Two weeks ago, I received a letter from the Income Tax Dept (Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri) asking me to present the original copies of my EA form, book purchase receipts and my share dividend vouchers for 2007. I was told it's pasrt of a random audit, which was fine to me.
A few days ago, I received another letter from LHDN but this time, it gave me a shock because it was asking me to pay for additional taxes accumulated since 2005 till now. WHAT??? Additional taxes? Since when did I owe them money? And guess what? I supposedly owe them 4.4K!!! I almost wanted to start cursing them in the presence of my parents!
Today, I went to the LHDN office in Cheras to ask them about the whole thing. After much explanation from them, I had to accept the fact that it wasn't their fault; it was my company's fault! I now know that I'm working for a company that has incompetent fools running the HR Dept. and causing me to be misled into filling my tax forms wrongly.
With the explanation from LHDN, I managed to obtain a letter from them to be given to my employer for scheduled monthly deductions to pay that 4.4K over six months. And that, my friends, is something that's gonna make my life more difficult for the next few months, as I'll be short by RM700 monthly from July to December. Fuel hikes, rising price of goods, and now THIS!
Brother, can you spare a dime?
30 June 2008
20 June 2008
Firm But Gentle, Fair And Just
I've been looking at all the various quotes that I have on my whiteboard and this one always stands out: Firm but Gentle, Fair and Just.
In business, as in life, we should strive to be Fair and Just to everyone and everything in most situations. By being fair, we would ensure that the chances of fairness happenning back to you is greatly improved. Only then will just causes happen in our lives.
Likewise, in situations where we are tested on our patience and perseverance, we must remain firm to our principles. Be being firm, we would ensure that the chances of respect shown towards us is greatly improved too. Only then will gentle behaviours be shown by others to us.
Violence begets violence; be Firm but Gentle in dealing with every situation; be Fair and Just when dealing with people. Do so, and peace will come to every situation, with respect from everyone.
In business, as in life, we should strive to be Fair and Just to everyone and everything in most situations. By being fair, we would ensure that the chances of fairness happenning back to you is greatly improved. Only then will just causes happen in our lives.
Likewise, in situations where we are tested on our patience and perseverance, we must remain firm to our principles. Be being firm, we would ensure that the chances of respect shown towards us is greatly improved too. Only then will gentle behaviours be shown by others to us.
Violence begets violence; be Firm but Gentle in dealing with every situation; be Fair and Just when dealing with people. Do so, and peace will come to every situation, with respect from everyone.
10 June 2008
Govt's Belt-tightening Measures
I can't seem to shake off this nagging feeling that the Government's belt-tightening measures seem more like lip service than a real effort to save our tax-paying money.
I mean, come on... how do you expect me to believe that cutting their Entertainment Allowance and Paid Annual Vacations is gonna do anything significant? It all seems more like a show than anything else, and we know the Government HAS that ability to 'wag the dog".
Ordinary folks are starting to feel the pinch, and I do believe inflation is gonna kick in like nobody's business very very soon.
Me? I'd probably have to eat less... as if I'm not skinny enough already!
I mean, come on... how do you expect me to believe that cutting their Entertainment Allowance and Paid Annual Vacations is gonna do anything significant? It all seems more like a show than anything else, and we know the Government HAS that ability to 'wag the dog".
Ordinary folks are starting to feel the pinch, and I do believe inflation is gonna kick in like nobody's business very very soon.
Me? I'd probably have to eat less... as if I'm not skinny enough already!
07 June 2008
Choices In Life
In life, we have choice in everything. Do or don't do, go or don't go, work or don't work, be male or be female (yes, you can 'choose' this by yourself now!), be happy or be sad, everything is a choice.
Whatever choice we make, HAVE NO REGRETS.
I chose to buy an apartment in Bukit Beruntung, thus I shouldn't regret it even though it's lying idle and has no prospect of growth in the near future.
I chose to work for my present company, thus I shouldn't regret it even though it's starting to look more like a flagging ship than a flagship.
I was 'chosen' by my company to be posted to a faraway place to work, so even then I shouldn't regret it even though I'm forced to spend far more time travelling to work and incurring more costs for fuel and toll.
But like I said, in life we do have a choice, even in a 'no choice' situation. If you look at it, I could have chosen to quit or to accept the posting. I 'chose' to accept the posting.
A friend of mine, skymagenta, told me something related, haiku-style:
When you cannot choose
Then it's your destiny
Doesn't mean you should give up
Agree with destiny, but never give up.
Thanks, skymagenta.
Whatever choice we make, HAVE NO REGRETS.
I chose to buy an apartment in Bukit Beruntung, thus I shouldn't regret it even though it's lying idle and has no prospect of growth in the near future.
I chose to work for my present company, thus I shouldn't regret it even though it's starting to look more like a flagging ship than a flagship.
I was 'chosen' by my company to be posted to a faraway place to work, so even then I shouldn't regret it even though I'm forced to spend far more time travelling to work and incurring more costs for fuel and toll.
But like I said, in life we do have a choice, even in a 'no choice' situation. If you look at it, I could have chosen to quit or to accept the posting. I 'chose' to accept the posting.
