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*