All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, they will not last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, they can't last long either
It is already April. A lot of things didn't go well last month.
1. My thesis progress did not go well as it planned
2. Losing my house keys. Had to call somebody to break into my house
3. Losing my previous exam slip which I suppose too submit to human resource department.
4.Losing my important document, when i needed it badly.
5. my brother scolded me because he said I didn't give him the right address to send a document. The truth is, he didn't write it the no jln. Should I blame Mr postman for this?
6.Looking at the front page of the newspaper and watching the prime news.
7. The current political issue. I never interested in discussing/watching/ reading political issue. Now, I am just so totally sick to my stomach when people talking about it.
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Assalamua'laikum, Dear Azuriy,
I also found related article that highlights consumers expression on their struggle to cope as food prices soar. Most of them shift to venture to wet markets in search of cheaper food. Hmm..no comment, it is depend on the location where the goods sell at some wet markets are also 'cekik darah', especially at the so called elite areas.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 - Taman Tun Dr Ismail couple Datin Fauziah Ramly and her husband used to enjoy expensive fish but rising inflation means they now have to eat ikan kembung and sardines
instead.
Times are hard even for this couple from the well to-do KL neighbourhood so much so that they have to plant their own kangkung (water spinach)and chillies and skip red meat altogether.
Their maid keeps an eye out for sales at hypermarkets and Datin Fauziah goes with her early before the sales end.
It's not the kind of life one would expect of this upper middle-class couple, but they have to live humbly like most Malaysians.
On the other side of town, Ampang resident, taxi driver Faiz Hakim, 36, has been hit even harder by stagnant earnings and the high cost of living, forcing him to pinch his pennies.
His monthly profit of about RM1,200 average, even when combined with his clerk's wife of RM1,400 is just enough to feed them and their school-going kids.
He used to spend RM250 on his monthly grocery bills, but now it has risen to RM400, even for the same amount of groceries. He scrimps wherever possible, including not buying chicken at sundry shops but at Tesco during promotions instead.
Given the jump in expenditure, it would be hard for this taxi-driver to make sense of official government figures claiming just 1.7 per cent inflation in 2010.
"The prices nowadays, even at sundry shops, are really melampau
(over-the-top)!" he said.
Single mother Norjiana Samsuddin 46-year-old is forced to scan newspapers everyday for promotions at Tesco because her job as a domestic helper earns her only a little over RM1,000 monthly and she has three children and an elderly mother to support.
"I pay RM7 for two slices of red snapper at Tesco, but at sundry shops, I have to pay RM10 for the same," she said.
The inflation has also dragged some Malaysians out of the
air-conditioned comfort of hypermarkets to cramped wet markets as they hunt for cheaper food.
Rosalind Tanivill, a teacher at the French International School of Kuala Lumpur, said her weekly trips to Selayang Old Market, even though uncomfortable, help her save a lot.
"Sure, this place is dirty, but it's cheaper for me to buy here, even compared to the pasar malam," she said.
The 40-year-old skips beef altogether ("it's simply too expensive"), but has no choice but to keep buying onions because she said, "Indian food uses a lot of it."
At the end of the day, she hasn't been cutting down on food, but on
entertainment and holidays instead, but said things could be worse for her and her IT-manager husband.
"We still don't feel the pinch much as we only have one child. What if we had three?" she said.
The price of vegetables alone surged 11.5 per cent from last year, way more than meat (2.9 per cent), seafood (3.0 per cent) and dairy (5.2 percent) according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
But experts have predicted things would be better. The current inflation is expected to end later this year, CEO of Tesco Stores Tjeerd Jegen said recently.
Until then, Malaysians such as taxi driver Faiz will continue to cope with the inflation the best they can.
....Well Sis, what can we say. "Hujan emas di negeri org, hujan batu di negeri sendiri, lebih baik lagi di negeri sendiri.
p/s: Hope you have overcome your stress. Remember Sis, your PhD should be "Peningkatan hirarki Diri" and not "Permanent head Damage"
Keep smiling Sis. Ilalliqa' wassalamah
Assalamua'laikum Azuriy,
The entry I posted earlier was a wrong location case Hax3, I'm so sorry.
I may be stressed too.
Wassalam
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