deep thinking

We had ketam for lunch today and emak was telling us that how the prices at the pasar had increased. Obviously the hike of fuel price is the main contributer. While some people think that is not necessary to make a big fuss out of it because buat apa nak complaint-complaint inilah yang terbaik, I beg to differ.

Maybe it’s ok for you and it’s still ok for me. Frankly speaking, I still can go crazy eating ketam buying gucci or whatever I do because the difference is not that much and it’s still durable. Maybe the same thing goes to you, I don’t know. I was told by my banker cum accountant that our budget will only increased about RM100 to RM200 even maybe RM400 per month. Quite significant yes, but still managable. And I was not told to let go of my lifestyle :P [bad I know but..sigh,I will trylah for the sake of everyone]

But what about those who are earning less than 1K per month? Those who really use their energy yet their wages [bukan wedges ok,  thanks to abigail. english saya memang fail sket] are less than 1K minus EPF and SOCSO? Not to mention if they have kids. Obviously they don’t go for branded stuff leave alone imported stuff. People like us can go eating roti, tepung , pasta or whatever but what about those yang even their breakfast started with rice? Seperti pekerja binaan dan well maybe petani. Apa kau nak suruh mereka-mereka yang bekerja berat itu makan roti? Kau nak suruh diorang pengsan? Setakat kau kerja sign sana sign sini main golf maybe boleh, itu pun tak comfirm lagi.

How are they supposed to change their lifestyle kalau lifestyle diorang itu adalah yang paling minimum?

I do consider myself as selfish but when this thing happen I really feel sorry for those with lower income. Nak suruh naik public transport ye? Kalau anak dia 5 macamana? Nak bersesak-sesak lagi, nak control anak lagi. Obviously the public transport price or fee increament will not going to be less than 40%. Kesianlah, habis tu duit semua nak habiskan dekat situ? Diorang pon nak merasa ada masa leisure, jalan-jalan and what not. Diorang nak jugak bercerita dan merasa pergi trip ke mana-mana. Diorang pon nak jugak makan ketam kan.

I don’t knowlah. I hope they are going to do something about it. Kalau tak yang susah bertambah susah yang senang, kalau tak bertambah senang, takkan rasa sangat impactnya.

Please don’t say we don’t have any more budget , because if we really don’t why they are so many gov servants going for unnecessary seminars and what not yang kadang-kadang sampai oversea. I am not just saying, because I’ve seen one. There was this lady, old nenek at my kampung, she can’t even read but she’s hold some pangkat in some organisation, well not really an independent organisation, but gov related. She can’t read but they send her for computer seminar in Langkawi, for a week. WTF is that? How can you expect an illiterate nenek to gain benefits from the computer seminar? And later, they hold their organisation meeting at gunung jerai.

Imagine, organisation tu adalah di bawah cawangan hulu langat, tapi meeting dekat gunung jerai? WTF?

Maybe you don’t have relatives with lower income, but I do. And even without the fuel increment, their life were not that comfortable imagine how are they going to survive when the price not only oil but everything goes up?

I know this type of writing does not match my image. But they are certain things that I keep to myself sometimes. Once in a while, they will go leaking. Because when you try to overdo it, people might mistake your intention.

You see, it’s not only about you but it is also about others who are less fortunate than you.

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