Petrol Or Cigarette?
March 5th, 2006
Had an exchange of ideas with a lawyer friend after playing indoor soccer just now. We were talking about the recent petrol price hike. He suggested that wouldn’t it be better to increase the price of cigarette rather than petrol? To me, his idea really makes sense.
Government is spending so much tax payers’ money every year for anti-smoking campaign and whatever “Tak nak” campaign. Why wouldn’t they increase the price of cigarette instead? Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak asked us to change our life style, but come to think of it car is almost a necessity whereas smoking is definitely not!
Come on, please tell me which lifestyle is easier to change? Use your vehicle less and ask the whole family to take public transport more or quit smoking? Oi, en tao eh, you thought public transport using solar power meh? Furthermore, the effect of the increment of petrol price is far greater than cigarette. Now every hawker have their so called reasons to increase the price of foods, every school bus driver will increase their service charges, every Tom, Dick and Harry is complaining every single day!
Increase RM0.30 for 1 pack of cigarette sounds reasonable or not? To me it is. No? Then quit smoking and live a healthy life. That’s what we call hit 2 birds with one stone, right? 
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said :-
Such changes in lifestyle should be made so that even if there were increases in fuel prices, Malaysians will be able to continue having the good quality and comforts of life which they have been enjoying
Good quality and comforts of life? Let’s wait and see. I pray so much the percentage of crime don’t increase in coming years. Due to high living cost, bad guys will do more bad things to earn easy money, isn’t it?
Ah, perhaps I shouldn’t have asked so many questions. Price already increased, ranting can only express my frustration.
FRU Guy
March 4th, 2006
One of the pictures of the demonstrations at KLCC happened on 3rd March, 2006, due to the increment of petrol price. I found this picture very funny because at first glance I really thought this arrow-pointing guy is one in the FRU squad. LoL…
By the way, if you know Cantonese, guess what this guy is?
Hints :-
- 2 Cantonese words
- Post
I’m Not An Encyclopedia
March 2nd, 2006
I’m writing this entry using Wordpress 2.0.1. Yup, just upgraded.
Life is getting screwed up, huh? I saw petrol price gone up and people tulan here tulan there. :p
Today I finally cannot tahan anymore and thought of writing this entry to release the anger in me (for the sake of preventing my body cells keep on dying). Not because of petrol price, not plagiarism too, but people actually think I’m an encyclopedia.
They came and asked some computer related questions out of the blue then expect me to answer them. Bloody hell, am I the free technical support who fucking online almost 24/7 to solve your questions?
Okay, I admit I’m a IT graduate and I have interest in almost anything related to computer. But… but… that doesn’t mean I know everything about computer from PC casing screw to Google searching algorithm, ok! I just did a 1.5 years Bachelor Degree in computing, mind you. I finished my Diploma in Micro-Electronics and this course has nothing much to do with IT either except some programming subjects.
I help friends solving PC/Internet/IT related questions all the time via the Internet, phone call and I even go to my friend’s house to give free technical support a couple of times before. I don’t mind you come asking, but please DON’T expect I know EVERYTHING. If I do, I won’t be here online anymore, ok?
Well, let me show some conversations I got from IM. Some really made me vomit blood. So, enjoy.
The first one is the one triggered me to post this entry, this fella (I use fella for guys and girls, hope you don’t mind.) came just like that. :-
455: help me in this one?
455: I cannot play .ogm file extension, what to do?
Me: I have no idea which app. to open .ogm
Me: where did you get this file?
455: I have divx, but apparently after googling it, .ogm is not an open source…..
455: I down loaded some torrent movie files
Me: I have no idea what’s this file extension
Me: try to rename it and see
455: err… to wat?
Me: to any video file ext. just to try out your luck … hehhe
455: /yish
455: Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The file is either corrupt or the Player does not support the format you are trying to play.
Me: then I think I can’t help anything also …
455: eh, I tot u expert?
Me: I’m not encyclopedia…
I was really pissed off. I mean WTF, who would’ve known what’s .ogm file if he/she did not come across such file extension, right? Next time, if you expect I know what’s .ass extension and which application to open it, I will suggest you using a screwdriver to open it. Thank you for assuming I am an expert. I’m not, in fact far from it.
Can you please fucking search before asking? *I’m controlling myself not to type more vulgar words.*