore by consumers and more and more.

There was a study made by ministry that the price of sugar increase will impact very little to price of drinks such as teh tarik, nescape tarik, kopi tarik and etc.   The move is also to promote a healthy life by reducing the sugar intake.  The Health Minister claimed that Malaysia has the highest diabetic people in the world as compare to United States.  Malaysia records a 14% as the USA is 7%.   USA has a population of 370 million so it means that the total diabetic people of USA is 26 million.  Meanwhile, Malaysia has  27 million people and the diabetic people is 3.78 million.   What are you talking about? Talk rubbish...

Sugar is not the only thing that can increase the sugar level in your blood.  Other things also like our local fruit such as rambutan, durian and rice, and many more and I am not a qualified doctor but my mother is a diabetic patient.  She did not take care her food consumption and work hard to raise 7 children and forget to do exercise, because of what?  Price always increase over the years and my mother has to put extra energy to work hard.  Pity on her when she scarify her daily life just to ensure that we can eat and she forget to exercise.  So, please do not talk rubbish to fool the 'rakyat'.

I am not taking side to political party or to anybody, I am just one of the citizen in Malaysia who loves my country very much and I hate people who do not honest in their attention and have a lot of agenda when doing thing or making some decisions and later give a stupid excuses.

We know that Hari Raya Puasa is next to the corner and people will consume these two commodities a lot, i.e. fuel and sugar.  Fuel will be heavily used by us to 'balik kampung' and sugar is to make 'kuih raya'.  Who will be burdened the most, "orang melayu" and since I am one of the 'orang melayu', I feel that I has been robbed daylight and has been back stabbed.

Last but not least, I pray to Allah swt that if you're really said that your moves is really to help the poor people and to make sure that Malaysia will not bankrupt, Allah swt would give you the blessing but if other way around, I pray to Allah swt to put curse on you, your family and your generation to suffer as Allah swt promises that all "Munafik" will go to hell.

Kenduri Tahlil di Kota, Rembau

Hari Sabtu lepas, aku sefamily balik ke kampung ibu ku di Kota, Rembau.  Ini adalah kampung sebelah ibu ku. Emak dilahir dan dibesarkan disitu.  Banyak memory semasa kecil ku disitu.  Dahulu semasa balik ke kampung, Wan, panggillan nenek untuk orang negori dan Pak utih, abang kepada ibuku selalu menyediakan buah-buahan kampung seperti rambutan, mata kucing, langsat di ajung rumah untuk di jamu ketika kedatangan kami. Bila hari petang kami dibawa ke hulu sawah padi kerana ada sungai di situ, kami bermandi manda dengan gembiranya walaupun banyak pacat mengigit kaki kami.

Setelah Wan dan Pak utih meninggal, rumah kampung itu terbiar hampir 15 tahun hinggalah akhir tahun lalu ibuku memutuskan untuk  membaiki rumah itu semula untuk dia pulang menjengok sekali sekala.Sabtu lalu ibuku mengadakan majlis tahlil dan doa selamat dengan menjemput orang surau, saudara mara terdekat dan jiran tertangga untuk bersama sama meraikannya.  Orang surau yang datang hanyalah beberapa kerat sahaja iaitu 6 orang termasuk tok imam, semua sudah lanjut umur, mana pergi semua anak-anak muda?  Aku rasa lama kelamaan, generasi kehidupan kampung mungkin leyap.

Kenduri tahlil disambut meriah dengan kehadiran sanak saudara, semua sanak saudara datang membantu memasak hidangan orang negori, masak ayam lemak cili api, ayam goreng, sayur kobis masak lemak, kacang panjang goreng dengan hati dan pedal ayam, sambal udang petai dan rendang ayam pencen pemberian saudara sepupu.  Seronok dapat berkumpul dan melihat gelagat orang tua bila depa memberi arahan dengan slang negori, sampaikan ada setengah slang tu aku sendiri pun tak faham. Kami memasak menggunakan kayu api, asap yang banyaksehingga memedihkan mata tapi amat menyeronokan.

Amat terkilan di hati bila3 ipar lelaki, seorang adik ipar perempuan beserta adik perempuan dan adik lelaki tak dapat bersamam sama meraikan majlis ini kerana ada urusan lain yang lebih penting bagi mereka. Tidak termasuk abang sulung ku, yang sememangkan aku faham masaalahnya kerana dia tak mempunyai kenderaan. Tetapi yang menjadi muskil dan terkilannya aku terhadap sikap ipar dan kedua adik ku kerana mereka tidak dapat meluangkan masa emas mereka walau pun untuk sehari untuk datang ke majlis ini.  Rasanya bukannya susah sangat kot masing masing menetap di KL dan Ipoh dan mereka perlu faham kenduri ini bukan disambut hari-hari, setahun tak sekali.  Kadang-kadang kita perlu tahu bagaimana untuk ambil hati keluarga mertua, kita bukan sahaja berkahwin dengan anak mereka tetapi kita berkahwin dengan seluruh keluarga mereka.

Nak kata berkedudukan atau berjawatan tinggi atau lebih senang orang kata somebody ke atau VIP ke, aku tak lah kisah sangat tapi  rasa rasa mereka nie cuma orang biasa biasa aje. Macam aku, abang ku di Seremban, wife dia, walaupun kami berkerja, kami masih lagi boleh meluangkan masa untuk membantu ibubapa kami.  Bukan sahaja ibubapa kami tetapi juga keluarga mertua pun sama, bila ada kenduri atau majlis, kami akan datang dan membantu dan memeriahkan majlis.  Bukannya lama cuma satu hari, tak sampai 24 jam.  Aku sampai di kampung pukul 8.30 pagi, masak dan kenduri bermula pukul 12.00 tengahari dan berkemas sampai lah petang.  Malam pukul 9 kami balik.  Itu sahaja bukannya lama sangat.  Lagi ramai yang membantu menghulurkan kederat, lagi bertambah ringan sikit kerja. Bukan senang nak berkumpul satu keluarga.  Kedua orang tua sudah makin tua dan dimamah usia. Jika orang tua kita yang masih hidup pun susah untuk kita memcuri masa untuk berkumpul bersama,  bayangkan bila mereka tiada.

Aku ingat pesan mertua ku bahawa orang tak pandang wang ringgit, pangkat atau sebagainya.  Budi bahasa dan menghormati orang tua adalah yang paling penting sekali.  Mungkin kampung ibu ku ini kampung antik, biasalah rumah kampung, kotor, bau tahi kambing, ayam, tandas kat luar, berlecak dan sebagainya.  Rasa geli nak balik kampung. Untuk adik aku, pandai pandailah membimbing isteri dah berpada padalah ikut telunjuk isteri...

Satu pesanan untuk ipar yang baru menjadi menantu keluarga kami, cuba tunjukkan sikit sifat membantu dan cuba ambil hati orang tua kami.  Tolong datang bantu apa yang patut, alasan bekerja aku faham tapi kalau dah hari Sabtu pun tak boleh datang, kira tak tahu nak letak brain tu kat mana? 

Aku minta maaf lah jika ada ayat di atas terkena pada sesiapa atau menyinggung perasaan sesiapa.  Orang kata sapa makan cili, dia yang akan terasa pedas nya.  Aku cuma minta luangkan sedikit masa semasa orang tua kita masih hidup tak kira orang tua kita sendiri atau mertua.  Bila kita dah akad nikah, ke empat-empat orang tua ni adalah ibu bapa kita.  Fikirkan.