Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Watch out for INFLATION folks!

Fuel price has ridiculously increase by 30 cents. BLR (Base Lending Rate) will follow suit. Soon, other goods and services will too. The effect is of course, INFLATION!! And who suffers the most?! We, of course!

Hubby had gone ballistic over this issue yesterday. He has done his calculation and looks like the hike in petrol price has caused a major blow in our financial budget, with balik kampung and what not. Even increment in salary (yang teramatlah ciput tu) would not be able to cover our very-soon-to-be fatter expenses. Pening, pening...Sometimes I wonder what it would be like for those lower-income earner than us, with a greater number of family member. They must have suffered the most.

At least for us, we have started to use public transport to go to work. But to tell you the truth, despite hubby very much liking to go to work with LRT and such since he doesn't have to drive, this lady of comfort (moi!) do not quite like it. Probably I was pampered all this while because I was chauffeured-driven back and forth to work, so I could catch up on sleeping time, eat, adjust my tudung, put on my lipstick etc in the car. Now, I have to walked in the rain or under the hot sun to go to Putra LRT, changed to Star, then take feeder bus back home. Hubby made a remark "Naik Star and bus pun chauffeur-driven jugak..Some more it is a good exercise since u nak sangat kuruskan badan tu..." Oh well, kalau dah spoilt tu spoilt jugak..

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On a different note, Hubby is shifting to a new working place, under different company that is. He has received an offer from UMW toyota, a company that he has been eyeing for quite sometime. The only drawback now is that he has to travel all the way to Shah Alam to work. And lots of outstation trip too!! I don't mind (I hope I don't) just as long as he is happy.

So, with the current company that he is attached to, it only lasted for 8 months since it is a contract basis and a probability for them not renewing his contract is there. As a wife, I am happy for him and wish him all the best in his new venture!

7 comments:

Nana said...

how i wish i could use the public transport. masalahnya we have to commute from bangi and send aliah to pj first. so, it's definitely out of the question.

tapi bess la ija naik LRT.. u get to do a lot of people watching. heheh..

rafiqaheliza said...

Nana: People watching? That's the interesting part..But if there's too many people to watch (i.e. kalau LRT macam sardin), pening kepala..

Unknown said...

Tu tak temasuk bau yang bermacam macam tu babe...hahaha nasib la labuuuuuuuuu...tapi convenient whattttttt.....

rafiqaheliza said...

Fina: Ya betol!! Especially bila balik keje..

zan said...

dimana boleh berjimat, jimatler selagi boleh...

shah alam? isn't it quite far from your home? mehlah pindah tinggal kat PJ, in between KL and Shah Alam :))

Unknown said...

yay for the hubby!
good luck in all endeavours.

rafiqaheliza said...

Onde2: Bestnye opis dekat!! Tak payah tempuh traffic jam..

Zan: Mmg kena jimat..skang bawak bekal pergi ofis..Shah Alam memang jauh. I can pindah Shah Alam branch, and buy a house area sana...Tapi atok abah & atok mak Ashraff nak letak mana..They need to see him every two days!

Izreen: Thanks for the wish, dear..