A friend of mine, skymagenta, told me something related, haiku-style:
When you cannot choose
Then it's your destiny
Doesn't mean you should give up
Agree with destiny, but never give up.
Thanks, skymagenta.
05 June 2008
The Only Way Is UP... and a bit more too?
Okay, looks like I'm not the only one getting suspicious about the petrol price when I pumped this morning.
I did notice the price written as 270.4 sen whic is NOT equivalent to RM2.70, okay?
And it looks like I'm not the only one who noticed.
The Government had better have a DAMN GOOD explanation to us!
I did notice the price written as 270.4 sen whic is NOT equivalent to RM2.70, okay?
And it looks like I'm not the only one who noticed.
The Government had better have a DAMN GOOD explanation to us!
The Only Way Is UP!
Congratulations to the government, they've just moved their citizen's lives a notch up towards unbearable levels.
The price of petrol has jumped from RM1.92 a litre to RM2.70 a litre, a jump of 40%! WAH LAO EH... gila kah? This morning, I went to feed my car with it and the bill? RM96.00 as opposed to my normal RM72.00! There goes my breakfast money.
Let's not even talk about the massive jam last evening when the word spread of the increase. Cars everywhere started queueing up at petrol stations, causing massive jams at most roads. What normally is an half-hour trip home from work turned out to be a two-hour torture crawl.
I'm not going to rationalise on the government's move, not that I can do anything about it anyway (elections not coming anytime soon). Rather, I think it's time to seriously consider some cost-saving and fuel-saving measures of my own.
Drive slower (not much fun, still...)
Drive less often (there goes my beer jaunts).
Don't drink and drive (oops, wrong topic).
Don't load up the car unnecessarily (throw out the spare tyre???)
Don't sell the car (not even for a smaller one).
Move nearer to work place (not that I find Klang to my liking).
Take public transportation (I'M JOKING!!).
*SIGH* At the end of the day, I think I'd still be driving like Schumacher, going anywhere I like anytime I like, and paying for the extra petrol anyway. *SIGH*
The price of petrol has jumped from RM1.92 a litre to RM2.70 a litre, a jump of 40%! WAH LAO EH... gila kah? This morning, I went to feed my car with it and the bill? RM96.00 as opposed to my normal RM72.00! There goes my breakfast money.
Let's not even talk about the massive jam last evening when the word spread of the increase. Cars everywhere started queueing up at petrol stations, causing massive jams at most roads. What normally is an half-hour trip home from work turned out to be a two-hour torture crawl.
I'm not going to rationalise on the government's move, not that I can do anything about it anyway (elections not coming anytime soon). Rather, I think it's time to seriously consider some cost-saving and fuel-saving measures of my own.
Drive slower (not much fun, still...)
Drive less often (there goes my beer jaunts).
Don't drink and drive (oops, wrong topic).
Don't load up the car unnecessarily (throw out the spare tyre???)
Don't sell the car (not even for a smaller one).
Move nearer to work place (not that I find Klang to my liking).
Take public transportation (I'M JOKING!!).
*SIGH* At the end of the day, I think I'd still be driving like Schumacher, going anywhere I like anytime I like, and paying for the extra petrol anyway. *SIGH*
03 June 2008
Time To Embrace Blogging!
Okay, I'm ashamed to say that I've neglected to blog as frequently as I should. It's been almost a month's gap in between postings, and that's not a good way to start something new.
Keep Doing What You're Doing, And You'll Keep Getting What You're Getting.
Well, I'm gettin a wee bit tired of gettin CRAP outta life, so I guess it's about time to SEIZE THE DAY.
Watch out world, here I come!
Keep Doing What You're Doing, And You'll Keep Getting What You're Getting.
Well, I'm gettin a wee bit tired of gettin CRAP outta life, so I guess it's about time to SEIZE THE DAY.
Watch out world, here I come!
Time To Change?
As I sit in the office of my new posting in Klang, I'm just about thinking whether it's time for some changes to come into my career. The fact that I'm alone in my office today seem to give me ample time and space to gather my thoughts on this.
It's a drag having to wake up so d@mn early at 7.00pm to travel to work. To travel daily approx. 90 km to and fro, plus paying tolls of RM13.20 total for both ways, is making me mad as h#ll. And to rub salt into the wound, I'm not fairly compensated for this!
I guess most people are used to such unfair deals in life by now but hey, not everyone is a willing participant of the rat race. Okay, I'll admit I'm stuck for now but looking at the things are going, perhaps a change wouldn't be that bad an idea.
Hmm... time to change job then... or change career??
It's a drag having to wake up so d@mn early at 7.00pm to travel to work. To travel daily approx. 90 km to and fro, plus paying tolls of RM13.20 total for both ways, is making me mad as h#ll. And to rub salt into the wound, I'm not fairly compensated for this!
I guess most people are used to such unfair deals in life by now but hey, not everyone is a willing participant of the rat race. Okay, I'll admit I'm stuck for now but looking at the things are going, perhaps a change wouldn't be that bad an idea.
Hmm... time to change job then... or change career??
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
