Hitting August very soon.....

Dear Folks,

'Back to life, back to reality' and yes isn't that song is very familiar from a very popular RnB band in the early 90s, Soul II Soul.

World Cup 2010:

Amazingly, the world is moving fast and the world cup has just ended and Spain is celebrating their very first trophy. Congrats to them. I was going for Holland, but again both teams are undeniably the best but it is just that Spain managed to pull it through all the way.

Subsidies gradually reduce:

Surprisingly, but expected the government with the first move which is a slight increase in the following items;

sugar..... up 5 sen
fuel.......RON 95.....up 5 sen
RON 97......up 5 sen
diesel.......................up 5 sen
LPG.........................up 10 sen

Personally, the increase was a surprise, but expected and hope this will be the most minimum from the government. The burden will surely fell on the normal average folks. What is 'dangerous' is that with the increase the traders, suppliers, retailers would take the opportunity by increasing the price and rates and may affect the buying power of the consumers. It will be good that the Ministry of Domestic trade and Consumers to monitor and ensure that these so called traders would not cause much financial harm to the average consumers otherwise it has already proven in the past how determine they will act and manipulate in the name of price increase.

About the increase of sugar price, surely teh tarik and other beverages price-wise will go up. Good grief! Well one good aspect is this is the best time to reduce the dependency on sugar. Go something healthy like honey! Yes, use honey as alternative to sugar. Or go for organic sugar which is free from chemical or other artifical element.

As for fuel, well just have to be a good driver, don't speed. That is one of the ways to counter or face the price increase in fuel. We need to adjust our life in a way so that the monthly budget won't exceed as much. Plan our trip or journey if one needs to go from one place to another or vice-versa.

One thing for sure we are lucky to live in Malaysia because despite the reduction in subsidies by the government, but they are still maintaining some and let us hope that it will stay that way. No doubt in the future subsidization may go away, but for now any removal should handled in a subtly or gentle manner. Remember the rakyat of today is different and more demanding and intelligent. Beware!

Ramadan countdown....

Well pending for sighting of the new moon which would mark the holy month of Ramadan in the Islamic Calendar, tentatively it is 11 August. Are you ready for it? One thing for sure departmental stores and malls will be having their monthly sale so that is the best time to get one a new baju melayu and yes for my wife baju kurung and kiddo baju melayu and ka-ching, ka-ching all the way.

Cheerios!